In this week’s edition of “Masters Degree Studies with Kelly” we take a look at crowdsourcing. Our assignment was to take a look at KickStarter. Anything we liked? Anything we want to fund? Blog about it. As always…my purpose here is purely academic… So there is a running joke in my home. Inevitably every month […]
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I remember the day back in 2005 quite vividly. I was working for the NBC affiliate in Phoenix as an Executive Producer. I walked in as I normally do every day and went straight to my desk. When I arrived, I saw it covered in AP wire copy. Yes! Clearly something important was upon us if […]
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Our marching orders this week? Download a mobile app for a product/service/company. Share a little about it. Does it offer discounts? Coupons? Reviews? Does it include GPS features? How useful is this app? The following is for the Masters Degree program specializing in Social Media at the University of Florida. The observations and opinions are […]
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We looked at Digital Ethnography this week for my University of Florida Masters Degree program specializing in Social Media. For an assignment, we had to spend at least two to four hours in Second Life. This exercise is purely academic… I’m a beach gal. Born in southern California, my childhood is threaded with moments spent […]
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Originally posted on Spiritually Ambitious:
Nothingness: nonexistence, empty space, a void… For everyone there is a certain amount of struggle involved in living life. We all struggle at different times with issues like relationships, money, family, career, loss, addiction, health, love, etc. Often our life struggles are paralleled by resistance on our mat. In our…
The following results are based on an academic exercise for my Masters Degree in Social Media. We were asked to create a survey on any topic of interest. The survey was pushed out via Facebook to 282 friends and via Twitter to 3600+ followers. I sent the survey out randomly at different times over a […]
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A news sense is really a sense of what is important, what is vital, what has color and life – what people are interested in. That’s journalism. Arthur Burton Rascoe, American Journalist I’m sitting in a food court in downtown Atlanta on break from the Social Media Today Social Shake-Up Conference. It’s a collection of multimedia thought leaders, […]
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Assignment Snapshot: Pick a favorite multinational company and create a list of 10 keywords you think should be associated with that company and its products. Do a Google Search of those keywords and see where in the results (if at all) you find the company you selected. Go to the company’s site and review their […]
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Let’s face it. There is a lot of noise in the world. Like this. Tweet that. Share This. Choose us. Pick me. The bombardment is never-ending. It’s hard to be heard in a 24/7 world without dissolving into a sea of white noise. Want to rise above the noise? That’s where we come in. We’re […]
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Assignment Snapshot: Analyze the attached Facebook Analytics and email analytics from a real company. Review the provided analytics, and tell us your thoughts. Background: ABC company* is health-oriented and in the Central Florida area. In addition to this Facebook page, ABC company has a Twitter account, Pinterest page and YouTube channel. ABC Company also sends out a […]
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