Tech Talk
Technology is a HUGE part of what we do everyday. Whether we are helping our teens use technology, using technology to connect with our teens, or trying to put together teen programs – there is no escaping it, and no escaping how often it changes. Since we write about it, I thought we would make it easy for you to find it all in one place – HERE! After all, geek is the new black.The Best Marketing Apps
Generate Marketing Creativity with iPhone Apps (Photo apps)
Meme the Apps (Word on photo apps)
GIFs 101 (GIF apps)
20 Meme Making iPhone Apps
Social Media 101
The Beginners Guide to the Hashtag
Harness the Power of the Hashtag
A Scientific Guide to the Best Times to Tweet, FB, Blog, etc.
The Science of Social Timing
Executing Your Social Media Marketing Strategy
6 Steps to Creating a Social Media Marketing Plan
Examples of People Using Social MediaWell:
- Epic Reads – Tea Time (strong online presence, great use of video, Book Shimmy)
- Entangled Teen – Teen Trivia Fridays (Twitter) (predictable time, interactive, simple but engaging)
- EarlyWord – #ewyagc (Twitter)
- Glenn Ellyn Public Library
- Get Caught Reading thing DGPL
- #3wordbooktalk at TLT
Facebook
Ongoing changing in policies are causing some users to defect, less popular now, teens are defecting, can now use Hashtags
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Using Instagram for Marketing & 3 Tips for Success
How to Get Started with Instagram Marketing
Study: Fastest Growing Social Marketer Worldwide
Infographic: Instagram Marketing by the Numbers
4 Brands Using Instagram for Killer Marketing
Mashable: Pinterest Drives More Traffic to Publishers Than Twitter, LinkedIn, RedditCombined
20 Ways Libraries are Using Pinterest
The Copyright Question: How to Protect Yourself on Pinterest
Tumblr
5 Things You Can Do with Tumblr:
DIY on Tumblr
Twitter
2013 Twitter Marketing Guide
5 Proven Twitter Marketing Strategies
Vine
How to Vine
How to Add Special Effects to Vine
Ultimate Guide to Vine
6 Tips for Making an Awesome Vine Video
6 Ways Your Brand Can Use Vine
Examples: Buzzfeeds10 People You Should Follow on Vine
Example: What is Teen Advocacy
YouTube
6 Biggest Mistakes Brands Make on YouTube;
How to YouTube with Success
10 Essential YouTube Tips and Tricks
Teen Programming and Technology
Teen Tech 12: Using Tech in Teen Programming
Meme ALL the Shirts
Instagram crafts
Turn your Instagram pics into Photobooth bookmarks
Geek Out Your Library
A Defense of Online Gaming in Libraries
TPIB: When Books Inspire Art (Using Apps to Create Book/Library Related Art)
Teens, Tech and Programming
The Relational Reading Revolution Revisited: Using social media to connect teens w/authors and get them invested in the reading community
Hosting a Coding Club
Gif Making
Resources
www.slashgear.com – tech news
www.buzzfeed.com – great example of content; find content to share
www.mashable.com – fave info resource
www.hypable.com – sharable content
www.ypulse.com – news about teens & millenials
www.socialmediatoday.com – all about social media
Marketing with Apps Presentation Outline
TLA Relational Reading Revolution Presentation
Filed under: Apps, Geek is the New Black, Smart Phones, Social Media, Technology
About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 32 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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