Swine Flu: The Official CDC Social Media Toolkit

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Jennifer Van Grove
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Swine Flu: The Official CDC Social Media Toolkit
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The CDC's social media arsenal includes widgets and buttons, a mobile-optimized CDC web site, online instructional videos, podcasts, eCards, Swine Flu specific news feeds, 3 Twitter accounts, Flickr images, and several social network profiles.

CDC Official Content

The CDC has their own online TV channel, where videos like this one can be seen and shared. They've also created two podcasts, one on handwashing and the other on Swine Flu symptoms, that you can listen or subscribe to.

Should you want to provide relevant CDC Swine Flu content to your readers, you can grab one of a number of widgets (also available in Spanish), each of which includes U.S. and International information on the spread of infections, preventive measures, symptoms to look out for, and things you can do to help. All of the content is updated by the CDC, which means your widget will stay current with dynamic content.

[img src="http://www.cdc.gov/images/campaigns/SwineFlu/keepemhome_300x250.jpg" caption="" credit="" alt="Keep your sick kids home from school. Visit www.cdc.gov/h1n1 for more information."]

If that's not enough, you can even opt to send an eCard, or display a button with an instructional message.

CDC's Social Profiles

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You can find the CDC pretty much everywhere online. Not only have they setup shop on YouTube, MySpace, and DailyStrength, but they're also tweeting flu updates via @CDCFlu, interactive media news via @cdc_ehealth, and emergency status updates via @CDCemergency. The CDC is also

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