Not Really the End

Hey everyone,

I have some exciting news…at the end of this week my school journey is finally done. I will be finishing up my last two classes! As many of you know I started this blog as part of my social media class assignment so I wanted to make this blog about my experience in the class. First, let’s talk about what I learned in the class which was a lot. I honestly didn’t know there was so much strategy and planning when it came to personal branding. However, I did know there was a lot of that for businesses, but it never clicked that you needed to plan when it is just your own personal account. I learned a lot about different social media platforms and how they can be useful in my case LinkedIn. I have said this, multiple times, but I never used or liked LinkedIn until this class. I now so the benefits of this social media site and I hope to use it to further my connections in the photography world.  I enjoyed creating blogs and vlogs and looking up and writing about other people’s personal brand and how they can help me, but my favorite assignments had to be podcasting. Even though I wasn’t a fan of doing the actual podcast I really like creating one and figuring out, the behind the scenes of it. One thing I wish we touched more on was the how-to. We discussed a lot about other people in our fields and how we can use their accounts to help our own personal brand, but we never made a Twitter, or Instagram, or Facebook, post. Even though these are the more popular sites I think we should have done at least one post on each. Also, we missed out on new social media apps that are up incoming like Snapchat. A lot of brands and celebrities use Snapchat for branding, and I think we should have gone into how Snapchat can be useful. Overall, I really like the class and would suggest it to anyone who is going to school at Columbia College. Well, I have other assignments to get done so I will talk to you guys later. Bye!