Week two: Part one

When I think of social media, I consider Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter (honorable mention: Pinterest) to be the main platforms. Out of those platforms some seem to be catered more specifically to personal use and some more so to business.
When I think of a social media platform specifically for personal use, the first one that comes to mind would be Snapchat. Outside of purchasing adds on snapchat, the platform isn't set up very well for a business account. Im not personally familiar with twitter but from what I have learned about it, it does seem like it is catered mostly towards personal use.
Instagram has about 500 million users and is very popular for both business and personal use. Today, almost any business you can think of probably has a Instagram account. Instagram has an actual business account feature that provides cool features for businesses with the option to pay for promotion. Although Instagram is picture based, there isn't a limit to the amount of text you can add to your photos.
Facebook is still considered to the the social media platform leader with about 2.4 billion users. Facebook has many great features for business users that make it the ideal social media platform for both personal and business use. Facebook is text, photo and video based posts and also has an option to to instantly repost or share posts.
I use Facebook and Instagram but I am rarely on Facebook. My facebook is strictly for personal use and mainly to keep in touch with family. In the future, I do plan on starting a facebook page and investing money in Facebook ads for my barbershop. I use my Instagram strictly for my barber photos and plan on maintaining it and making it a business account in the future for my barbershop.

Week one: Part two

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Week one: Theme choice explanation

I'll admit, my experience with blogging is extremely limited (none actually) so it took me some time searching the web to figure out what I was doing. I chose the travel theme based off the title alone because I really enjoy traveling and it was really the only one that stuck out to me. The theme is very simple and easy to navigate, which I enjoy because i'm trying to figure this all out and it makes it much easier for me.
I am taking this class because I am currently a barber and we rely a lot on social media, especially instagram to help promote our work and gain new clientele. I currently have an instagram that is just for my barbering photos and facebook that I really use. Even though i don't use it often, I feel fairly comfortable using social media but i hope this class will give me some tips and tricks to help promote my work a little more efficiently.
Like I said before, i really enjoy traveling. Almost every weekend I jump on my motorcycle and try to make it to a new restaurant, bar, hike, swimming hole, lake or even a new road that i haven't been to before. Any time i get a long weekend or more, i try to travel to a new location and i feel a blog like this could be a great way for me to share my experiences.