Social
Media Resources

About Social Media

Example of a basic Social Media policy
https://www.digital-marketing-course.com.au/page/net-101-social-media-policy–2

Good resource for thinking about social media & indigenous culture
https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/politics/aboriginal-use-of-social-media

Developed with deadly Indigenous writers and voice actors, all Australians can enjoy these short, fun animations and learn about how we want to behave together online.
https://www.esafety.gov.au/education-resources/classroom-resources/be-deadly-online

Social Media Policy for Employees (Canadian site) – use this for first discussions/workshop
https://blog.hootsuite.com/social-media-policy-for-employees/

Software

Adobe Spark (free video editing tool for web and mobile)
https://spark.adobe.com/home/

Canva (free and paid versions – create and edit images – templates for social media posts)
https://www.canva.com/

Buffer (Schedule your posts for Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Linkedin/Google+/Pinterest and they upload automatically)
https://buffer.com

How to monitor when your brand (or your name) is mentioned online

Google Alerts  https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/4815696?hl=en
Talkwalker Alerts https://www.talkwalker.com/alerts

Demographics – who uses what platform?

Vivid Social is a digital marketing agency that provides monthly reports about Australian Social Media use.  They also provide a short editorial about the trends and data. You can subscribe to their monthly report or view it at
https://www.socialmedianews.com.au

August 2018 stats:
https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics-australia-august-2018/

Security

‘;–have i been pwned?
Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach
https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Cross platform, multi device, password manager – if  when you die your passwords are all in here!
https://www.dashlane.com/