Wk3 personal blog post

The 5 people/organizations i've decided to follow on Twitter are:

- Pope Francis
- Richard Branson
- Gordon Ramsay
- The New-York Times
- Adam Grant

How can they help me to build my brand ?

These 5 names are an inspiration for me. They keeps me aware of the changing world but they also helps me to be more open minded.

The first strength of using twitter is that's a free tool. It can be use an inspiration about people who has success or to make your business grow. Last but not least strength is virality. Tweets are designed to spread quickly and easily, which is great when the tweet being shared is flattering to your business. Having a few positive viral tweets about your company can make a big difference to your online reputation.

I will only talks about two weaknesses: Misinterpretation and Hacks. Firstly, If your tweets are misunderstood and then spread virally, this can create long-lasting negative effects on your business reputation. This is especially true if people start writing about the tweets in other media. And last but not least, hacks are a true problem on Twitter. Some people can spreads and write bad news about your company and it'll be really difficult to rebuilt your image. 

Wk2 personal blog spot

Why is it important to market yourself ? 

As new technologies increase every day, to market yourself in social media is much needed to find a job.

"Market yourself" means to show yourself in the best light to employers. It is very important that you can show that you are a good fit for a job. The person who gets a job may not be the most skilled. They may have been good at promoting themselves. 

You must be different to attract employers and make the difference to have the job. When you market yourself on social media as Linkedin, people will follow you and most of the time people can offer you many opportunities. 

How can you build your brand online ? 

As I already said, I've build a brand with a friend. He was taking care of the online sales and I was selling on the market. 

In my own experience, to build a brand online is the easiest thing you can do. But to make it success is the hardest one. First of all, you must use social media as Facebook and Instagram to promote your brand. These two are free and really easy to use. You can start selling on this media and, then you can create you own site. 

To promote your brand you'll have to organize partnership with influencers, use discount code. You can also organize competition to make people win one of your product. As an example, you can include 3 conditions: 

- Like the pictures of the competition with the product to win and follow the account.
- Put 3 friends on the comments
- Then share the pictures on your profile. 

This is an easy way to increase your numbers of followers and to spread your brand. 

Blogspot Assignment

(a) Explains why you are taking this class,

I'm really bad at social media and I don't really like it. I'm aware that our generation is born with the Social Networks so I have a lack on it. This classe might help me to improve my skills. Another point, having this class online will improve my responsibilities and help me to my organization at doing tasks on time. 

(b) Discusses what you hope to get out of it?

As I said in my previous answer, I'm aware of my lack in Social Media Marketing. I'm expecting new skills, advices from an expert and being more comfortable with it. 

(c) How you plan to apply what you learn in this class. 

Nowadays, Social Networks is now considered as an important part of making business. Many marketing department try to improve their lack on it by hiring young Social Media Marketing managers. It's know a big part of recruitment and many companies wants people with big social media skills. 

As another point, I love entrepreneurship and in the future I would like to have my own business. I've already done one business with a friend, he was taking care of the social media while I was selling at shops. We've done an Instagram and a Facebook to sell online our products. Online sales was a good part of our income. 

I'm now aware of the power of Social Networks and how it can be a powerful start of a business.