Sharing right on
1.) One of the most powerful sharing tools I learned was the blogger side widget tool. This tool made it easy to bring all my social media platforms on the blog, and it keeps track of when I update my other websites. I've seen big company websites have this before but, I never knew how they did it. It makes it easier to share your other platforms without just having a boring plain url. This tool makes the blog look more user-friendly and attracts viewers by seeing all social platforms in one place. "
Blogger outreach is always going to be an important component of social media strategies. These people have influence, and they are key voices within industries."
I Will Find You, And I will Fulfill you
2.) In the most recent youtube video, we had to do an elevator pitch, which I assumed to be something where you describe all your qualities shortly. The part I didn't know was the important point "Who do you know?" This simple question can lead to building partnerships and growing your task. By asking people to get your word out there, is greatly beneficial to increasing influence on others. You never know who will be interested in your product.
Be Creative, show some flare
3.) To be active on the social media platforms, means to keep posting and keeping the audience active. It's fundamental to stay up to date to keep your followers engaged. Having weekly google alert blog stories shows the importance of how managing a campaign with the latest news is crucial for success. "For social media marketing to be successful, you can't just have social media sites. You need to be active on those sites and post things to engage the audience and get people to take an action." Having constant updates keeps the audience intrigued and wanting to be more intact with what you have to say.
Growing a community
4.) The follow button is a powerful tool in social media. By following someone back, it shows a level of interest and willingness to grow your feed exposing you to see things apart from common interests. By following people back in our class, I was able to see other people's SM4SC campaigns. For Example, with Lost Adventure, I was able to learn about new cities I've never heard before. Retweeting helps people's products grow and can lead to them retweeting you, it builds a good relationship. "Social media often consists of extending your personal identity into a setting where it is observed by others who have chosen to pay attention to you."
Just Be You
5.) It's important to be yourself when trying to grow a product or brand. There's no need to build on a false image cause that can hurt you in the long run. We all made social media campaigns that interest us, and we shared it with #SHUSocialMedia to promote our cause. "Hiding behind false images or generic avatars is not looked upon kindly in the world of social media." Sticking to your identity will be seen, and your interests might help others in interactions.
Help! I've fallen and I can't write a story. Well there's Google Alerts to help you.
6.) Google Alerts is a very reliable tool to see stories on a topic you want to search for and to stay updated from a keyword you search for. I've never had experience with this tool, and it's so effective in gaining knowledge. It's user friendly and there's an option to stay up to date, and for that article to send you updates without you having to do anything. You don't have to describe to different websites, because the news will come to you in one piece.
I'm no Mark Zuckerberg
7.) One of the social media platforms that caught me off guard was Facebook. The first ever main social media platform that I had was a challenge in regards to making a business site. The format was different which was a little challenging to get used too, but I learned that Facebook is not just for liking, but you can promote your website, just like promoting a YouTube video. The sharing tool is effective too, to growing your product. With Facebook, you really want to make your website stand out by having important pictures in your cover header and profile picture, but a header might be more important when having a business profile.
Major key alert: Organization is key
8.) This class really gave me the insight of how important it is to organize all the different platforms. Having the right pictures and backgrounds can be suiting for the audience. Having standout pictures is good because of the visual world we live in. Also another component is use of titles we put in our videos or even blogs. With my twitter account I tried to add some funny and suiting GIFS to try to attract attention.
Social Media is Just Beginning
9.) It's important to keep in mind that social media is evolving constantly. The book emphasizes how the social media we use now may not be the same platforms we use in the future. This is why it's important to stay up to date and to make adjustments to promote our ideas in a way that will gain audience in a bigger amount. We're just at the beginning stage which means, social media will grow to a larger amount and will be part of our lives for a long time.
Blogger is the Place to Bring Everything Together
10.) Last but, not least the most important and fun tool, this class was using Blogger. This was the first time using blogger, and it was simple to choose what layout you wanted. It's amazing how you can embed your different platforms or YouTube videos to bring everything onto this site. This is the main page where you can share all your ideas and it's all thanks to one URL. This is a user-friendly site to really spread the word.
