Month: March 2016

Linked In

If you are like any other average person, than you’ve most likely had troubles finding a job. If not, well then you’re lucky! Anyways building resumes, and finding the perfect job to match your personality and skills couldn’t be easier to achive with the Social Media website called “LinkedIn”.

This websites includes many different options for users looking for work, or users providing work while looking for employees. There are an abundent amount of jobs listed on LinkedIn ranging from construction, computer programming, and so much more! The main objective about this website is specifically for the business comunity only. There isn’t much more other than business. Their goal is to “allow registered members to establish and document networks of people they know and trust professionally”.

This site really helps out trying to find jobs. For example I am working for a friend I met last year with computer programming. When I typed in Computer Programming in Sioux Falls guess who popped up? My employer! So in that case I would’ve met him and most likely worked for him either way, weather I’ve known him for a year or sent him an applicaiton.

LinkedIn builds professional resumes very easily. Who wouldn’t want a professional resume while looking for a good job? LinkedIn provides so many jobs you are practically guarenteed to find your dream job! Although it may not be in your location. Yet LinkedIn is worldwide and can provide jobs for whomever is registered and also knows how to run the basic computer! Good Luck!

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Twitter

Who uses Twitter? According to Twitter, this application is used by 320 million active monthly users. These users include people from around the world, some are in business,  or even scammers, and some are just for your personal profile. A fun fact about Twitter is that 80% of users are mobile users. Why should a business use Twitter? Businesses use twitter to connect with customers as well as advertising their product. Contacting with their customers makes the customer feel cared for. This business can hashtag their name and find all of the tweets that has their hashtag in their tweet. Once finding their tweet the business can then reply to their customer or answer questions. How is Twitter different from other social media platforms? Using Twitter gives you access to hashtags, which Facebook does not have. Instagram is specifically created for images and filters, although Instagram has access to hashtags, although using the hashtags will only pull up pictures instead of tweets. What types of content should a business use on Twitter? The content that a business should be using on a Twitter account would most likely be Rational: Educational. I believe they should be educational because customers can easily post a question asking about your product, whomever is in charge of the twitter account could find the question and answer it with ease, then everyone day could carry on. I believe Twitter is one of the best social media platforms for advertising and connecting with the customer.

 

Twitter poll - how many use it for lead generation

 

  • Who uses Twitter? (hint: Don’t tell me your mom uses it and so does your Uncle Tom! Look up demographics, people.)
  • Why should a business use Twitter?
  • How is Twitter different from other social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.) ?
  • What types of content should a business use on Twitter? (hint: refer back to our tantilizing discussion about Audience and Content);(okay, another hint: Audience and Content can be found under STInet–> Handouts) 
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Twitter Chat

Questions:

  • What is the hashtag for the chat?
  • What time/day/date did you participate in the chat?
  • What time/day/date does this chat typically occur?
  • Discuss the theme of the chat (who are they?!) as well as the topic and a                   summary of the questions.
  • What were your initial impressions of the group you were chatting with?
  • What new information did you learn from this chat?
  • What tips would you have for someone that has never participated in a                             Twitter chat?

 

I joined a chat called Save140

  1. The hashtag for that chat was #save140
  2. I participated on Wednesday, March 9th 2016
  3. at 12:00
  4. The theme of the chat was them people trying to save 140 characters on Twitter
  5. My intial impressions were that I didn’t really care for the character count. I don’t use Twitter very often so it doesn’t mean anything to me.
  6. I learned that there are people out there that are actually trying to save 140 character limit on twitter. Other than that I didn’t learn anything.
  7. Go in, have fun, and don’t get too serious about Twitter. Unless you are a die hard Twitter fan.
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