Below is an overview of resources, tools, services which can help you in taking your first steps into "social media world".
Resources I use during training:
RSS Mixers:
Feed Rinse is an easy to use tool that lets you automatically filter out syndicated content that you aren't interested in. It's like a spam filter for your RSS subscriptions.
Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web.
Dashboard:
KlipFolio:Track personalized RSS, weather, news, blogs, and more with the world's smallest personal dashboard.
Social Networking:
LinkedIn is an online network of more than 25 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries.
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
Micro-blogging:
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Jaiku's main goal is to bring people closer together by enabling them to share their activity streams. An activity stream is a log of everyday things as they happen: your status messages, recommendations, events you're attending, photos you've taken - anything you post directly to Jaiku or add using Web feeds.
Tumblr:Tumblr: To make a simple analogy: If blogs are journals, tumblelogs are scrapbooks.You can also look at tumblelogs as slightly more structured blogs that make it easier, faster, and more fun to post and share stuff you find or create.
Wikis:
WikiMatrix is a "search and find" / comparison website which allows you to find the right fit for your use of a wiki platform.Hosted Blog Platforms
A list of hosted (you do not install anything) blog platforms.-
Anyone who needs to maintain a web presence, but wants exacting control over their site, and powerful publishing features that cover everything from blogs to files. No technical skill is required. Professional, 17$/month for pro version. (Affil.link)
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WordPress.com is an easy and powerful way to start blogging. See the "install & host yourself" version below.
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Build a great looking, ad-free blog in minutes. Customize the way it looks, illustrate it with photos, serve up RSS feeds and podcasts.
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"To download" Blog Platforms
These blogging platforms require your own server space and some technical knowledge.-
WordPress is an Open Source project, which means there are hundreds of people all over the world working on it. (More than most commercial platforms.) It also means you are free to use it for anything from your cat’s home page to a Fortune 500 intranet.
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ExpressionEngine is a highly flexible, feature-rich web publishing system that empowers individuals, organizations, and companies around the world to create dynamic, content-driven websites
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Movable Type 3.2 is a weblog publishing platform for businesses, organizations, developers, and web designers. Powerful customization gives you control over everything you publish and the elegant interface keeps things simple and clear.
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Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal can support a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. Open Source.
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RSS, Really Simple Syndication links.
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The RSS Compendium is designed to link you to information about RSS readers, resources, tools, etc... One of the most complete lists although these are never finished....
- 120+ RSS Resources; one of the most useful lists by Mashable.
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