Influence Over the course of this semester, I have used social media skills and tactics learned in class to help grow my audience and become a more professional, strategic social media user. I have increased my Twitter following from 4 followers to 20 followers, a solid 80% growth in following. On Instagram, I have increased […]

At the start of the semester I had a whopping zero Twitter followers. Since then, I have gained 18 followers. The follower growth is mainly due to networking with other Newhouse students who were also trying to grow their Twitter following. At one point I had a follower that spurred from a reply I made […]

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 […]