Social media for dummies | Part One

03 Jun

Social media for dummies | Part One

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PURCO SA’s Social Media for Dummies is a step by step guide for those of us who are a little intimidated by all of the social media jargon flying around. Because it really is more simple than it sounds!  If you aren’t on Facebook and Twitter, you’re missing out!

This is PART 1 of PURCO SA’s Social Media for Dummies and we want to use this opportunity to  start by teaching you to open a Facebook account.  The articles that follow will teach you how to open a Twitter Account,  a LinkedIn account and a Google account.  If at any point you feel a bit lost, please feel free to email us at social@purcosa.co.za for assistance.

You don’t need to be on all social media platforms, just those that are most relevant to you.

We don’t want to completely overload you with information to the extent that you feel like your head is going to explode!  We just want to communicate with you, and we want to teach you how to use social media as a business tool and a source of information.

A few things to remember:

  • You don’t have to participate on every social media platform, many things are repeated on all platforms anyway.
  • Find the social feeds that benefit you the most and get into the habit of using them to the extent that makes you feel like you are getting the most out of them.
  • Don’t feel intimidated, learn how to use these platforms in your own time and at your own pace.  Nobody is watching you, there’s no reason to feel like you’re being put on the spot.
  • If you don’t like it, you can leave it.  Once you have set up a profile for yourself, it takes two seconds to delete if you decide it is not for you.
  • You don’t have to read and open every post, so don’t feel overwhelmed.  Nobody has time to read everything that is posted every day, we all have jobs and lives to attend to.  Treat your social feed like a newspaper – browse through headlines and read information that you find interesting or relevant.

 

Step One

  1. In your URL bar type in www.facebook.com to be brought to this log in page.
  2. Type in your First Name, Last name, a valid Email Address and a Password that you will remember.
  3. Enter your Birthday and whether or not you are Male or Female.
  4. Click on the green Sign Up button.

 

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Step Two

  1. Keep an eye on your email account - Facebook is going to send you an email which you must open. Follow the instructions in the email to verify your new Facebook account.
  2. Facebook wants to find people you know via your email account/s to send them friend requests.  You don't have to do this if you don't want to.  You can click on the skip button if you want to move on, or you can submit your email and follow the Facebook prompts to invite your friends.
  3. Once you are finished finding your friends click on the next button to continue with your account set up.

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Step Three

  1. Now you are given the opportunity to include your photograph on your profile.  If you don't want to add a photograph, once again, you can just click on the 'skip' button to be taken to the next page.
  2. This profile photograph is going to be a thumbnail that represents your profile in all social interactions.  It makes it easier for friends to recognise you, because there are many John Smiths on Facebook, they need to verify that it is you that they are interacting with.

WELL DONE!  You have a Facebook Account!  You are one step closer to being a part of PURCO SA’s online community!

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Step Four

  1. Now you can follow PURCO SA on Facebook!  Go to the search field at the top of your Facebook Page.  Type in PURCO SA and make sure you select the profile with the PURCO SA logo.
  2. You will be taken to the PURCO SA Facebook page, look for the 'Like' button and click on it.  You will now receive all of PURCO SA's news and posts in your news feed.

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WELCOME!  You are now part of the PURCO SA online community!  We look forward to hearing your comment and interacting with you more regularly!  Please let us know if there is anything you'd like to hear more about by messaging us on Facebook, or if there is a news story that you think is worth sharing, do so, so that we can share it with everybody else.

We'll give you some time now to go and set up your Facebook account and to Like the PURCO SA page.  Keep an eye out though because 'SOCIAL MEDIA FOR DUMMIES | PART 2' is headed your way shortly.

If at any point you feel a bit lost, please feel free to email us at social@purcosa.co.za for assistance.

Kind regards,

JODI-LEE ROOD
Social Media Liaison
JoziTown Projects on behalf of PURCO SA 

 

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