For this blog the assignment I will be looking at some of
the different social media tools that I use and the impact that they have to
reach the audience. These different social media tools are laid out in a
website by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U) . The three different
sites that I will be discussing is Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube and will also
place links to these different sites.
The first
tool that will be discussed for its impact will my Facebook page. One of the best
ways for the use of this site is the unprecedented reach that this site has to
reaching an audience. With this idea in mind, I use this site for mostly
personal use with keeping in touch with old friends and family that live on the
other side of the country. This site also can be used for professional use but
I personally do not use this site for the professional use since I believe that
there are different sites that are more equipped to be used with a more
professional mindset.
One of
these sites that I think is more equipped for professional use in mind is my Twitter Page. One of the reasons that I fell that this is
more equipped for professional use is the fact that this site has been used
during national crisis for up-to-date details of events. I have only recently
started using this site so I am still just figuring everything out, but so far I
am pleased in the idea the reach that this site can have when reaching an
audience. However, one of downsides to this site is the fact that whatever post
you make cannot exceed the 140 character limit that is in place. Even this can
be a blessing for the professional side of social media. The way that this can
be a good thing in professional use is that it makes the person get to the
point with the post instead of keep going on without a clear point.
The last,
and most important, social media tool is my YouTube
page. The reason that I say this site is best is that I use this site strictly
for professional use. I do a lot of freelance work with video projects and
therefore I use this site to showcase examples of my video work to potential
clients. I am a very visual person so the use of pictures and video is very
helpful to me so this site, to me, has the greatest reach when it comes to
attempting to reach an audience. This site has the ability to be used for both
personal and professional use and therefore combines the important factors that
both the other sites contain but places it into one package together.
These
different social media tools all have their own important factors with reaching
an audience Social media is a great way to find people with the same views as
yourself and also to get a message out. Each tool has its own pros and cons
when it comes to this end and therefore the combination of different tools is
the best way to get your message out rather than just sticking to one tool all
the time.
LINKS:
References
Tarr, N. (n.d.). GreatOneProductions.
Retrieved from YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiGI2huVUyRK6NhPofF8s1A
Tarr, N. (n.d.). Nate Tarr. Retrieved from
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nate.e.tarr
Tarr, N. (n.d.). TarrNate. Retrieved from
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TarrNate
U, S. D. (n.d.). New Media Tools. Retrieved
from Aids.gov:
http://aids.gov/using-new-media/tools/index.html#tool-bookmarkingNew
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