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Aggregating your Social Networks with

FriendFeed

FriendFeed is a real-time feed aggregator that consolidates the updates from socialmedia and social networking websites social bookmarking websites blogs and micro-blogging updates as well as any other type of RSS Atom feed

Users can use this stream of information to create customised feeds to share andcomment with friends

The goal of FriendFeed is to make content on the Web more relevant and useful for youby using your existing social network as a tool for discovering interesting information

You have a Facebook account and a Twitter account and several other social mediaaccounts each with their own lifestreams

Isnrsquot it about time you aggregated all these and feeds into one FriendFeed can do thisand Irsquoll show you how

Firstly you will need to either create an account or sign in using

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Add your existing friends

Before you make new friends I would recommend seeing if any of your existing friendsfrom other networks are already on FriendFeed

Click on Friends in the green Friends box

Then click on Findinvite friends

Firstly see if any of your Facebook friends are on FriendFeed by clicking on the Facebookicon

Click on ltAllowgt so that FriendFeed can access your Facebook account

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Your Facebook friends will appear click on ltSubscribegt to subscribe to their feed

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Now lets see which of your Twitter friends are on here click on ltTwittergt

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Enter your Twitter username then click ltFind Friendsgt

Your Twitter friends will appear click on ltSubscribegt to subscribe to their feed

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Repeat this same process for Gmail Yahoo and Hotmail You can also send emails directlyto people by clicking Email Invitations requesting that they also join up to FriendFeed

FriendFeed will also offer recommended friends These are users who are popular amongyour existing friends on FriendFeed Once you find someone on FriendFeed yoursquod like tosubscribe to go directly to their feed and click either ldquoSubscriberdquo or ldquoRequest asubscriptionrdquo (if they have a private feed)

Donrsquot be afraid to subscribe to strangers as Friendfeed is about discovering new contentand you need to expand your circle to do that Your goal should also be for people todiscovery your content as well

Add services

FriendFeed can automatically pull in the things yoursquove shared from over 50 servicesacross the web including Twitter and Flickr

To do so click on Settings

Click on addedit

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Your Facebook friends will appear click on ltSubscribegt to subscribe to their feed

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Now lets see which of your Twitter friends are on here click on ltTwittergt

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Enter your Twitter username then click ltFind Friendsgt

Your Twitter friends will appear click on ltSubscribegt to subscribe to their feed

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Repeat this same process for Gmail Yahoo and Hotmail You can also send emails directlyto people by clicking Email Invitations requesting that they also join up to FriendFeed

FriendFeed will also offer recommended friends These are users who are popular amongyour existing friends on FriendFeed Once you find someone on FriendFeed yoursquod like tosubscribe to go directly to their feed and click either ldquoSubscriberdquo or ldquoRequest asubscriptionrdquo (if they have a private feed)

Donrsquot be afraid to subscribe to strangers as Friendfeed is about discovering new contentand you need to expand your circle to do that Your goal should also be for people todiscovery your content as well

Add services

FriendFeed can automatically pull in the things yoursquove shared from over 50 servicesacross the web including Twitter and Flickr

To do so click on Settings

Click on addedit

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Now lets see which of your Twitter friends are on here click on ltTwittergt

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Enter your Twitter username then click ltFind Friendsgt

Your Twitter friends will appear click on ltSubscribegt to subscribe to their feed

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Repeat this same process for Gmail Yahoo and Hotmail You can also send emails directlyto people by clicking Email Invitations requesting that they also join up to FriendFeed

FriendFeed will also offer recommended friends These are users who are popular amongyour existing friends on FriendFeed Once you find someone on FriendFeed yoursquod like tosubscribe to go directly to their feed and click either ldquoSubscriberdquo or ldquoRequest asubscriptionrdquo (if they have a private feed)

Donrsquot be afraid to subscribe to strangers as Friendfeed is about discovering new contentand you need to expand your circle to do that Your goal should also be for people todiscovery your content as well

Add services

FriendFeed can automatically pull in the things yoursquove shared from over 50 servicesacross the web including Twitter and Flickr

To do so click on Settings

Click on addedit

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Enter your Twitter username then click ltFind Friendsgt

Your Twitter friends will appear click on ltSubscribegt to subscribe to their feed

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Repeat this same process for Gmail Yahoo and Hotmail You can also send emails directlyto people by clicking Email Invitations requesting that they also join up to FriendFeed

FriendFeed will also offer recommended friends These are users who are popular amongyour existing friends on FriendFeed Once you find someone on FriendFeed yoursquod like tosubscribe to go directly to their feed and click either ldquoSubscriberdquo or ldquoRequest asubscriptionrdquo (if they have a private feed)

Donrsquot be afraid to subscribe to strangers as Friendfeed is about discovering new contentand you need to expand your circle to do that Your goal should also be for people todiscovery your content as well

Add services

FriendFeed can automatically pull in the things yoursquove shared from over 50 servicesacross the web including Twitter and Flickr

To do so click on Settings

Click on addedit

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Repeat this same process for Gmail Yahoo and Hotmail You can also send emails directlyto people by clicking Email Invitations requesting that they also join up to FriendFeed

FriendFeed will also offer recommended friends These are users who are popular amongyour existing friends on FriendFeed Once you find someone on FriendFeed yoursquod like tosubscribe to go directly to their feed and click either ldquoSubscriberdquo or ldquoRequest asubscriptionrdquo (if they have a private feed)

Donrsquot be afraid to subscribe to strangers as Friendfeed is about discovering new contentand you need to expand your circle to do that Your goal should also be for people todiscovery your content as well

Add services

FriendFeed can automatically pull in the things yoursquove shared from over 50 servicesacross the web including Twitter and Flickr

To do so click on Settings

Click on addedit

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Click on the services you want to add and fill out your username etc when prompted

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Groups

A group is just another feed but multiple people can contribute to its contents Think ofit as a mini FriendFeed for a particular subject or group of people Everyone in the groupcan share stuff with each other and leave comments that others in the group can see

To join a group click on Groups in the orange Groups box

Then click on Find groups

Either search for a group or choose a popular one

Once you have found a group subscribe to it

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Friend Lists

Friend lists help you organise your subscriptions

If you organise your subscriptions it will be easier to find the content and the friendsyoursquore looking for It will also help keep FriendFeed manageable and compartmentalised

The default Friend lists are Personal Professional and Favourites but you can changetheir names delete these and create new ones

Just remember lists arenrsquot exclusive ndash you can have multiple categories for each friend

Click on Friends ndashgt then New friends list

Enter a friend list name then click ltCreategt

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Choose the friends you want to add to this list

Select deselect the friends you want to add to this list then click ltSave changesgt

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These friends feeds will now appear in this friends listIf you create another list and addthe same friend they will appear in that list also

Friend lists are just a way to group and filter friends and information

A good tip is to when you add new friends to put them into groups from the outset

Posting

To post something on FriendFeed type your message into the text box then click theltPostgt button You can also attach photos to your post

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If you also want to CC your post to Twitter you will need to allow FriendFeed to connectto your Twitter account

This post updates both your FriendFeed and Twitter accounts

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Your Twitter post will have a link back to your FriendFeed lifestream

If you want to send a Direct Message to someone just start typing the name in the ldquoTordquobox You can send direct messages to multiple people at the same time Everyone in theldquoTordquo box will be able to see and comment on that entry Make sure yoursquove deleted ldquoMyfeedrdquo in the ldquoTordquo box to ensure that a direct message is sent only to the intendedrecipients You can only send direct messages to people who are subscribed to you

You can also direct message a user by hovering over their name in FriendFeed andclicking on the ldquoDirect messagerdquo link that appears on the bottom right corner of theirprofile card

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You can re-share your posts or otherrsquos post by clicking on the Share link beneath thatentry

When the share dialog box appears you can edit the text of the entry and choosewhether you want to share something to your main feed or directly to one of yourgroups

From this dialog you can also access the permalink and shortened URL for the entry Youcan also copy the embed code into your website to display a realtime view of commentsand likes

There are also links at the bottom of the dialog so you can share this entry directly toanother one of your services such as Twitter Facebook Digg or delicious

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Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

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You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

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The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

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For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

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Groups

A group is just another feed but multiple people can contribute to its contents Think ofit as a mini FriendFeed for a particular subject or group of people Everyone in the groupcan share stuff with each other and leave comments that others in the group can see

To join a group click on Groups in the orange Groups box

Then click on Find groups

Either search for a group or choose a popular one

Once you have found a group subscribe to it

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Friend Lists

Friend lists help you organise your subscriptions

If you organise your subscriptions it will be easier to find the content and the friendsyoursquore looking for It will also help keep FriendFeed manageable and compartmentalised

The default Friend lists are Personal Professional and Favourites but you can changetheir names delete these and create new ones

Just remember lists arenrsquot exclusive ndash you can have multiple categories for each friend

Click on Friends ndashgt then New friends list

Enter a friend list name then click ltCreategt

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Choose the friends you want to add to this list

Select deselect the friends you want to add to this list then click ltSave changesgt

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These friends feeds will now appear in this friends listIf you create another list and addthe same friend they will appear in that list also

Friend lists are just a way to group and filter friends and information

A good tip is to when you add new friends to put them into groups from the outset

Posting

To post something on FriendFeed type your message into the text box then click theltPostgt button You can also attach photos to your post

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If you also want to CC your post to Twitter you will need to allow FriendFeed to connectto your Twitter account

This post updates both your FriendFeed and Twitter accounts

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Your Twitter post will have a link back to your FriendFeed lifestream

If you want to send a Direct Message to someone just start typing the name in the ldquoTordquobox You can send direct messages to multiple people at the same time Everyone in theldquoTordquo box will be able to see and comment on that entry Make sure yoursquove deleted ldquoMyfeedrdquo in the ldquoTordquo box to ensure that a direct message is sent only to the intendedrecipients You can only send direct messages to people who are subscribed to you

You can also direct message a user by hovering over their name in FriendFeed andclicking on the ldquoDirect messagerdquo link that appears on the bottom right corner of theirprofile card

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You can re-share your posts or otherrsquos post by clicking on the Share link beneath thatentry

When the share dialog box appears you can edit the text of the entry and choosewhether you want to share something to your main feed or directly to one of yourgroups

From this dialog you can also access the permalink and shortened URL for the entry Youcan also copy the embed code into your website to display a realtime view of commentsand likes

There are also links at the bottom of the dialog so you can share this entry directly toanother one of your services such as Twitter Facebook Digg or delicious

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau17

Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

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You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

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The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

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For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

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Groups

A group is just another feed but multiple people can contribute to its contents Think ofit as a mini FriendFeed for a particular subject or group of people Everyone in the groupcan share stuff with each other and leave comments that others in the group can see

To join a group click on Groups in the orange Groups box

Then click on Find groups

Either search for a group or choose a popular one

Once you have found a group subscribe to it

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Friend Lists

Friend lists help you organise your subscriptions

If you organise your subscriptions it will be easier to find the content and the friendsyoursquore looking for It will also help keep FriendFeed manageable and compartmentalised

The default Friend lists are Personal Professional and Favourites but you can changetheir names delete these and create new ones

Just remember lists arenrsquot exclusive ndash you can have multiple categories for each friend

Click on Friends ndashgt then New friends list

Enter a friend list name then click ltCreategt

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Choose the friends you want to add to this list

Select deselect the friends you want to add to this list then click ltSave changesgt

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These friends feeds will now appear in this friends listIf you create another list and addthe same friend they will appear in that list also

Friend lists are just a way to group and filter friends and information

A good tip is to when you add new friends to put them into groups from the outset

Posting

To post something on FriendFeed type your message into the text box then click theltPostgt button You can also attach photos to your post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau14

If you also want to CC your post to Twitter you will need to allow FriendFeed to connectto your Twitter account

This post updates both your FriendFeed and Twitter accounts

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Your Twitter post will have a link back to your FriendFeed lifestream

If you want to send a Direct Message to someone just start typing the name in the ldquoTordquobox You can send direct messages to multiple people at the same time Everyone in theldquoTordquo box will be able to see and comment on that entry Make sure yoursquove deleted ldquoMyfeedrdquo in the ldquoTordquo box to ensure that a direct message is sent only to the intendedrecipients You can only send direct messages to people who are subscribed to you

You can also direct message a user by hovering over their name in FriendFeed andclicking on the ldquoDirect messagerdquo link that appears on the bottom right corner of theirprofile card

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau16

You can re-share your posts or otherrsquos post by clicking on the Share link beneath thatentry

When the share dialog box appears you can edit the text of the entry and choosewhether you want to share something to your main feed or directly to one of yourgroups

From this dialog you can also access the permalink and shortened URL for the entry Youcan also copy the embed code into your website to display a realtime view of commentsand likes

There are also links at the bottom of the dialog so you can share this entry directly toanother one of your services such as Twitter Facebook Digg or delicious

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau17

Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau18

You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

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The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau20

For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau11

Friend Lists

Friend lists help you organise your subscriptions

If you organise your subscriptions it will be easier to find the content and the friendsyoursquore looking for It will also help keep FriendFeed manageable and compartmentalised

The default Friend lists are Personal Professional and Favourites but you can changetheir names delete these and create new ones

Just remember lists arenrsquot exclusive ndash you can have multiple categories for each friend

Click on Friends ndashgt then New friends list

Enter a friend list name then click ltCreategt

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Choose the friends you want to add to this list

Select deselect the friends you want to add to this list then click ltSave changesgt

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau13

These friends feeds will now appear in this friends listIf you create another list and addthe same friend they will appear in that list also

Friend lists are just a way to group and filter friends and information

A good tip is to when you add new friends to put them into groups from the outset

Posting

To post something on FriendFeed type your message into the text box then click theltPostgt button You can also attach photos to your post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau14

If you also want to CC your post to Twitter you will need to allow FriendFeed to connectto your Twitter account

This post updates both your FriendFeed and Twitter accounts

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau15

Your Twitter post will have a link back to your FriendFeed lifestream

If you want to send a Direct Message to someone just start typing the name in the ldquoTordquobox You can send direct messages to multiple people at the same time Everyone in theldquoTordquo box will be able to see and comment on that entry Make sure yoursquove deleted ldquoMyfeedrdquo in the ldquoTordquo box to ensure that a direct message is sent only to the intendedrecipients You can only send direct messages to people who are subscribed to you

You can also direct message a user by hovering over their name in FriendFeed andclicking on the ldquoDirect messagerdquo link that appears on the bottom right corner of theirprofile card

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau16

You can re-share your posts or otherrsquos post by clicking on the Share link beneath thatentry

When the share dialog box appears you can edit the text of the entry and choosewhether you want to share something to your main feed or directly to one of yourgroups

From this dialog you can also access the permalink and shortened URL for the entry Youcan also copy the embed code into your website to display a realtime view of commentsand likes

There are also links at the bottom of the dialog so you can share this entry directly toanother one of your services such as Twitter Facebook Digg or delicious

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau17

Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau18

You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau19

The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau20

For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau12

Choose the friends you want to add to this list

Select deselect the friends you want to add to this list then click ltSave changesgt

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau13

These friends feeds will now appear in this friends listIf you create another list and addthe same friend they will appear in that list also

Friend lists are just a way to group and filter friends and information

A good tip is to when you add new friends to put them into groups from the outset

Posting

To post something on FriendFeed type your message into the text box then click theltPostgt button You can also attach photos to your post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau14

If you also want to CC your post to Twitter you will need to allow FriendFeed to connectto your Twitter account

This post updates both your FriendFeed and Twitter accounts

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau15

Your Twitter post will have a link back to your FriendFeed lifestream

If you want to send a Direct Message to someone just start typing the name in the ldquoTordquobox You can send direct messages to multiple people at the same time Everyone in theldquoTordquo box will be able to see and comment on that entry Make sure yoursquove deleted ldquoMyfeedrdquo in the ldquoTordquo box to ensure that a direct message is sent only to the intendedrecipients You can only send direct messages to people who are subscribed to you

You can also direct message a user by hovering over their name in FriendFeed andclicking on the ldquoDirect messagerdquo link that appears on the bottom right corner of theirprofile card

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau16

You can re-share your posts or otherrsquos post by clicking on the Share link beneath thatentry

When the share dialog box appears you can edit the text of the entry and choosewhether you want to share something to your main feed or directly to one of yourgroups

From this dialog you can also access the permalink and shortened URL for the entry Youcan also copy the embed code into your website to display a realtime view of commentsand likes

There are also links at the bottom of the dialog so you can share this entry directly toanother one of your services such as Twitter Facebook Digg or delicious

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau17

Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau18

You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau19

The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau20

For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau13

These friends feeds will now appear in this friends listIf you create another list and addthe same friend they will appear in that list also

Friend lists are just a way to group and filter friends and information

A good tip is to when you add new friends to put them into groups from the outset

Posting

To post something on FriendFeed type your message into the text box then click theltPostgt button You can also attach photos to your post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau14

If you also want to CC your post to Twitter you will need to allow FriendFeed to connectto your Twitter account

This post updates both your FriendFeed and Twitter accounts

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau15

Your Twitter post will have a link back to your FriendFeed lifestream

If you want to send a Direct Message to someone just start typing the name in the ldquoTordquobox You can send direct messages to multiple people at the same time Everyone in theldquoTordquo box will be able to see and comment on that entry Make sure yoursquove deleted ldquoMyfeedrdquo in the ldquoTordquo box to ensure that a direct message is sent only to the intendedrecipients You can only send direct messages to people who are subscribed to you

You can also direct message a user by hovering over their name in FriendFeed andclicking on the ldquoDirect messagerdquo link that appears on the bottom right corner of theirprofile card

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau16

You can re-share your posts or otherrsquos post by clicking on the Share link beneath thatentry

When the share dialog box appears you can edit the text of the entry and choosewhether you want to share something to your main feed or directly to one of yourgroups

From this dialog you can also access the permalink and shortened URL for the entry Youcan also copy the embed code into your website to display a realtime view of commentsand likes

There are also links at the bottom of the dialog so you can share this entry directly toanother one of your services such as Twitter Facebook Digg or delicious

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Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

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You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

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The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

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For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

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If you also want to CC your post to Twitter you will need to allow FriendFeed to connectto your Twitter account

This post updates both your FriendFeed and Twitter accounts

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Your Twitter post will have a link back to your FriendFeed lifestream

If you want to send a Direct Message to someone just start typing the name in the ldquoTordquobox You can send direct messages to multiple people at the same time Everyone in theldquoTordquo box will be able to see and comment on that entry Make sure yoursquove deleted ldquoMyfeedrdquo in the ldquoTordquo box to ensure that a direct message is sent only to the intendedrecipients You can only send direct messages to people who are subscribed to you

You can also direct message a user by hovering over their name in FriendFeed andclicking on the ldquoDirect messagerdquo link that appears on the bottom right corner of theirprofile card

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You can re-share your posts or otherrsquos post by clicking on the Share link beneath thatentry

When the share dialog box appears you can edit the text of the entry and choosewhether you want to share something to your main feed or directly to one of yourgroups

From this dialog you can also access the permalink and shortened URL for the entry Youcan also copy the embed code into your website to display a realtime view of commentsand likes

There are also links at the bottom of the dialog so you can share this entry directly toanother one of your services such as Twitter Facebook Digg or delicious

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau17

Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

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You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

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The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

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For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

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Your Twitter post will have a link back to your FriendFeed lifestream

If you want to send a Direct Message to someone just start typing the name in the ldquoTordquobox You can send direct messages to multiple people at the same time Everyone in theldquoTordquo box will be able to see and comment on that entry Make sure yoursquove deleted ldquoMyfeedrdquo in the ldquoTordquo box to ensure that a direct message is sent only to the intendedrecipients You can only send direct messages to people who are subscribed to you

You can also direct message a user by hovering over their name in FriendFeed andclicking on the ldquoDirect messagerdquo link that appears on the bottom right corner of theirprofile card

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You can re-share your posts or otherrsquos post by clicking on the Share link beneath thatentry

When the share dialog box appears you can edit the text of the entry and choosewhether you want to share something to your main feed or directly to one of yourgroups

From this dialog you can also access the permalink and shortened URL for the entry Youcan also copy the embed code into your website to display a realtime view of commentsand likes

There are also links at the bottom of the dialog so you can share this entry directly toanother one of your services such as Twitter Facebook Digg or delicious

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau17

Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau18

You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

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The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau20

For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau16

You can re-share your posts or otherrsquos post by clicking on the Share link beneath thatentry

When the share dialog box appears you can edit the text of the entry and choosewhether you want to share something to your main feed or directly to one of yourgroups

From this dialog you can also access the permalink and shortened URL for the entry Youcan also copy the embed code into your website to display a realtime view of commentsand likes

There are also links at the bottom of the dialog so you can share this entry directly toanother one of your services such as Twitter Facebook Digg or delicious

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau17

Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau18

You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

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The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau20

For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau17

Commenting and Liking are strong features on FriendFeed because they can help youget noticed outside of your circle Whenever someone comments or likes an item it getsbumped to the top of your feed which allows you to continue the conversation backand forth The more you do this the more people will notice you and subscribe to yourfeeds

The commenting and liking links can be found under any post

Donrsquot be afraid to use the Hide function as this can help filter information this can befound under any post

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau18

You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau19

The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau20

For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau18

You can further filter by clicking on the hide other items like this one link If you want tocontrol the flow you need to specify exactly what you want to see If you only like onefriendrsquos blog but not their tweets then hide their tweets You can even specify that youonly want to see items that your friends found interesting enough to comment on Bevery liberal with the Hide function

Publishing my feed to other sites like Twitter and Facebook

Whenever yoursquore posting a message or a link using the text box at the top of your feedthere is a check box to ldquoCcrdquo Twitter If you check this option you will be asked to log into your Twitter account After that you can choose on a per-post level to have your postshow up on both your FriendFeed and your Twitter accounts

You can configure additional Twitter settings by clicking on Settings

Then on Twitter publishing preferences

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau19

The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau20

For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau19

The Advanced Twitter Settings page displays where you can configure additionalpublishing settings

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau20

For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau20

For Facebook you can add the FriendFeed Facebook application The app will put yourFriendFeed on your Facebook profile and in your mini-feed You will also be automaticallysubscribed to your Facebook friends who are already using FriendFeed and your friendson the two services will continue to be kept in sync

Searching

To search for something just type your search query in the search box at the top of thepage and click the ltSearchgt button

You can also search FriendFeed using advanced search operators

from return entries from a specific user frombretroom return entries within a specific room roommovie-reviewsfriends return entries from all of that userrsquos friends friendsjim

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service return entries from a particular service serviceyelpintitle return entries with specific words in the entry title intitlepizzaincomment return entries with specific words in the entryrsquos commentsincommentawesomecomment return entries that have been commented on by a specific usercommentpaulcomments return entries with at least this many comments comments10like return entries liked by a specific user likesanjeevlikes return entries with at least this many likes likes10- exclude a term (word user etc) from your search jobs -steve perform an OR frompaulbretjimsanjeev friendfeed

Notifications

You can receive notifications when there are updates to your feed via email IM andordownloadable notifier

You can configure this by clicking on Settings

Then on EmailIM preferences

From here you can configure your notification preferences

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Keeping your FriendFeed Fresh

The discussions commenting and community is the most valuable part of FriendFeedMake sure you post plenty of links to cool websites and new ideas and respond whenpeople comment on your FriendFeed items

FriendFeed can be used to network with others and make friends and business contactsyou might even find a job on here

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FriendFeed is more community-based than almost any other social media website so ifyoursquore looking for another tool to expand your network in a meaningful way donrsquotignore FriendFeed

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The Social Media Guide

The Social Media Guide provides helpful advice and tips on connecting you to othersthrough the use of social media and social networks

The Social Media Guide is an authoritative source on current and emerging social mediatools and platforms

The current explosion in social media technologies has made it easier than ever toconnect with friends groups customers and networks with similar interests from allaround the world

Businesses can benefit greatly by using social media to market their product strengthenbrand recognition and attract new customers

My aim is to show you how social media can be used to connect with more peoplefaster by providing clear and simple solutions

The Social Media Guide will show you how to extend your reach deeper into the socialweb and connect with more people

This material may be shared with everyone not sold for profit and not modified in anyway

Regards

Matthew Tommasi

www httpthesocialmediaguidecomau

email matthewthesocialmediaguidecomau

twitter socialguide

facebook httpfacebookcomTheSocialMediaGuide

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau22

Keeping your FriendFeed Fresh

The discussions commenting and community is the most valuable part of FriendFeedMake sure you post plenty of links to cool websites and new ideas and respond whenpeople comment on your FriendFeed items

FriendFeed can be used to network with others and make friends and business contactsyou might even find a job on here

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau23

FriendFeed is more community-based than almost any other social media website so ifyoursquore looking for another tool to expand your network in a meaningful way donrsquotignore FriendFeed

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau24

The Social Media Guide

The Social Media Guide provides helpful advice and tips on connecting you to othersthrough the use of social media and social networks

The Social Media Guide is an authoritative source on current and emerging social mediatools and platforms

The current explosion in social media technologies has made it easier than ever toconnect with friends groups customers and networks with similar interests from allaround the world

Businesses can benefit greatly by using social media to market their product strengthenbrand recognition and attract new customers

My aim is to show you how social media can be used to connect with more peoplefaster by providing clear and simple solutions

The Social Media Guide will show you how to extend your reach deeper into the socialweb and connect with more people

This material may be shared with everyone not sold for profit and not modified in anyway

Regards

Matthew Tommasi

www httpthesocialmediaguidecomau

email matthewthesocialmediaguidecomau

twitter socialguide

facebook httpfacebookcomTheSocialMediaGuide

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau23

FriendFeed is more community-based than almost any other social media website so ifyoursquore looking for another tool to expand your network in a meaningful way donrsquotignore FriendFeed

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau24

The Social Media Guide

The Social Media Guide provides helpful advice and tips on connecting you to othersthrough the use of social media and social networks

The Social Media Guide is an authoritative source on current and emerging social mediatools and platforms

The current explosion in social media technologies has made it easier than ever toconnect with friends groups customers and networks with similar interests from allaround the world

Businesses can benefit greatly by using social media to market their product strengthenbrand recognition and attract new customers

My aim is to show you how social media can be used to connect with more peoplefaster by providing clear and simple solutions

The Social Media Guide will show you how to extend your reach deeper into the socialweb and connect with more people

This material may be shared with everyone not sold for profit and not modified in anyway

Regards

Matthew Tommasi

www httpthesocialmediaguidecomau

email matthewthesocialmediaguidecomau

twitter socialguide

facebook httpfacebookcomTheSocialMediaGuide

httpthesocialmediaguidecomau24

The Social Media Guide

The Social Media Guide provides helpful advice and tips on connecting you to othersthrough the use of social media and social networks

The Social Media Guide is an authoritative source on current and emerging social mediatools and platforms

The current explosion in social media technologies has made it easier than ever toconnect with friends groups customers and networks with similar interests from allaround the world

Businesses can benefit greatly by using social media to market their product strengthenbrand recognition and attract new customers

My aim is to show you how social media can be used to connect with more peoplefaster by providing clear and simple solutions

The Social Media Guide will show you how to extend your reach deeper into the socialweb and connect with more people

This material may be shared with everyone not sold for profit and not modified in anyway

Regards

Matthew Tommasi

www httpthesocialmediaguidecomau

email matthewthesocialmediaguidecomau

twitter socialguide

facebook httpfacebookcomTheSocialMediaGuide