Twitter was a new frontier for me when I started COM 427. Having no experience with the platform, I had to create a new account, which meant starting from the bottom at zero followers. From my first post, on August 28th, to date, I gained seven total followers. I was surprised by the little impact […]

Before COM 427, I had never had a Twitter account. Creating an account on an unfamiliar app was a nerve-wracking experience at first; however, I grew to love Twitter and will continue to use it after the semester. At the beginning of the semester, I started my Twitter account @FodimanSydney with 0 followers. Right now, […]

My Twitter account that I used for class was not new, but it was barely used prior to COM 427. I started with around 21 followers, but now I have 37! I increased my number of followers by engaging with classmates, friends, and other Twitter users throughout the semester. After a good amount of practice, […]

At the start of the course, I created a new Twitter account so I could begin building a more professional and refined voice compared to my personal Twitter. Because it was a new account I started off with 0 followers. And now at the end of the course, I have 10. I found that simply […]

I started this semester with 16 twitter followers and as of yesterday, that number had risen to 26 over the course of the semester. The followers seemed to be a mix of people who I got to know in class and my friends who started to follow me when I started up again. Most of […]

Over the last semester, I created a new Twitter account. While following the instructions of Professor Grygiel, I saw just how impactful social media can be– and while I didn’t become an influencer, I certainly learned a lot along the way. My Influence At the beginning of the course, I started with exactly zero followers. […]

At the beginning of this semester, I entered the class with 147 twitter followers. I had begun my twitter account about three years ago for the primary purpose of using it as a journalist; prior to this semester the vast majority of my tweets were news related with the occasional retweet of sport or comedic […]

Influence: Twitter Follower Growth Start of the course: 7 followers End of the course: 42 followers Percentage of growth: 83% I think what worked for me early on was the amount of posts we were asked to compose. The assignments were fun to do and they gave me the opportunity to think outside the box. […]

Part 1: Influence At the beginning of the semester, I had 198 Twitter followers. I didn’t go on Twitter that much to scroll through, much less to tweet. When I started writing tweets for this class, I got a better feeling for my “Twitter voice” that used the right language that people would engage with. […]