Keeping Up With Kayleigh

During the past two class meetings we have been watching "The Social Dilemma" which is a short documentary distributed by Netflix. This documentary was released in September 2020 and was directed by Jeff Orlowski. I have seen clips of "The Social Dilemma" on TikTok before, but I never sat down and watched the full documentary before this class. I normally am not the type of person who likes to sit down and watch a documentary in class because I always get tired and distracted. However, this documentary somehow enthralled me and I was intrigued the whole time while watching it. Throughout "The Social Dilemma" we hear from many experts who previously worked in the social media field and now want to inform users of the dangers that social media brings. The main theme of this documentary seems to be how severely addicting all social media platforms are and how these networks manipulate their users to purposefully become addicted to their phones for the company...

At this point in the semester I am completely burnt out! We have had lots of challenges throughout the process of "9 to 5", I have been getting sick constantly and school is at the busiest time of the semester! Because of all these challenges, a long weekend was very much needed! Thanks to the rare total solar eclipse we got an extra day off! I figured for this blog post I would take you through what I did with my long weekend. After classes on Friday I had to register for next semester's classes and if any of you know the process here at ONU, it is very stressful! Luckily I got into most of the classes that I wanted and I am just happy it is over! I grabbed dinner quickly and then headed to a meeting with the company of "9 to 5". We discussed some changes that were happening and then jumped straight into rehearsals for the rest of the evening. We had rehearsal until 10 p.m. and then a bunch of us decided to go to The Cask Room for karaoke night! When we got the...

Pinterest was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp in November 2009. This platform was very slow growing compared to other social media platforms, but it now has an average of 445 million monthly users.  Pinterest is a platform that follows a pinboard-style network and allows users to discover and pin ideas onto their personalized boards. A pin is a visual with an online link embedded in it so that when a user clicks that visual it takes them to a website to learn more about that pin. As far as numbers go, Pinterest has a predominant group of Women users. This platform is currently ranked #15 of the most popular social media platforms. There are several different pin formats that can be used for brands to reach their target audience. These formats are static pins, video pins, rich pins, collections, idea pins, try on product pins and takes. You can also set up a Pinterest shop on this platform as a way to grow your business! In order to start a business Pinterest ...

The 2024 Social Media Workshop has officially wrapped up! It was an amazing experience and I am so grateful I was able to attend. I learned a lot of intriguing things about what it’s like to run a social media platform for a business, or even for personal gain. There were four different sessions and a keynote speaker, so no one left having learned nothing! In each session there were two speakers to choose from. The speakers in attendance were Amy Hertsenberg, Sally Stearns, Meghann Winters-Rowe, Dillan Kanya, Dayton Barnett, Colin Wylie, Mallory Grayson, Joe Dunay and Brandon Daniels.  Throughout this blog post, I will give a brief overview of what each speaker spoke on. One assignment for my Principles of Social Media class was to live Tweet throughout the duration of one session. I will go into more detail about that specific session I chose to Tweet about later on in this post. After we registered in the morning we were able to hear from the keynote speaker, Amy Hertsenberg! She...

Last week we discussed how to create a Facebook business page so I decided that this week I would walk you through how to create an Instagram business page as well! Although they are similar, personal Instagram accounts are different than business accounts. When you turn an account into a business profile it automatically gives the account extra features so that each business can optimize their pages. These features include adding locations, business hours, contact information and more. It is important to utilize all that is given to you when setting up these accounts so that you can engage with your community of followers.  Step #1: Choose a username that is not too confusing and represents your company well. If you have a longer business name consider shortening it for a username and be sure that this username is the same as all your other social media platforms.  Step #2: Choose a profile picture that represents your business and its values. This could be a company logo, ...

Some people like to live a chill life where they do their work or school during the day but then come home and relax in the evenings. However, I am not one of those people. I love to constantly be busy and be surrounded by friends. I go crazy when I have nothing to do or when I am stuck in one place for long periods. Life here at Ohio Northern sure does keep me busy and for that I am very thankful.  I love watching TikTok videos of what people do in their days or perhaps throughout their week, so I decided to dedicate this blog post to tell you all about what I did throughout this week. My week started off bright and early on Sunday morning when my sorority fam picked me up to go to church. Most of us typically go to different churches but we haven't had much time to hang out lately so we deci ded to take the morning and go to church together. After church we got Panera for lunch and it was so wonderful getting to spend time with them. It's at these moments that I realize how l...

When I first came to ONU, I had never felt so lonely in my life. I knew that coming to a school 8 hours away from home wouldn't be easy, but I did not expect it to be this hard. I am a homebody at heart but I also am an independent person so I thought that I would adjust easily to college life but it was quite the opposite. Bid Day! Since I grew up in a large family it was quite the culture shock moving away from them and living in a quiet dorm when I am used to always being surrounded by family and noise. I had never met my roommate prior to moving in and she is on the volleyball team so was hardly ever home. Because of that we didn't get to know each other until several weeks into school. I am in a small major, so outside of that I didn't know many people. My fam! I felt as though I was missing something. A part of me was left at home and I felt like I would never be truly happy here. There were a few people on campus that knew I was struggling with this feeling of loneli...

You know that old saying, "When it rains, it pours"? Well that is what my week has felt like. One thing going wrong after the other. All while trying to keep up with homework and a social life here on campus. I can't say that I am not thankful to be at ONU but I know I would much rather be at home right now.    My week started out pretty good. My 9am class on Monday was cancelled so I got to sleep in a little bit which was very nice. However, I woke up feeling sick but knew I shouldn't skip any classes on the second week back. So I powered through.  On Tuesday I was feeling okay enough to get up and go about my day. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I do not have class until 12pm, so I like to get up early and try to get some work done and go to lunch with friends before classes. Due to a medication I am on, I tend to get emotional at the most random times and cannot control it. As I was trying to get work done I was listening to songs and I don't know what came over me b...

In my opinion vlogging is one of the most entertaining things to watch in our generation. The fun thing about vlogs is that the creator can talk about anything they want and change it up all the time to get the most out of their content creation.  Vlogs can be anything like a day in the life, get ready with me, unboxing packages, reviews on products and much more. I personally find vlogs so entertaining and love the varieties of various subjects. My favorite types of vlogs are day in the life vlogs because you get to see so many adventures that people go on.  Although blogging is still very popular, the younger generation has turned to vlogging as the primary source of hearing about people's lives and what they are up to. Because of this, many influencers take up vlogging over blogging. A vlog is simply a blog in video format, and teens and young adults these days would much rather watch a video than read an article. Occasionally, some influencers still keep a blog and insert ...

  Have you always wanted to start a blog but did not know how or why? Well, you have come to the right place! I too did not understand how to create a blog, and I thought it was going to be a huge process but turns out you can create your very own blog in a matter of seconds. You might know how to create a blog but you ask yourself "What would I post about?" Well, that's the fun part! It's your blog so you can post about anything you want to! A person writes best when they are writing about things they are most passionate about. So think of what you love to do, or the people you love, and write about that! Let's make a simple list of what to do to start a blog, and then we will discuss how to be successful with it. 1. Before making your blog site, set a list of goals for yourself. Think of what you want to write about, how you want it to look, what audience you will be writing for, and how often you want to post. Think of things your audience will be able to conne...