Hey James
I think I'd be tempted to also go Posterous, Tumblr, Wordpress, Slideshare -
and definitely LinkedIn too - just because they're easy to do - and to cover
all bases...
cheers for now
Mike
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On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:42 AM, James Morley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Apologies for hijacking the list for what is in effect a personal rather
> than professional question, but I thought the discussion would be
> interesting to the list anyway.
>
> My wife and her sister have a great idea for a new educational product that
> they want to launch as a charity fund-raising project. It has a very
> distinctive name/brand, but the question is ...
>
> Aside from the obvious web domain, Twitter account and Facebook page, what
> are the essential places that they need to 'secure' an account using that
> brand name?
>
> We have registered www.[brandname].com and .org
> We have created twitter.com/[brandname]
> We have created a Facebook page and will create facebook.com/[brandname](once we get the required 25 Likes!)
> We will probably also do a YouTube account/channel
>
> But what other channels/services would anyone suggest as must haves? I
> appreciate that it does depend on the product and any particular needs, but
> at this stage and in this forum I'm just intrigued as to what people regard
> as the key generic ones.
>
> Thanks, James
>
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