Reflections on Becoming A Social Media Addict!

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chrissiesis

April 10th, 16:32

Current Mood:

energetic

Well, here I go then. Who would have ever thought I would be doing a degree in Social Media. When I turned up on the first evening I thought I had signed up for an 8 week course on Social Media not a 2 year degree course! The thing that surprised me was that by the end of the evening I could not wait for the next week and was fully committed to the two years. Having never been to college or done a degree I suppose it was about time I did one and caught up with my two daughters who both have IT degrees.

What really got me hooked is the fact that the degree is practically based and I can use it in my jewellery business. The timing is perfect as next week I am about to launch my web site and online shop. Not having enough hours in the day, already, I really appreciate the minimal amount of writing that is require.

So to my reflections. I am still getting to grips with Google+. It is not as easy to navigate as FaceBook but I can already see its advantages. I like the use of the circles as it keeps things private. Must get my web cam set up on my lap top so that we can get the live chat working. Not managed to work out how to find the 'Blackboard' as yet so some more work is needed on exploring this. I must learn to ask others for help more - one of my downfalls is trying to do things on my own! So this course is going to be good for me on different levels. Anyone reading this who can help me find the 'Blackboard' please get in touch.

Have already started researching online jewellery shops to see who is using social media. I can't believe how interesting I found it and how much I learnt in just 30 minutes! It turns out that one of the Social Media platforms highlighted on last weeks course - Pinterest - is used by a couple of the sites I looked at. This was so useful as on the course I could not get my head round how Pinterest works. Having seen how Pia and Links of London use it to display their latest collections I can't wait to set one up for myself. Also in this first search I found two web sites through which I can sell my jewellery and so increase my reach - great!

So to sum up my reflections I am already learning how to use a new social media platforms - Google+, have thoughts and plans on some I can learn more about and use in my business - Pinterest & You Tube and most importantly I am really enjoying this!