What about my utilization of social media ?

HELLO ALL ! As we almost arrived to the end of this course, here are a few things about my different accounts on social media.

My blog 

I finally ended up with 8 posts counting this one on my blog, with a total number of views reaching 288 and only 4 comments. To have more followers I think I should have made my blog look more attractive, I'm sure this would have get me more views. What I like the most about blogging is the personal aspect that is emanating of it and the liberty you can take by creating your website as you want. This reflects the best how you are and your personality will attract followers because they're looking for authenticity. When it is about a brand it's a bit different but still blogging is a good way to get popular. 

My Facebook

I'm using FB since 6 years and I have to admit that I already knew a lot about this social network. The system of friends, pages and groups isn't new, but the way of using it efficiently I learned it with this class. I didn't expect to have such good marketing tools in FB, even if when I think about them now it seems obvious. I learned how to target better my customers through these ads for example, and saw that FB remains the best social network to generally boost your business. 
Currently I have only 24 friends on my "new" FB account created for this class and I'm in 5 different groups related to California, travel and sport topics. I think I may keep this account to have a "professional one" as on my real profile I have too many useless friends (I'm perfectly aware that I don't know all my 1238 friends I have on it). It's always good to have a good profile, it may be personal but it's still the first thing employers will look at when hiring new people. 

My Twitter

I've been active on Twitter since 5 years. When I first started to use it, the purpose was more to be fancy and talk with your friends in a brand new social network (for high school at least). I never stopped using it because it always appeared very useful and easy to manage. I saw on this social media how content can become viral in a few seconds and its reach. Learning how to manage Twitter in a marketing way was very interesting and I will increase my followings on this new account. So far I am following 46 accounts as the LA times, Konbini and Le Parisien for example. These three help me keeping in touch with the latest news from all around the world, and in a more centered point of view on Paris. About Konbini, I really like this media because it always brings interesting topics I would not even see if they were not posted on it. I will definitely keep on using Twitter because for me it's the best way to relay the information quickly and efficiently.

My LinkedIn 

About LinkedIn, I'm not very used yet to this social network. It's almost the most important by now though, as we arrived in the critical part of our studies where we'll start actively working soon. I know that by having a proper profile it can help a lot getting internships or contracts. I need to improve my profile, so far I only have 30 relations but thanks to this class I'm working on it. I also didn't know the existence of the groups! They are for me a very good thing as they allow you to gather with people who share the same interests as you do but all in a professional way - which can be a benefit for later. 

Comments

  1. Todd M Bader UCRMarch 6, 2018 at 3:53 PM

    Great information you shared. By the way, LinkedIn is one of the GREAT Social Media Platform. I have noticed since I joined SMM class, my followers has increased. This site not only help you with finding career or job, this site also learn more about your brand, both personal or business level. LinkedIn is more of great professional and proper etiquette level with a lot of great networking. This is the opposite of Facebook interaction!

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