Three Steps to using Social Media:

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Three Steps to using Social Media

• How library associations can use social media for
  interaction with members and beyond!

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• Step1. Planning
• Meetings
• Discussions
• Team members
• PR/Publicity Committees
• REMEMBER Plan, but
• dont plan too much

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Step 2. Doing it

• Use the Just Do It philosophy
• Think of social media as a live document
• Its really a CONVERSATION
• Start out small
• Do your research
• Do SOMETHING every day
• Use reminder tools!

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Step 3. Keeping Up

• Professional reading is now online
• Use RSS aggregators such as Bloglines or Google
  Reader
• Keep up with technology
• OMG! Learn the vocabulary
• Watch YouTube Vimeo videos and explore Common
  Craft

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Resources Tips
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• Facebook
• Facebook Pages Manual
• Look at what others states do
• Rely on PR or Web Committee
• Scottish Library Information Council A Guide
  to Using Web 2.0 in Libraries
• Twitter
• Use a twitter management tool such as
  tweetdeck.com or hootsuite.com

• Keeping up
• Check out bloglines.com
• Try Google reader
• http//themwordblog.blogspot.com/
• http//lisnews.org/
• http//www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/
• http//www.nascio.org/
• http//www.pr-squared.com/
• http//stephenslighthouse.com/
• http//tametheweb.com/

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Thank you!

• Dr. Curtis R. RogersCommunications DirectorSC
  State Library
• 803-734-8928
• crogers_at_statelibrary.sc.gov