SMM – Week 13 Overview and Lecture

This is the class introduction and overview of Blackboard. Please watch this video to learn about: Course materials – text and simulation Virtual Office hours/optional virtual classroom Course syllabus Course schedule Weekly folders and course tools If you have questions, you can post a comment here, in the BB Watercooler or come to my virtual…

Be sure to watch BOTH videos – Weekly Overview AND Strategy Lecture Few important reminders: Be sure to read chapters in Stukent AND take the quiz at the end of each chapter. First exam is in Week 7 Flipgrid discussions/videos ARE NOT OPTIONAL! Everyone must post a video AND reply to at least 2 classmates…

What is a social network? Connections (ties) between people (nodes) of varying strength and relationship (direct or indirect). How does this connectivity influence the probability of a topic/post being shared (contagion)? Many factors influence whether someone shares and what they say about the post or topic they share. How do we influence/predict that? To share…

Social Media Audit is series of steps taken to evaluate and optimize a business’s social media profiles and strategies. It reviews not only what is working and not but also who is doing what and how are we guiding and measuring the activities. There are three types of media: Paid, Earned and Owned. All are important and…

This week we are discussing Content  and focusing on ROI in the simulation Please be sure you are participating in the Flipgrid discussions about your Mimic Social experience AND the Discussion Boards. These two assignments are VERY important in your overall grade and success in this class.  

This week we are talking about the strategic thinking behind social media marketing. Strategic social media marketing must incorporate all three types of information flow: Company   ⇒   Consumers Consumers    ⇒   Company Consumers   ⇒   Consumers Marketers need to move away from using social media to “push information on to customers” but instead use social media to “start…