Tuesday, 7 November 2017

What are social media tools?


What are Social Media Tools?

1) Facebook

Facebook is a social networking website and service where users can post comments, share photographs and links to news or other interesting content on the Web, play games, chat live, and even stream live video. Shared content can be made publicly accessible, or it can be shared only among a select group of friends or family, or with a single person. 

Key Features of Facebook
  • Facebook allows us to maintain a friends list and choose privacy settings to tailor who can see content on your profile.
  • Facebook allows us to upload photos and maintain photo albums that can be shared with our friends
  • Facebook supports interactive online chat and the ability to comment on your friend's profile pages, sometimes called "walls," in order to keep in touch, share information or just to say "hi."
  • Facebook supports group pages, fan pages and business pages that let businesses use Facebook as a vehicle for social media marketing.
  • Facebook's developer network delivers advanced functionality and monetization options.
  • Facebook Connect allows websites to interact with Facebook and allows Facebook to be used as a universal login authentication service.
  • You can stream video live using Facebook Live.
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2) Twitter
It's a platform wherein users share their thoughts, news, information and jokes in 140 characters of text or less. Twitter makes global communication cheap and measurable. Profiles are public , so anyone in the world can see what you write, unless you elect to make your profile private. Users "follow" each other in order to keep tabs on and converse with specific people.
 Twitter and it’s features
  1. Twitter allows you to send and read other users updates.
  2. Twitter messages(tweets) are limited to 140 characters.
  3. You can send and receive updates via the Twitter website, text messages, RSS (receive only), emails or a third party application.
  4. You can restrict delivery to your circle of friends.
  5. You can use third party application such as Tweetie, Twitterrific, and Feedalizr to send Twitter messages.
  6. You can search for people by name or user name, import friends from other networks, or invite friends via email. I
  7. You can register at twitter sign up page and tweet!
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3) Youtube


YouTube is a free video sharing website that makes it easy to watch online videos. We can even create and upload our own videos to share with others. YouTube is now one of the most popular sites on the Web.
the main functions of YouTube 


  • Users can search for and watch videos
  • Create a personal YouTube channel
  • Upload videos to your channel
  • Like/Comment/share other YouTube videos
  • Users can subscribe/follow other YouTube channels and users
  • Create playlists to organize videos and group videos together

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4) LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the largest professional networking site available today. LinkedIn provides a way to connect with other professionals and helps you stay in contact with millions of users. LinkedIn is strictly used for exchanging knowledge, ideas, and employment opportunities and has increasingly become a leading tool for helping individuals expand their networks as well as find jobs in their field.
LinkedIn's Main Features

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Home: Once you've logged in to LinkedIn, the home feed is your news feed, showing recent posts from your connections with other professionals and company pages you're following. 

Profile: Your profile shows your name, your photo, your location, your occupation and more right at the top of the page. Below we have the ability to customize different sections like a short summary, work experience, education and other sections similarly to how you might create a traditional resume or CV.

My Network: A list of all the professionals we’ll find our currently connected with on LinkedIn. If you use your mouse click over this option in the top menu, you'll be able to see a number of other options that will allow you to add contacts, find people you may know.

Jobs: All sorts of jobs listings are posted on LinkedIn everyday by employers, and LinkedIn will recommend specific jobs to you based on your current information, including your location and optional job preferences that you can fill out to get better-tailored job listings.

Search bar: LinkedIn has a powerful search feature that allows you to filter your results down according to several different customizable fields. Click "Advanced" beside the search bar to find specific professionals, companies, jobs and more.

Messages: When you want to start a conversation with another professional, you can do so by sending them a private message through LinkedIn. You can also add attachments, include photos and more.

Notifications: Like other social networks, LinkedIn has a notification feature that lets you know when you've been endorsed by someone, invited to join something or welcomed to check out a post you might be interested in.

Pending Invitations: When other professionals invite you to connect with them on LinkedIn, you'll receive an invitation that you'll have to approve.
  
5) Snapchat


Snapchat is an app that changed how people interact with friends compared to other popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter. But Snapchat is all the rage among the youngest smartphone users, including teens and young adults.

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Basic function 

  • Add your contacts by swiping down from the home screen
  • Take a picture with the capture button and a video by holding it down
  • Then edit it by swiping left and right, and with the buttons on the side
  • You can send it to an individual person or add it to your story
  • Swipe right from the home screen to chat to friends
  • Swipe left from the home screen to access your friends' stories, then left again for the curated Discover section.

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