An interesting thing I learned in this class is that there
are a lot more Social Media platforms than I thought or had even heard of. I don’t know how anyone can keep up with all
of them. As you stated in your email,
the younger users are always looking for the latest and greatest platform and
people in the older group are just getting well versed in programs such as Facebook,
YouTube, email and others. I did learn
that I cannot rely on my two children to be up on the latest social media “craze”,
as neither one of them are that involved with it. My son is texting and emails – no Facebook
page; my daughter has a Facebook page (and only recently has started to post to
it), texting, emails and Instagram – so I might be the one “training”
them.
I had never blogged before this class, and I had never
followed a blog before, although I had occassionally looked at one of my bosses’ blogs to
check out his latest photographs.
If my daughter and I get our Remnants Reworked business
started, I will need to make sure that we get our blog up and running (though I
plan to keep writing on this one going, as I will be traveling a lot in the
future), keep our Facebook page up to date, get my son’s help in creating a web
page, post photos on Pinterest (maybe Instagram), send out Tweets (as I have a
Twitter account – though I mostly use it to follow), start selling items via
Etsy and other craft sites and eventually create YouTube videos. I would never have thought of these if I had
not taken this class.
If my daughter gets her dream of her own production company,
this knowledge will help me to get her business out there via Social Media too.
I enjoyed the class, I learned a lot, though I have to admit
sometimes it was confusing jumping from one textbook to the other. I am keeping my notes and textbooks to use as
reference materials when the time comes.
I may also suggest to some of my friends who have their own small
businesses that they might consider using some of these social media platforms
to get their businesses better known and increase their customer base.
Thank you again for your patience and I wish you all the
best for the coming new year.
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