Part 1 Twitter followers at start of course: 491 Twitter followers at end of course: 503 Percentage followers gained: 2% Klout score at start of course: 40 Klout score at the end of the course: 26 I tried many techniques to increase my social media influence and following throughout this semester. On Twitter, what worked […]

Social media is the thing that your parents warned would prevent you from getting into college and the thing job recruiters say will make or break your shot at their company – so it’s understandable I’d be a little wary of it. This class opened my eyes to the proper tools and usage of social […]

PART ONE: I began this semester with zero followers and having never had a Twitter account of my own. I had a social media internship the past two summers, running Madison Square Garden’s social accounts, and was very familiar with how Twitter worked, but really had no idea how to create a Twitter presence. Thanks […]

A compilation of my most influential posts from my work in COM 427 – learning the best practices of the Twitter platform 1. #FollowFriday 4,133 impressions – 55 engagements – 1.4% engagement rate 3 Retweets – 5 Likes For my #FollowFriday I included in my tweet three #sportbiz accounts with content I truly enjoy on […]

Part 1: Influence Overall, I am happy with the growth of my social influence over the course of this semester. I came into this class never having used Twitter, so my account started with 0 followers. I am finishing the class with 13 followers, making my percentage of growth over the course of the semester […]

… or so I thought. Over the course of this semester, I’ve been able to learn the tricks of the trade and apply them in real-life executions on my social media accounts. While much of the traditional “learning” was done in the classroom, I also gained a lot of insight from my hands-on trials and […]

Part 1: Influence When I started tweeting for the class on 1/17 I had 439 followers. Over the past few months, I was able to grow the number of followers I have to 470! Additionally, my Klout score when we first checked it was 30, and as of today, it was 32. I believe my Klout […]

Before COM 427, Social Media for Communicators, Twitter was already my favorite social media app and I was proud of the following that I had. Before I began to learn all the different engagement strategies that 427 would teach me, I had 398 followers. Now as I write this post, reflecting on the techniques I […]

In just a few short months, my ability to manipulate social media has grown to include practice with a wide array of platforms, tools and skills. I’ve demonstrated my ability to create and market different social media techniques, and I’ve used my own personal growth to learn from my mistakes. In general, I’ve seen how […]