Showing posts with label in class. Show all posts
Showing posts with label in class. Show all posts

Friday, 16 October 2015

Final Selfies and Reflection



silly selfie time!
Here we are at the end of our second and final day of class, and I'm taking another set of selfies.

I learned a ton of helpful tools and tips over the last two days. While I already had the basics of blog-building down, there were a ton of handy little tips that I hadn't known before: things like which sites to use in order to find keywords for optimizing posts, how to add apps to a blogger page, and that the best time of day for customer engagement on twitter is between 2-3am! (Who knew?)

It's been a great time. Thank you so much Jess for teaching us!

Reflective Selfie

Wow, I can't believe that the in class portion of EXSM 3988 is already finished! The past 2 days flew by, and I am exhausted. I learnt so so much, but need a little bit of time to digest of all of this information.

I managed to tweet more than I ever have in a 2 day span, post to an existing blog, create my own blog, re-create a news release and begin to create a Facebook page.

Thanks for all of the support Jess and classmates!

Introducing Me, Meagan

In an alternate universe: My name is Candace, I have dyed blond hair and a dead-end job, I am an avid women's soccer fan, and I have been walking around with a vague sense of not quite fitting my name. Thank the five leaders of the post-apocalyptic Earth, this is not that world.

In this universe: My mom took one look at me and said, "She is not a Candace." Luckily, the second name on the list was Meagan, which is what I have been known as ever since.

My dad thinks I open my mouth too much in pictures.


I graduated with a BComm at the University of Alberta about a year and a half ago, continued with the job I had for another year, and then decided it was actually time to break into the marketing industry. Since then I've had a really interesting time talking to all sorts of marketing professionals, interning over the summer, and taking social media marketing classes in the meantime!

I also have a part-time job at Chapters, which I joke is solely to fund my out-of-control book-buying habit.

And, finally, I'm a writer and aspiring author. That, in and of itself, is as time consuming as another whole job (and yet, in a perfect world, that would be all I did!). This is primarily what I use social media for -- to connect with a tight-knit online community of writers around the world, to find writing resources and tips, and to share my own personal writing adventures.

Also to gush about the latest stories I've read and/or watched.




Thursday, 15 October 2015

Selfie Intro Activity

Here is my awkward Class Selfie....I'm all ready to go and learn more about Effective Social Media Communication!

I took the photo using my i-phone and sent it to directly to my e-mail, no filter applied.


Selfie Intro Activity

Boots up! Taking a break from learning about effective social media communications and Twitter.

Selfie Intro Activity

My friend once told me that she finds selfies fascinating because the picture is like a window into seeing how others view themselves. 

In-class selfie!

So hi. This is me.

My personal selfie-taking procedure is: Camera slightly up and to the right. Look up enough to avoid the double-chin but not enough for the shadow of my glasses to make it look like I've got a unibrow. Widen my eyes. Smile a touch. Raise my eyebrows. Click the button. Adjust expression. Take another picture. Repeat as needed.

Then, having chosen my desired picture, I open it in Instagram and play with filters. Choose my cross-post settings, type a witty caption, and voila!

Okay, maybe that's a lot of work for one little picture of my face but heeeyyyy selfie-esteem!

Selfie Time!

I had to tweet about it too.

Intro Selfie Activity

Caffeinated and logged in! Opted to take a photo of this rather than a traditional selfie because I don't do them well and I haven't found the optimal 'filter' yet!

Selfie Intro Post




I used my favourite photo editing app
 VSCO for this photo. I use the T1 filter for all my instagram photos to create a cohesive feed. I'm not a big selfie taker but a little shameless self love is always good for the self-esteem. 


I'm having a good hair day




Selfie Intro Post

I decided to take this selfie because it’s not really a selfie. I’ve heard that more people die taking selfies than getting struck by lightning. And I’m not taking that risk! Plus, I think it represents this class because it showcases my lovely Twitter profile – with a pic from China that further represents the international nature of social media applications.

How to Make Links (in Comments) Clickable!!

When you write a comment on a blog you don't have access to the HTML view, so if you are writing a link and want to make it live (clickable), this is the code you need to include:

<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a>

Wednesday, 14 October 2015

In-Class Sessions Thursday & Friday

And so the countdown is slowing...it is just one more sleep until our face-to-face session tomorrow.
Image from Jobble.
Just a note, if you there is something you are really interested in, do tweet me and include the class hashtag. There have been a few people so far and I've marked down your questions to cover tomorrow in our Twitter session.

So, as you know, our in-class time will be an opportunity to do the practical side of the theory we have been reading. We will work with Twitter and try out some advanced "secret" hacks. We will aim to spend the morning on Twitter. Then, after lunch, we will get stared on our optimised news release and finish by spending the rest of the afternoon on our own blogs. After showing you some great tips and tricks, you will have the opportunity to create your very own blog (not just a blog post) and kit it out with all the widgets that you could want/need.