Facebook & Twitter for Newbies

Here’s a page of helpful links.

Facebook:

• How to Use Facebook Videos - Great for beginners
• Mari Smith’s Blog - Mari is THE expert on Facebook and Twitter. Follow her advice!
• Mari Smith’s Videos on YouTube - helpful
• Newbies Guide to Facebook
• How to Develop a Facebook Page that Attracts Millions of Fans
• Mashable – one of the main sites for news and information about social networking sites.
• Social Media Examiner – helpful articles about Social Media

Twitter

• Getting Started with Twitter – Helpful Video
• Ways to Tweet – Updated regularly
• Mastering Twitter – PDF Download (Right click and Save Target As)
• Power System Blog - Excellent Twitter advice
• Top Twitter Tools, Resources, and Services - most complete list I have seen
• TwiTip - a blog of Twitter Tips - Highly recommend
• How to Live Inside Twitter and Still Stay Productive
• How to Pickup Followers on Twitter
• The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter
• 11 Ways to Use Twitter to Help Your Site Go Viral
• 100 Twitter Tools to Help You Achieve Your Goals
• Custom Twitter Backgrounds
• How to Build Community on Twitter
• Twitter 101 for Business – A Special Guide

Additional Resources

• HootSuite –Great application for posting on multiple sites (Facebook, Twitter, Facebook Pages, LinkedIn, etc.), organizing tweets, and scheduling tweets and Facebook updates.
  
• Tweetdeck – Organizes Twitter
• Twellow – A directory searchable by category
• Bit.ly – Good URL shortener that allows you to track clickthroughs
• FriendFeed.com – A site that aggregates all of your social media
• Gravatar.com – Set up your “avatar” so your picture appears whenever you comment on blogs
• SmartBrief.com – Have digests of news stories in various categories sent to you daily. Good for finding info to share.
• Beginners Guide to LinkedIn – Use this to get started.
• Instapaper.com – read articles you find interesting later.
• AutoresponsePlus – Terrific mailing list management software that is installed at your domain.
• WordPress 101 – Helpful set of videos if you want to learn to use WordPress.
• TextTally – Counts words and characters
• KeyText – Eliminates the need to retype common phrases

Social Media Marketing Report

Published by Social Media Examiner, this free report is filled with helpful information. Download here.