Thursday, January 31, 2019

Week 2A- Overview of Social Media

What social media platforms seem geared toward personal use?
I use certain platforms for personal use such as Facebook, SnapChat, Instagram, and Pinterest. They are popular because most people use them to communicate with their friends and family. I have teenagers who use Snapchat and Instagram to communicate with their friends and only use it for social purposes. I rarely use these platforms and if I do, it is Facebook Groups, some Twitter and a little bit of LinkedIn. Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat and Pinterest are perfect for personal use because people can input their lives into the posts via videos and photos.

Which platforms work better and seem more suitable for business? From my experience, I would use LinkedIn and Facebook Groups for my business. LinkedIn is a professional/business social website which connects people and makes it easier to meet others in the business world. One can also post articles they have written and it is an excellent way to look for a job. Facebook allows you to create groups for an ultimately larger group of people to engage and create a community of like-minded folks around a particular subject.

Do any of the platforms seem to work well for business and personal? How are they used differently? From my experience, Facebook and Twitter work well for personal and then I would add in LinkedIn for business. As for one platform working well for personal and business, I would probably head over to Pinterest and Instagram especially if in a visual business such as design, showcasing products, selling real estate as the customer base is already there looking for ideas and inspiration.






Thursday, January 24, 2019

Week 1B - Blog Comments

I commented on the following blogs so far:

Matthew Daigneau

Jason Bush

Giuliana L.

Michelle J.

Week 1A - Blog Theme

I chose this theme because I really like the blue and green combination, it inspires spring and hope. On my work website, I have pink and black but, this combination makes me smile.

This is a good example of why I am glad I enrolled in this class. I need to be proficient making quick edits on my blogs. It took me a few tries to get even one template to work. For some reason, certain templates wouldn’t populate for me.

Now, I want to work on cleaning up the look of the text; for example text color and font size.


Week 17 - Post A - Final

As I mentioned several times throughout the semester, I am a reluctant social media person. When I started my radio show in 2002 at a tradit...