Free Resources for Social Media

I am on the LinkedIn Group for Social Media Marketing and wanted to thank Colin Welch, Training Manager at Silicon Beach Training for creating this Comprehensive List of Social Media Links including Tips, Tools, Apps and Guides. It's truly comprehensive and useful.

Thank you Colin. The link is here.

And here's the first section:

Tips & Guides

Mashable – Twitter Lists, Resources & How-Tos
http://mashable.com/2009/01/01/twitter-user-types/

How To Blog: A Beginnerʼs Blog Publishing Guide
http://www.masternewmedia.org/independent_publishing/blogging-how-to-blog/guide-to-publishing-first-blog-20071104.htm.htm

10 Things to Do Before Launching Your Blog
http://ow.ly/wZ3K

Writing for Bloggers – A Quick Guide on Style, Substance and Strategy
http://kendallcopywriting.co.uk/2009/01/06/writing-for-bloggers-in-blog-form/

Creating a web presence – why bother?
http://kendallcopywriting.co.uk/2009/01/14/creating-a-web-presence-why-bother/

Search engine optimization – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization

SEOmoz | 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/21-tactics-to-increase-blog-traffic

How to optimize website images from a SEO perspective
http://blog.avangate.com/optimize-website-images/

The Bloggerʼs Guide to SEO
http://www.seobook.com/bloggers

Methods of website linking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_website_linking

Linkbaiting for Fun & Profit
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/linkbaiting-for-fun-profit/2541/

Web analytics – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_analytics

My list of tips for getting the most out of Twitter
http://www.joshrussell.com/2008/10/07/my-list-of-tips-for-getting-the-most-out-of-twitter/

Free Twitter backgound template download
http://www.siliconbeachtraining.co.uk/free-resources/download-free-l-twitter-background/

ʻMemeʼ explained on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

Know Your Meme
http://knowyourmeme.com

What Social Media Is and What Social Media Is Not
http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/01/what-social-media-is-andwhat-social.html

List of social networking websites on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites

Google Social Search Launches, Gives Results From Your Trusted “Social Circle”
http://searchengineland.com/google-social-search-launchesgives-results-from-your-trusted-social-circle-28507

Boolean Searching on the Internet
http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp

Pragmatic Mom

Type A Parenting for the Modern World

http://PragmaticMom.com

I blog on children's lit, education and parenting and I use many of these tools that are listed. They're great!