Useful Links

You'll find a range of really useful social media links below covering everything from the basics of setting up accounts on social media platforms through to drafting policy and developing strategies.

If you have any other really useful links that should be added, please stick them in the comment section, or tweet me @PDarigan.

Housekeeping point - If any of the content I've linked to beneath (particularly the Guidelines and Policies content) helps to inform your practices, please ensure that the content is released under the appropriate re-use licensing and do give credit where credit is due by referencing the content creator.

Training and Guides

• Mashable Facebook Guidebook
• Mashable Google+ Guide
• Mashable Pinterest Beginner's Guide
• Mashable Twitter Guidebook

Guidelines and Policies

• BBC - Social Networking, Microblogs and other Third Party Websites: BBC Use
• DePaul University Social Media Guidelines
• Intel Social Media Guidelines

Strategies

• BBC News - English Regions Social Media Strategy (PDF)
• ClickZ - Six Steps in Developing a Social Media Strategy
• Social Media Examiner - Seven Steps For a Successful Social Media Strategy

Applications and Tools

• Crowdsourced Online Tools for Charities (Thanks to @CharityChap for pulling together this list)

Social Media and Digital News

• BBC Technology
• Guardian Tech
• Mashable
• Silicon Republic  (HT to @iamparaic)
• Social Media Explorer
• TechCrunch
• VentureBeat
• Wired (HT to @iamparaic)
• Wired UK (HT to @iamparaic)