So, we are done reading "The Art of Social Media" for our class and many of the topics covered in the last two chapters we read were better suited for business pages. Since I do not run any business pages to the level of the authors descriptions, I'm just going to share my thoughts on the book as a whole. I was not very excited to read this book to be honest with you. Actually, I did not even have the book until last week; I was just borrowing it to read the chapters from other people in my class. I am not connoisseur of social media but I do know more now because of Guy Kawasaki and Peg Fitzpatrick (the authors of the book). I can now better manage my own personal accounts and the accounts that I help operate.
Thanks to "The Art of Social Media" and Dr. Aggie, who is my professor for the class, I know how to use Google+, which I had no previous knowledge that it even existed. I know how to operate a blog correctly and somewhat efficiently. Whenever I do get into the business world, I can be a great help to my company by running Google+ Hangouts, Twitter Chats, respond to comments from consumers and different companies, promote products and services through social media and in general, be a better employee for my future company. So if any employers are reading this currently or in the future, my email can be found on LinkedIn.
If I could leave the readers of my blog with one main point from the book, it would be to take yourself seriously on all platforms of social media. Hold yourself somewhat professionally because you never know who will be looking at your profiles. Your grandchildren could be looking at your posts about cats and think that their grandmother or grandfather is weird and they will be able to hold that over your head. You want power over your grand-babies, not the opposite. If you are not on social media already, join, because it is a helpful to connect with people throughout the entire world. Unless you're a hermit, then continue to live your life. In conclusion, if you need any help with your social media, I can help now because of this book. I would recommend the book to anyone that helps with their business's public relations in social media. If you are an average social media user like myself though, reading my blog updates about the book would be just fine.
As a fellow business major, I think this class is teaching some valuable things. I agree with everything you have said, and they have become things that make me want to recommend this class to business majors in the future.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your writing style and your message. I think it is very important to be professional on social media, however I wish I had known this when I was younger! I read my posts that come up from several years ago and I cringe. It's scary to think that even though I posted stuff 5 years ago, it is still out there for everyone to see... yikes! I definitely won't need social media for my future grand-babies to know how weird I am, but I have a feeling my old Facebook posts will make it even worse! (haha)
ReplyDeleteCort, I really liked all the takeaways you had from our book. I can already tell that what we're learning is going to be incredibly beneficial in our professional lives. Every single major would grow from this class, and the information we're learning will be important for every career field. I liked that you summarized the book--great post!
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