Week 11 Post 1

 Hi Everyone!

I have recently been introduced to the world of Twitter and I am still trying to navigate through it. My brother and my dad are obsessed with Twitter and always seem to find the best insights just by following the right people. They have been using it a lot lately to share articles discussing politics and new information regarding the pandemic. My brother and dad are always sending me articles and most of the time I could not access them because I did not have an account so I recently decided it was time to start.

When my husband and I were in New York my brother had mentioned how he found out about this secret standup comedy show that was happening in the city the following night. My husband loves standup comedy and we could not believe some of the comedians that were going to be playing that night and for only twenty bucks. This is when I really saw how cool Twitter was because you were getting information instantly that could happen at any time. We were able to attend this amazing comedy show with comedians that can cost 200 dollars or more to see and we were in this intimate setting of about 30 people. It was one the highlights of our trip, all thanks to Twitter. 

While I find Twitter to be a bit confusing still, I am starting to understand it more and learning how to follow the right people and navigate through it. There is so much information on Twitter that it can become overwhelming; thankfully I have my brother to give me the best tips!

LinkedIn is a website that I personally feel is fantastic for networking and one of the best to get to know people in your area or your industry. It is a great way to not only find a job, but to find other opportunities as well. For example, I love my current job and do not have any desire to leave but I use LinkedIn to find other opportunities that may come up involved in marketing, photoshoots, fashion, etc. I think it is a great way to expand your social circle and potentially find some amazing people to work with.

I have had a lot of people reach out to me on LinkedIn over the years with some of it being useful and then other times not as much. Either way, I see it as an awesome way to connect or reconnect with people that you may have not spoken to in a while. I like the way LinkedIn is organized by telling you who went to the same high school or college as you as well as the people who work at the same company as you or ones that are similar. They ask you for your interests as well as a tool to help you find what you are looking for. Overall, I think LinkedIn is definitely the best for all of those reasons.