Sabrina M. Perkins
Net Savvy – Pg. 107

1. Facebook has advanced so much over the past year. What was a simply profile based online communication site, is now a HUGE marketing outlet. I have gained personal experience from this application. My sister and I own a clothing boutique names “Charmed Southern. We sell women’s clothing and accessories. We got our start through facebook. Why? It’s a huge market, and the basics are free. Facebook offers much more than the basics now. They allow you to boost posts, and boost those posts to specific audiences (ex. when boosting a post you can tag it to various categories: women, fashion, clothing, small business, age, etc) Facebook is a valuable resource in that it allows you to target people who would more likely be interested in the product or service you are offering. Overall am amazing application, with so much customization. You are also able to keep track of how many people view you page, share you page, like you page and the demographics of those groups.

2. I so much enjoyed the information I learned from salesforce.com. I did not know this existed until now, and believe that could be a useful resource for my small business. The site mentioned the importance of listening and analytic systems. You are able to see what people are talking about, what they think of your business, what is most popular, and other interesting facts that can really help you in social media and online posting. It is important to be in he knowhow and to use information, such as SalesForce, to make your business appealing to today’s customers or clients. If you can modle your business what peoples interests, you can accomplish things.

3. The Coca-Cola commercial leverages Experience. From the commercials start to finish it is also all about a “feeling”, instead of a sales pitch. Coca-Cola does an amazing job or making their customers feel good. They very much advertise and “experience”, not just a purchase. Like the campaign from the YouTube video, they are offering you the experience of connection with people all across the world. You forget the money, and focus on the experience. It is am amazing concept, and one that has proven to be successful. On the same note Coca-Cola prints notes of addresses to various audiences. It is engaging, and makes customers feel as though they are a part of someone more than just “buying cola”.

4. From my search on Monster.com I found a job listing for Digital Marketing Manager at Wellmont Health System. I think that would be a very interesting job. First, you do not typically associate marketing/social media with healthcare, but it plays a vital role. It would be so interesting to take the knowledge you have learned from gaining a degree from your university and using that to engage with your community. There is such a connection that could be made with audiences, if there was a larger focuses on social media. Most people use some form of social media. So if you ensure people are reading about you, hearing good things at the hospitals, seeing nice posts, when something traumatic happen your company will be the first to come to their mind and will be their first choice in service.