Social Networking for the Over 50s
By Thomas Myer
March 2012
Pearson Education
ISBN: 9780273761765
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
214 pages, Illustrated
$33.50 Paper Original 
Top 10 Social Networking Tips for the Over 50s
1 Set up a Twitter account
2 Tweet!
3 Tweet a reply to a specific person
4 Use a Twitter hashtag
5 Set up a Facebook account
6 Share what you're doing on Facebook
7 Share photos on Facebook
8 Share videos on Facebook
9 Start blogging with Tumblr
10 Introduction to Google+
1. Getting Started With Social Media
Who uses social media?
Why participate in social media?
Is social media ‘viral’?
Privacy and security concerns
Finding your friends and colleagues on social media
Using social media to meet new friends
Using social media to follow a hobby or passion
Using social media to organise people for a cause or movement
Using social media to promote a business
2. Twitter
Set up a Twitter account
Tweet!
Tweet a reply to a specific person
Use a Twitter hashtag
Finding friends on Twitter
Using Twitter search
Sending a direct message
Installing Tweetdeck
Using Twitter on an iPhone
3. Facebook Basics
Set up a Facebook account
Adding a bio
Uploading a profile picture
Finding friends on Facebook
Share what you're doing on Facebook
Adding a comment to a friend’s Facebook status
Viewing a friend’s profile
Friending someone on Facebook
Liking on Facebook
Share photos on Facebook
Share videos on Facebook
Share links on Facebook
Tagging people on Facebook
4. Advanced Facebook
Using the notes feature to ‘blog’ on Facebook
Asking a question on Facebook
Posting to someone’s wall
Tagging someone in a post or a comment
Sending a private message
Creating an event on Facebook
Liking a fan page
Telling others about a fan page
Facebook on your iPhone
5. Google+
Getting to know Google+
Sharing on Google+
Sharing a photo on Google+
Sharing a photo album on Google+
Viewing photos from your circle on Google+
Sharing a video on Google+
Adding comments on Google+
Adding a +1 on Google+
Muting a post on Google+
Sharing on Google+
Restrict sharing on Google+
Working with circles in Google+
Notifications in Google+
Viewing a specific stream on Google+
Viewing your own profile on Google+
Starting a hangout on Google+
Sparks on Google+
Your Google+ settings
6. Blogging
Starting your own blog
Finding quality blogs
Before you start a blog
Nine ideas for keeping your blog going
Start blogging with Tumblr
Start blogging with Posterous
Start blogging with Blogger
Start blogging with WordPress.com
7. Photos and Video
Introduction to Flickr
Create a Flickr account
Upload an image to Flickr
Organise images into sets
Search for images
Connect with people on Flickr
Introduction to Instagram
Downloading the application
Taking a picture with Instagram
Finding friends on Instagram
Introduction to YouTube
Searching for and watching videos on YouTube
Signing up for YouTube
Uploading your first video
Subscribing to a channel on YouTube
Introduction to Vimeo
Signing up for Vimeo
Uploading a video
Exploring Vimeo
8. Music
Introduction to Last.fm
Starting a Last.fm profile
Get music recommendations from Last.fm
Downloading the Last.fm Scrobbler
Adding favourite artists to Last.fm manually
Listening to music on Last.fm
Seeing recommended music on Last.fm
Introduction to Blip.fm
Signing up for Blip.fm
Searching for a song on Blip.fm
Blipping a song
Introduction to Spotify
Getting a Spotify account
Installing Spotify
Importing your music to Spotify
Playing a song on Spotify
Seeing an artist’s playlist
Seeing all songs on an album
Starring songs
Creating and sharing playlists on Spotify
Finding Facebook friends on Spotify
9. Location-based services
Downloading Gowalla
Checking in to a location
About Me in Gowalla
Finding friends on Gowalla
Introduction to Foursquare
Downloading the app
Checking in to a location
Using Foursquare to explore
Using Facebook check-ins
Using Google+ check-ins
10. Fun social websites to try out
DailyBooth
Delicious
Flixster
Friends Reunited
GoodReads
The Hotlist
TravBuddy
Yelp
DailyMile
Ravelry
Top 10 Social Networking Problems Solved
1 Privacy issues
2 Security issues
3 Oversharing
4 Inauthenticity
5 Friending too many people
6 Friending too few people
7 Trolls
8 Forgetting the social part of social media
9 Getting distracted by too much social media
10 Not participating enough in social media