Getting Storified

Social Media. The last few months I've been living and breathing those words at work, in school and in my personal life too. I even plan on integrating it in my upcoming wedding (more on that later.) Before I started using social media regularly, I had no idea how involved, complex and time-consuming it really is. The use of Twitter, Google+, Facebook and LinkedIn takes on a whole new meaning when it's utilized for company growth instead of personal recreation. No longer do I just post or tweet anything that comes to mind...instead I am now programmed to think about what I'm posting, who will be reading it and how it will reflect on me.

That said, social media can still be fun. For me, I've recently become interested in one site that has gained popularity in the past few months: Storify.

Per the site's About page, Storify "helps its users tell stories by curating social media." You can create your own story on any topic you choose, by compiling tweets about the topic. I plan on using it for my wedding--guests can use a designated hashtag and live-tweet during the ceremony and reception, take Instagram photos and post about what they are doing while in town. When our wedding is over (hopefully it won't go by too quickly!) I can take all the tweets to that hashtag and compile them in Storify, so I have a timeline of the weekend from our guests' point of view!

The site also just announced the addition of a search function, which makes it easier to find "stories" on any trending subject. A Tweet from my work handle, @CisionNavigator, was even storified in their announcement! So, for an example, I've searched for mentions of Google Analytics, and compiled a short "story" below.



Alright, it's late...more on these topics in another post! Goodnight!

Let's get this thing started!

Kicking off my first social media blog posts. Today's topic: analytics. Since we're learning about Google Analytics right now, I found this blog post that I thought was helpful, from the Get Busy Media blog. I thought it was interesting how she points how Analytics can even help with blog post ideas. One of the advanced segments allows you to customize what it searches for, so that you can find only posts that ask a question, allowing you an idea for a post! I might try to see if I can do this to my blog.

Til next time, goodnight!

Gina

Lazy cat