A quick look into some of the most popular and fasted growing social platforms: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram.

1. Social Media 101:
A New Kind of Social Networking
Shannon R. Mouton
Principal, Topaz Consulting
September 7, 2013

2. Social Networking
You
Friends
Friends’
friends
Mentors
Co-
workers
Interest
Groups
Nonprofit
Organi-
zations
Academic
Groups
Religious
Groups
Social
Groups

3. Social Places
Social
Platforms
Blogs
Micro-
blogs
Social
Networks
Multi-
media
Geo-
location
Chat
Rooms
Message
Boards
Online
Ratings
Social
Info

4. Getting Started
Join Groups
Observe
Make
Friends
Participate in
Activities
Tell People
Invite Others
to Join

5. Popular Social Networks

6. Facebook
A social networking site
that allows users to
connect and engage with
other users through
personal profiles.
Facebook.com/ShannonRMouton

7. Twitter
A social network built on
micro-blogging, users post
and read “tweets,” text
messages containing no
more than 140 characters.
Twitter.com/ShannonRenee

8. YouTube
A video-sharing site where users can upload,
view and share videos. Unregistered users
can watch videos, while registered users can
upload videos.
YouTube.com/ShannonRenee39

9. LinkedIn
A social networking site for people in
professional occupations that is
mainly used for professional
networking.
LinkedIn.com/in/ShannonRMouton

10. Instagram
An online photo-sharing, video-
sharing and social networking service.
Instagram.com/ShannonReneeDC

11. Pinterest
A pinboard-style photo-sharing
website that allows users to create
and manage theme-based image
collections such as events, interests
and hobbies.
Pinterest.com/ShannonRenee1/boards

12. Same Ole Networking

13. Questions

14. Shannon R. Mouton
Principal, Topaz Consulting
Director, Marketing & Digital Media
McKinney & Associates
Thank you for your time and attention!