I am not a newbie when it comes to Twitter. I have had my Twitter page for at least two years now and have over 15,000 tweets. When I first read my class Twitter assignment I didn’t know if I should feel nervous or excited. For one, Twitter can become really redundant and it takes a lot of creativity and personality to make your page shine.Being followed and following people in my class was scary. What kind of things could I tweet that will catch an interest for them? Are they informal? Will they be as interactive as I want them to be? These are all questions that I thought about prior t the assignment.
Once the week got under way I found out that I had nothing to worry about. If there’s one common interest that we all shared it was our grade. Having this as an assignment for class left us with no choice but to participate in online conversation. The week turned out to be very informative. It was nice seeing conversations that pertained to my future. Also in this assignment it taught me that Twitter is more than sharing my personal thoughts. I looked at more interesting news articles this week than I have ever done before.
I plan on continuing to follow the people in my class. More than likely they will be or has already been in a similar class with me, so they can serve as a resource.Also, it is a good networking tool. Some of the retweets from my classmates made me look into other people profiles that I may have never known about. In PR, networking is key and I plan on doing much more through my Twitter page.
This assignment also taught me how maintaining a clean page is beneficial. You don’t ever want someone to look at your page and dismiss you because of the content. I have always watched what I tweet or retweet. I never know when someone who wants to work with me is looking at my profile.All in all, it was a good week. I ended up tweeting more than we had to because I focused on being more sociable and interactive.
Thanks for reading! Good luck on finals as well!
My comments on peer’s blog PR 3030
After reading “Topic of the week texting and walking” by Meerkitta I wrote:
“I absolutely agree! How could they even prove that a person was texting? And what if there are 10 people at an intersection and 7 were of then were texting fining ALL of them would be hard.Additionally,its a MOBILE PHONE meaning I can use it whenever and where ever my heart(amd fingers)desires. It is a case of common sense but the problem is that it’s not as common as it should be.”
After reading “Topic of the week-July 9” by ggonzalez33 I wrote:
“Overkill is definitely what fining would be. The resources used to implement such violations would be unneccessary.I agree there are other ways to get the public aware without punishing the whole population. BTW, love the commercial!”
Posted by cynfulife on July 13, 2012 in PR blog, PRCA- 3030 Social Media
Tags: comments, peers