Influence Over the course of the semester I gained 18 followers, bringing my total number of followers from 241 to 259. This 7.47% increase was mainly a result of following influential social media professionals. I found that when I followed and was retweeted by these people of high influence, I gained lots of followers. While […]

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Part 1: Influence In the beginning of the semester, I created a brand new twitter account (due to complications with my old twitter). Because of this, I started off with the grand total of 0 followers. I was skeptical as to how I was going to gain followers, other than forcing my roommates and friends […]

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I’ve always considered myself a fairly quiet and private person. Before #NHsmc, my social media reflected that sentiment. My posts were minimal. I only followed and was followed by friends and family. And I was always hesitant to try new ways to engage on social media. Now, I take a look back at the most […]

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Influence Twitter Followers: 504->515; +2.20% over the semester Klout Score: 26-> 29; +3 over the semester (peak 39/+10 on October 31) Throughout the semester, it became clear that consistent Twitter posts in specific topic areas can have a powerful impact on a user’s Klout score and Twitter audience. I was able to grow my Klout […]

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Growing My Influence I started the semester with 144 followers on Twitter. I created my account in December of 2013 and used the account sporadically throughout the first six months that I created it. It was not until I got to college that I started using Twitter multiple times a week. Immersed in journalism classes […]

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Part One: Influence My overall presence on social media and knowledge in the sphere increased exponentially during this course. While my numbers aren’t as strong as I feel my knowledge or reach shows, I feel comfortable with what I learned in Twitter, WordPress, Sysomos, and Instagram, and in going out into the real world and […]

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Part 1: I learned so much this past semester about social media thanks to COM 427. The numbers can attest to my growth in my social media presence. My Twitter followers went from 338 to 402, gaining 64 followers at an 18.9% increase. I think this is due to the fact that I learned to […]

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FACTS First of all we want to start out with plain facts. To measure my influence on social media I’m using my Twitter follower growth and my Klout score. The so called Klout score is a number between 0 and 100 that displays our social media influence. The higher the score, the better. My Klout […]

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