Last week I wrote a blog about how Charlotte Russe went MIA for over fifty hours. Ironically about five minutes after I posted my entry CR came to life again and starting promoting their "Trivia Tuesday" question. I participated, and unfortunately did not win the cute little necklace that was the prize. I'll admit, I was pretty bummed. As the week went on they seemed to have more problems with staying active with use; there would be days that they were no where to be found, and days where they were blowing up my home page with tweets. I've really lost interest in their Twitter... I looked at it for a while tonight trying to figure out what I would write this weeks blog entry about, and the only thing could come up with was how ugly the jacket was that they gave away for trivia yesterday. So, that being said, I decided to do a different take on this entry...
I have an idea for future SM classes. Since CR has seemed repetitive and I've lost interest in checking their page everyday, I was thinking of different ways in which this semester-long project could work. I know I'm not the only one who became disappointed in their company, since I've ready other students' blog posts about changing who they are following.
Rather than follow the same company for an entire semester, I think it would spice it up if we were to follow a different company every week. It could be narrowed down into categories; One student would look up different food companies every week, one would have fashion magazines, one would have sports teams, etc. I know there would probably be overlap with some students following the same categories, but as long as they were following a different company every week I think it would work out. Everyone would sign up for what there were going to follow week-by-week at the beginning of the semester, to prevent confusion as to who was following what. I mean it could end up being a terrible idea, who knows. I'm just throwing it out there since I couldn't really think of anything to write about this week.
Personally I think I would really enjoy following different companies, since Charlotte Russe's Twitter has seemed to bore me... (At least their clothes are still fab :))
Amanda- that's a really good idea and something worth bringing up in class for sure! For those reading this post, what do you think of this suggestion? The whole point of this assignment was to learn how businesses can use Twitter and by following the same company, I thought it would be a nice way to capture trends and see how a company could change over time; however, it seems everyone has a hang of it and at the same time, many chosen companies are not giving great material. I am definitely open to suggestion on how to make this assignment for effective. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you amanda. Following a company for a whole semester doesn't really expand our horizons on how a company can benifit from a twitter account. I would love to comment on other companys but since I'm just following one, I cant really research others. I do know that a lot of people, like me specifically, have been changing their companys because they really dont provide a lot of good information. I really like the idea amanda.
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