Lindsie Woolley Blog post 1 module 8

I knew nothing about LinkedIn before joining this class. I learned so much about it from the assignment that we did using it. By taking the time to explore and read exactly how to use the site I figured out how to use this social media as a powerful tool. I am continuing to build a social media account on LinkedIn that is professional and show cases my skills and my talents, along with my previous experiences. LinkedIn is one way to put yourself ahead of the game when looking for a job. It is also a good way to create an extensive network of professionals across many fields. Teachers are always saying in my major it’s about who you know and LinkedIn really provides an easy way to get to know more professionals.

               The second thing I learned about social media during this class was cross promoting. This really just blew my mind. I use personal social media a lot but have never really used cross promotion or even really knew what it was. Cross promotion takes what you put into one social media account and multiplies it across all of the accounts that you link together. For any business this is a major win. You can take very minimal effort and maximize it across all your accounts. This also works for personal use. I personally have some family that only use Facebook and some friends who only use Instagram and I get so annoyed having to post my baby’s pictures to both places. But, with cross promotion I can just link the two accounts and when I post on Instagram it automatically posts that picture to my Facebook account for me.

               I knew social media was this rapidly expanding scary thing before this class. Now I know that I shouldn’t shy away from social media because of all the negative effects it can have in my life. I need to embrace what social media can do for my and keep control on my usage as well as my posts. Just a few rules I learned in the class. 1) Everything you post on any social media can be seen even if it private so keep it classy. 2) Social media is not always the best place to voice your political views because it may get you in trouble down the road.  3) Social media can help you to get a job just as easily as it can lose you a job. 4) Keep up to date with social media because it is becoming more and more prevalent in the work place. 5) Sometimes 140 characters are all you need to say what you really mean.

Colby Wurst - Module #8, Only Post

     I learned quite a bit about social media, but a couple of things I didn't know you could do were, cross promote to the extent you can, and just how much social media and politics worked together.  

     I know being from my generation, the latter shouldn't be a surprise to me, but it was.  I didn't know there was that much a correlation between the two.  I've already started paying closer attention to the current campaigns and it is clear that all of the candidates put a lot of emphasis on their social media campaigns.  

     It also surprised me that you can cross promote your social media platforms to gain more exposure.  I only have one social media platform, and haven't tried to sign up for others, so I didn't know about the cross promoting.  I think it is a great idea for businesses and individuals alike.  I also learned quite a bit about this from my NPO research as The Kearney World Theatre does an excellent job of this.

     I had an almost negative view of social media at the beginning of class.  I didn't really like social media sites as they don't allow you to interact in the ultimate medium, face to face.  However I do see now that social media is a way to make new acquaintances and interact in a different way.  My view of social media has changed from a negative view to and accepting view.  I won't ever have 15 social media platforms and be on them all day, but I will probably continue to have one or two.

     

Module 7, Post #4

My last article come from vice.com and is titled "The Future of Social Media According to Vice by Grant Pardee. In this article, Grant Pardee states that we are seeing a trend towards more micro-communities rather than large scale blogging and broadcasting. Also, people show they like looking more at pictures and short burst of texts like Instagram and Snapchat. I can see how this is the trend now days, and it may cause Facebook and Twitter to slowly diminish in the future.

https://www.vice.com/read/the-future-of-social-media-121

Tyler Walker Module 7 post no. 4

I chose this article because it has the topic of future of social media. However, this article was written in December of 2014 and is the prediction of social media in 2015. It is now a year later and we can make a comparison to see if the predictions came true. The author asked twenty-five different business individuals what they think will change in social media. Most of the predictions talked about the use of social media as a marketing tool. This is the prediction that has become reality for a lot of companies. This article was like a time capsule for social media because you can look back on what direction we thought social media was heading in. Now this small window of time is easier to predict over than a ten to twenty year time window. While looking for articles to fit the module’s topic I have found a wide range of predictions for social media. Social media is going to become more of a large topic for businesses.

http://www.business2community.com/social-media/future-social-media-25-experts-share-2015-predictions-01104113#yVwZ3p0k6RORoKK8.97

Module 7 Post #4

http://www.socialmediatoday.com/content/how-web-30-will-impact-social-media-and-pr

This article discusses the impact that Web 3.0 could potentially have on the future of social media. One major way that it will be influenced is by making it so much easier to use as well as interacting with other users. This makes any member of a company a potential spokesperson if they are involved with social media. Also, since social media will become so much more immersive the ability for customers to interact with the companies that they buy from. Again, these are just predictions of what will happen with the new age of Web 3.0. What really happens will be incredibly interesting to see play out.

Nick Meyer Post 7.4

This article talks about the future of social media in the sports world.  Today, there are athletes who get in trouble for things that they post on social media. Wether thats Robert Griffin III posting bad things about his coach and team or Johnny Manziel getting in trouble from his coach for posting pictures of partying during the season, there is no real way to control it.  This article predicts that in time, sports franchises will determine rules and guidelines that are in their players' contracts to keep them in line.

http://lewishowes.com/social-media/transformation-the-future-of-sports-social-media/

Module 7 Article #4

Google is working on a new Android service that will make thousands of people happy. This is called a DataSaver which cuts down on ads which take away from your data plans. This will surely make people happy as this will cut down on bills from people whom go over their data plan and clears up room for people who need to do more searching on their plan. Your phone will only show ads as blocks while it will reveal the text. This is set to be a great feature for Android users. 

http://www.techspot.com/news/62981-google-chrome-android-update-aims-make-mobile-web.html