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Principles of Social Media Recap

 

    As a marketing major taking Principles of social media was extremely beneficial. Although most of the world's population uses some form of social media not everyone knows what goes on behind scenes and what all the platforms have to offer. With how much social media as a whole has grown it is nice to truly learn about it and what it all has to offer. 

    Throughout this semester we have examined the main forms of social media such as, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. We learned when the best and worst times are to post on each app, the biggest age group on the platform, and how a business can utilize the platform for its benefit. Along with that we got to see where each form of social media is most popular, and which gender uses it more. Needless to say, there is a lot of information to be discussed when it comes to each social media platform. Aside from social media we also discussed the importance of personal branding and truly marketing yourself. As a junior in college, I really took interest in this as it made me realize a lot and helped show me the things I currently need to be doing or continue doing to get my name out there. In addition to that we also talked about blogging and throughout the semester we have all been blogging. Personally, I have loved blogging and am thinking of creating a personal one separate from school. It truly has been a fun and exciting new experience from learning how to personalize my blog to how I want to even writing and posting twice a week. The last thing that I found to be one of the most important things that we examined this semester was a documentary called The Social Dilemma. I previously had created a more in-depth blog about the documentary as it sheds light on the importance of bringing awareness to how social media is and can negatively impact individuals worldwide. 

    Overall, this semester has been truly an amazing experience from learning more about social media, blogging and so much more. I am beyond happy I chose to take this course and cannot wait to be abale to take all that I have learned from it and put it to use. 

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