Articles and Research About Using Social Media in Your Practice:
Establishing an Online and Social Media Presence for Your IBCLC Practice by Amber McCann and Jeanette McCulloch
Using Social Media to Promote and Support Breastfeeding by Todd Wolynn
How IBCLCs Can Make an Impact Through Social Media from Lactation Matters
MumBub Connect: A Digital Social Marketing Approach to Breastfeeding summary project report from a pilot project in Australia
Can Social Media Help You Breastfeed? by Fleur Bickford
Using Social Media to Support Breastfeeding: Q & A with Fleur Bickford from Birthswell
Marketing via the Web and Social Media by Kathleen Lopez
AMA Policy: Professionalism in the Use of Social Media from the American Medical Association
Twitter Chat Library (transcripts of tweets from various breastfeeding conferences and Twitter chats)
How to Info:
Facebook Guidebook from Mashable
Amber McCann on Timeline for Facebook pages from Birthswell
Twitter Guidebook from Mashable
Twitter Tips for Conference Attendees from BirthSwell
How to Update Your Twitter Profile Images from Birthswell
Twitter Hashtags for Birth and Breastfeeding Professionals from Birthswell
Pregnancy, Birth and Breastfeeding Twitter chats
Archiving Your Tweets Using Tweetdoc from Birthswell
How to build your personal brand on LinkedIn from Mashable
Google +
Guide to Google + from Mashable
Guide to Pinterest from Mashable
Breastfeeding Organizations to Follow:
Blogs
Lactation Matters blog from the International Lactation Consultants Association (ILCA)
Breastfeeding Medicine Blog from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)
United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA)
Canadian Lactation Consultant Association (CLCA)
Lakeshore Medical Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic
Mississippi Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic, PLLC
MS BF Med Clinic – Prof Education
International Lactation Consultant association (ILCA)
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)
Canadian Lactation Consultant Association (CLCA)
United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA)