Social Media

Today we started considering more thoughtfully how social media can help us in the future;

• Networking
• Showing off your work - getting it noticed by potential clients or partners (to collaborate with)
• Finding job opportunities
• To gain inspiration and knowledge from others
• Keeping up to date with what's happening in the world

It would be more beneficial to me if I start creating accounts and following the right people/blogs to gain more opportunities by the time I graduate next year.

I set up a Twitter account in PPP last year, but we've been taught today how to section accounts we're following into lists to keep the website more manageable:

I've been introduced to other websites such as 'Feedly' and 'LinkedIn'. 'Feedly' is a good place to gather all information from blogs and websites to list their most recent updates in one place - this saves time instead of going onto all the different websites you can just look at 'Feedly' to see everything.

My 'Feedly' Homepage.

'LinkedIn' is similar to 'Facebook' except simple and more professional. So far I've seen a lot of companies with accounts so it seems to be a good place to contact them and gain opportunities.

My 'LinkedIn' Homepage.

'Pinterest' is another website I've been introduced to, which is all about pinning work or photos that I see that impress and inspire me, which could be useful for sourcing reference material.

Potential subjects to follow

'Pinterest' Homepage

There are also ways to document my own work on various websites such as 'Flickr', 'Vimeo', 'Tumblr' and a 'Facebook' page. If I keep the same username for all of my accounts then I can maintain a professional manner and it will be easier for people to find me and stay updated.

I already have a couple of Tumblr accounts - one for Photography and the other for my drawing/animation - I will set up accounts on the rest of the websites I just listed and start publishing my work professionally.