This course explores the ways in which entrepreneurs use social media to influence a brand. Using a mix of discussion, lecture, analytical writing, and engagement with social media products, this course allows students to practice positioning a business, reaching the public via the web, using social media activity to help shape a brand, using social media and brand-related terms, identifying the factors affecting a business’s choice in social media use, and connecting real-world networking to social media activity and branding. Course work includes analyzing the social media activities of other brands, identifying ideas from experts in the field, and using evidence to make intelligent decisions about social media and entrepreneurial endeavors.
According to WhatIs.com, social media is "is a collective term for websites and applications that focus on communication, community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration." SEOPressor takes this a step further to define six types of social media:
On this page, you'll find out more about social media, as well as the dos and don'ts of posting.
Anyone in the profession will tell you that there is an etiquette to using social media. Here are some resources on the Dos and Donts of social media.