Report on Exercise from Lesson 3 of Social Media Strategist Certification for Social Media Academy: completing or updating profiles for main social media platforms

1. SMACAD – Spring 2011 Social Media Strategist Certification Report on Lesson 3 Exercises Des Walsh

2. SMACAD – Spring 2011 Lesson 3 Exercise Brush up your personal profile on the three major social networks: Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and create an account on SlideShare, YouTube, Flickr, Stumbleupon, Quora and a blog on WordPress. Make sure you have : photo of self | name, short bio, business background | connections to all contacts | add status line | contribute to network engage in business relevant groups | share activities with others via Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn status updates

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10. SMACAD – Spring 2011 Lesson 3 Exercise Reflections/Takeaways Having a document file handy with a couple of versions of profile details helps for new platforms or refreshing profiles on existing ones. It would be sensible to have a priority list of sites to ensure profile is kept up to date on those at least Visiting own site, e.g. Stumbleupon, reminded me of the value of scheduled checking of sites, who is following, whom to follow back, etc

11. SMACAD – Spring 2011 Contacting Des Walsh On Twitter: @deswalsh Web/Blog: http://deswalsh.com These and more social web links at http://xeesm.com/deswalsh