Using social media on your travels

1. Who am I?

2. Facebook for travellers

3. Travelling with Twitter

4. Blogging your trip

5. Bonus social media: Travel with Instagram

6. Final questions and wrap-up.

Using social media on your travels

A travelling, blogging social media addict!

Facebook for travellers

Set up or optimise your page before you go: ● check privacy settings● know who your friends are● set a good password

Travel and share: ● status updates● place check-ins● photographs● new friends● messages

Travelling with Twitter

Get used to using Twitter some time before you go: ● follow your friends and interesting strangers● ask for travel tips from others on Twitter● find your favourite smartphone Twitter app● identify useful #hashtags for your trip

Travel and share: ● travel updates● new and strange● photos - TwitPics● direct messages

Blogging your trip

Set up a blog before you go: ● use a free platform like Blogger or Wordpress● learn how to write posts and add photos● send the web address of your blog to your friends

Travel and share: ● daily (or less frequent) updates - highlights● add photos● include website links to places you've been,

stayed or eaten at● reply to comments people leave

http://www.notaballerina.com/2012/01/tasmania-with-toddler-tasman-peninsula.html

http://indietravelpodcast.com/travel-diary/travel-diary-prague-austria/

Travel with Instagram

Instagram is perfect for smartphone users: ● set up an account (free) before you leave● available for iPhone, Android● Instagram is rapidly becoming popular

Travel and share: ● make average photos look great (and fun)● auto-feed them to Facebook or Twitter● email them directly to people● other Instagram users can follow you

How

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