From August to December: Building My Influence on Social Media

Part 1: Influence Social media has been a huge part of my daily life for years; however, I just began to utilize Twitter professionally during this class. I created a Twitter account during my teenage years but became pretty inactive soon after. So, I began with 79 followers on my Twitter, most of whom were […]

A Newbie Trying Twitter

This class was my first real experience using Twitter. I started from a completely blank slate and at the start of the semester with 0 followers. Over the course of the semester, my follower count slowly grew and today I have reached a total of 27 followers. When I created my profile, my follower count […]

Lucky 13 (followers, that is)

A surprise to both you and I, at the start of the semester, I did not have a Twitter account. Why, you ask? Simply put, I have never felt capable of truly capturing my voice and tone through Tweets as well as I know I can on social media platforms like Instagram and Pinterest. Additionally, […]

Who Wants to Be an Influencer??

I created a my first ever Twitter account for the purpose of the course. I started the account with one follower and I followed about 30 people including friends and celebrities. Since starting the account in August, I have gained 46 followers and am following 70 people over the course of 97 days. My percentage […]

@AlenaZappa Influencer Growth & Analysis

In effort to become a superior social media communicator, I created a professional Twitter account: @AlenaZappa Before driving influence, I needed to grow my network. Initial follower #: 1 Follower # to date: 23 Percent growth: 2200% To increase my influence, I followed fellow social media communicators. These users are Newhouse and COM 427 students […]

NHsmc Influencer

Influence & Analysis: As a student in COM427 in the fall of 2019, I created a new Twitter account and joined the Twitter community this past August. As the course went on, I didn’t really engage much with influencers and political or entertainment accounts, and mostly stuck to following people in the class or my […]

Becoming A Media Influencer

Part 1: Influence The world of media influence was more of a trial and error task than I had initially realized. Although many influencers do just “get lucky” with a specific post that ends up going viral, there are certain tips and tricks that are more likely to get more attention from an audience. These […]

My Influence and Growth on Social Media this Semester

Growing up with the rise of social media has meant that a lot of people automatically assume that you are ‘good’ at it. However, while I do know how to tweet and gain a lot of likes on Instagram by posting at the right times, I was not aware of many social media business tools […]

How I Became a #Influencer

Starting this class, I did not have a twitter account. I started fresh with zero followers and now I have 23 which is a 2300% growth! The account name is @emilyskilman. I think that this is pretty good considering that this account was strictly made for the class. I believe that if I had used […]

Influence Growth and Analysis through Social Media

Part 1: INFLUENCE I used to use Twitter back in middle school but the older I got, the less the platform peaked my interest. Therefore, I deleted the app and have only been reintroduced for COM427 purposes. I created a new account, and started with 0 followers. Over the course of 4 months, my Twitter […]