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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Biker's Guide to Facebook and Other Social Networking Resources. Why Network Online?. Today vs. Yesteryear Expand Your Horizons Get the Word Out to the World Meet the Good, the Bad AND the Ugly More Exposure = More Success. Facebook. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Biker's Guide to Facebook and Other Social Networking
Resources
Why Network Online?
• Today vs. Yesteryear• Expand Your Horizons• Get the Word Out to the World• Meet the Good, the Bad AND the
Ugly• More Exposure = More Success
Your Privacy and Your Settings1.) Lock Down Example
2.) Facebook is Forever / Possible Repercussions
3.) Keywords in your Postings and Community Pages
4.) Facebook Games/Applications
Facebook:Privacy
Facebook:Privacy
Facebook:Privacy
Building Your Friends List
• Avoiding Problems
• Friends In Common
• Scammers/Spammers
Creating a Group
Creating a Group
Posting Runs and Events
New numbers released by Nielsen Market Research today suggest that Facebook has increased its US traffic by nearly 70% year over year, notching more than 115 million unique visitors. In the same time period, Twitter has increased their US traffic by 45%, reaching more than 20 million unique visitors.
Over the same time period, MySpace has seen its US traffic sag nearly 25%, leaving it with 45 million page views in the last year. This number is rapidly dropping, too.
MySpace
MySpace
Biker Or Not
Good Points: • Very intuitive – easy to figure out• Entirely Biker Lifestyle oriented – you
wont find your Aunt Pearl here unless she rides
• Programs written to hook you up with local listed rides and events
• Set up very much like Facebook, may be easier to use.
Biker Or Not
Bad Points: • Same security issues as Facebook• Lots of “interest” from those
“looking” for partners
Biker Or Not
Biker Or NotPrivacy
• Even the Pentagon uses Twitter• Can seem “over the top” for most
people• Possibly a good tool for Legislative
Directors or Lobbyists during the heat of battle when a call to action is possible
Good Points: • Free and easy to use. • Moderator controls set at varying levels• Ability to upload files, photos, and use of
calendar/notices• Can read as web page, batched emails,
or individual emails• Great way to link organizational members
without having your own server
Yahoo Groups
Bad Points: • Security issues• Very spammable• Frequent slow response time
Yahoo Groups
• Create an account• Upload video
• Share on Facebook
YouTube
YouTube
Sharing YouTubeon Facebook
