Your new social media vocabulary list

From socialnetworkinglibrarian.com

There is much more to the internet than Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, and Twitter, but do we really know what else is out there, and how it can help us?

Enter the A to Z guide to social media marketing buzzwords, featuring 120 terms you must know. The list includes the basics of social media like ‘avatar’, ‘blog’, ‘comment’, and ‘forums’, but it also explores the meanings and purposes of other techniques and websites that we don’t typically use, such as:

AddThis – AddThis is a social bookmarking service that provides a code users can put on their websites so that when people visit that site, they have the option to share via Facebook, Twitter, etc. Its analytics service can show you which pages are trending, where people are interacting with your brand, and what they’re saying about your content on Twitter.

Digg – Digg is a social news website that allows members to submit and vote for articles. Articles with the most votes appear on the homepage of the site and subsequently are seen by the largest portion of the site’s membership, as well as other visitors.

Eventbrite – Eventbrite is a provider of online event management and ticketing services. Eventbrite is free if your event is free. If you sell tickets to your event, Eventbrite collects a fee per ticket.

Joomla- Joomla is a content management system (CMS) that enables users to build websites and online applications.

Klout – Klout is a measure of social influence. The service allows users to connect various social accounts such as Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, etc., and then provides every user with his or her Klout score. The score is out of 100–the higher the score, the more influence you have on the social world.

Have a look at the original article for more terms to learn!

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