Influence:
Throughout the duration of this course, my Twitter following grew from 174 followers on January 20th to 199 followers on April 20th. These 25 new followers vary from acquaintances and friends to accounts centered on subjects I tweet about. For example, several of the recent accounts following mine focus on fashion; these accounts started following me after I tweeted using several relevant fashion hashtags. During the periods of time when I wasn’t tweeting on a regular basis, my Twitter following would stagnate. Thus, in order to continue to grow my following, I will continue to take advantage of hashtags and will tweet more regularly. My Klout score increased from 16.98 in January to 19.36 on April 20th.
My Top 10 Tweets:
1.
Looking forward to a high of 20F – why did I leave sunny & warm TX?? These views of my snow-covered home help #NHsmc pic.twitter.com/HXPN9HYVZh
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) February 15, 2016
This tweet showcasing my front yard during a Syracuse winter garnered the most “likes” throughout the course, which I attribute to its relevance to my followers with connections to Syracuse as well as to my followers from home because of my reference to Texas.
2.
Walk with @GirlCodeMvment this Friday, 4/15 from 12-2pm on the #SyracuseU Quad to help end campus sexual assault #StandStrongSU #NHsmc
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) April 11, 2016
By promoting the Girl Code Movement’s event, this tweet called to the members of the Syracuse community who also consider campus sexual assaults a problem our community must solve.
3.
#tbt to a year ago when I was blissfully traveling Europe without worrying about the g-word #NHsmc pic.twitter.com/lN42qKPtjM
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) April 21, 2016
The “Throwback Thursday” hashtag is extremely popular across various social media platforms, as users enjoy engaging with past photos or posts. My followers responded to both the throwback and the subject of travel. While the tweet did not garner the most engagements overall, it garnered the highest engagement rate (16.8%) of all my tweets for the course.
4.
Stay on top of #NYFW16 with this list of my fav #fashion influencers: https://t.co/Kw0L6QeON0 #NHsmc pic.twitter.com/ImKdpjHph0
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) February 16, 2016
As previously mentioned, my followers also enjoy fashion. Thus, this tweet was a way to reach out to our combined interest.
5.
#Graduation anxiety kicking in? Check out this #meme! #NHsmc https://t.co/B0jJMXh5sp
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) April 13, 2016
This promoted tweet received the most impressions overall because of the Twitter ads campaign.
6.
RIP Prince #NHsmc ⚡️ “Purple reigns supreme as the world pays tribute to Prince ”https://t.co/lhbaoTlfg7
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) April 21, 2016
Twitter Moments are the most trending and relevant topics of the day, and by clicking on the link my followers were able to access curated Tweets related to Prince’s sudden death.
7.
#Ngram: over the past century #NewYork has surpassed #London and #Paris as the most written about city #NHsmc pic.twitter.com/wIoGvs4kas
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) March 7, 2016
The use of several hashtags raised the number of impressions, and the use of media has resulted in more engagements with my tweets.
8.
Vibes, night and day @VoluspaCandles #NHsmc pic.twitter.com/aMHsIUYF5T
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) February 10, 2016
As another form of media, the gif attracted engagement with the tweet.
9.
How I’m currently feeling about #graduation and the end of #senioryear #NHsmc https://t.co/B0jJMXh5sp
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) April 15, 2016
As many of my followers are around the same age as me, graduation is a relevant topic of conversation. While the promoted tweet with the same link gained more impressions, this tweet resulted in more engagements with the link.
10.
It’s about time for my next visit #nyc #NHsmc pic.twitter.com/aG7DfkARV4
— Marisa Rodriguez (@marisardzz) February 17, 2016
As another tweet with a form of media, this tweet also attracted more engagements than my non-media tweets.