Guide to Social Media
Don't know your micro-blog from your social network? Got your wiki all tangled up in your tag cloud? Then you've come to the right place!
Our dedicated team of techies have handpicked some of the best social media tools out there to help you spread the word about myvillage.com and more importantly, promote your very own content quickly and shamelessly across the entire interweb. Written a great review? Uploaded a spangly new video? Posted your most witty blog to date? Don't keep it to yourself, share it via these community sites to get maximum exposure for your content and help more and more people discover what's great about myvillage.com!
So what are you waiting for ... didn't your mum always tell you that sharing is good for you?
"Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users. You won’t find editors at Digg - we’re here to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online."
To get digging, set yourself up with an account at digg.com and then start submitting content you like by clicking on the 'Digg' link at the bottom of the relevant myvillage.com page or by manually entering the url. Select the type of media you're submitting, add a brief title and description, choose a relevant topic category and away you digg.
You can find our very own in-house digger in the form of Tom here: digg.com/users/tomMyvillage ... the more we digg each others content, the more chance you have of getting noticed and being the next overnight tinternet sensation!
"Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet."
Similar to digg, delicious focuses on sharing bookmarks rather than specific content. Exactly the same as the bookmarks that you store on your web browser, except that you can share them with anyone in the delicious community and access them from anywhere online.
Sign up at delicious.com and get sharing to build up a following of like minded web users, discover new and interesting websites and be discovered yourself!
"Facebook allows users to easily share and connect with the people, organizations, and products they care about."
Only the biggest social networking platform on the planet! But did you know that by clicking on the facebook share button you can automatically post a link and image of your favourite myvillage content direct to your facebook profile? Instantly share whatever content you like with all your facebook chums and you never know how far the link could reach via your extended network of friends.
Check out our very own myvillage facebook pages here:
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"MySpace is an online community that lets you meet your friends' friends. Create a community on MySpace and you can share photos, journals and interests with your growing network of mutual friends! See who knows who, or how you are connected. Find out if you really are six people away from Kevin Bacon."
Another social networking heavyweight, myspace is probably best known for providing a platform for musicians to promote and share their music. However, you can promote yourself and your myvillage content as well by setting yourself up with an account and sharing links with your friends by clicking on the myspace share option at the bottom of our pages.
Get started by making friends with yours truly here:
Belfast
Birmingham
Brighton
Bristol
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Manchester
Newcastle
Nottingham
Our dedicated team of techies have handpicked some of the best social media tools out there to help you spread the word about myvillage.com and more importantly, promote your very own content quickly and shamelessly across the entire interweb. Written a great review? Uploaded a spangly new video? Posted your most witty blog to date? Don't keep it to yourself, share it via these community sites to get maximum exposure for your content and help more and more people discover what's great about myvillage.com!
So what are you waiting for ... didn't your mum always tell you that sharing is good for you?
"Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users. You won’t find editors at Digg - we’re here to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online."
To get digging, set yourself up with an account at digg.com and then start submitting content you like by clicking on the 'Digg' link at the bottom of the relevant myvillage.com page or by manually entering the url. Select the type of media you're submitting, add a brief title and description, choose a relevant topic category and away you digg.
You can find our very own in-house digger in the form of Tom here: digg.com/users/tomMyvillage ... the more we digg each others content, the more chance you have of getting noticed and being the next overnight tinternet sensation!
"Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet."
Similar to digg, delicious focuses on sharing bookmarks rather than specific content. Exactly the same as the bookmarks that you store on your web browser, except that you can share them with anyone in the delicious community and access them from anywhere online.
Sign up at delicious.com and get sharing to build up a following of like minded web users, discover new and interesting websites and be discovered yourself!
"Facebook allows users to easily share and connect with the people, organizations, and products they care about."
Only the biggest social networking platform on the planet! But did you know that by clicking on the facebook share button you can automatically post a link and image of your favourite myvillage content direct to your facebook profile? Instantly share whatever content you like with all your facebook chums and you never know how far the link could reach via your extended network of friends.
Check out our very own myvillage facebook pages here:
MyVillage
Nottingham
Manchester
"MySpace is an online community that lets you meet your friends' friends. Create a community on MySpace and you can share photos, journals and interests with your growing network of mutual friends! See who knows who, or how you are connected. Find out if you really are six people away from Kevin Bacon."
Another social networking heavyweight, myspace is probably best known for providing a platform for musicians to promote and share their music. However, you can promote yourself and your myvillage content as well by setting yourself up with an account and sharing links with your friends by clicking on the myspace share option at the bottom of our pages.
Get started by making friends with yours truly here:
Belfast
Birmingham
Brighton
Bristol
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Manchester
Newcastle
Nottingham
Last updated by Sian Pickles MyVillage 24 Jul.
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