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Who knew that I would ever enjoy reading a text book... I certainly did not. But, Erik Qualman surprised me by capturing my attention with his witty humor, interesting facts, and relatable information in Socialnomics. 

This book really does have some great tips on how to utilize social media to your benefit. My three biggest take aways from this book were:

1. Social media CAN be a good thing and it is not going anywhere any time soon. I say CAN because if it is utilized correctly it is beneficial, but it is very easy to abuse the power of instant communication. For example, social media is actually doing more harm than good to find the GA Putnam County fugitives. People are sharing posts that are inaccurate, causing others to believe them to be true and creating mass confusion and panic about what is right. It is also making it difficult for the police to get ahold of legit leads, rather than fake ones posted by just any body on social media. 

2. If you want more followers, its all about personal branding and responding, responding, responding. Your job is to listen to what your followers say/want and communicate with them. Social media platforms such as Twitter make it much easier and faster for responses between business and customer. The better relationship you form with your followers, the more likely they are to turn into customers.

3. I have been using social media since 2006 and I am still alive to tell the tale. *queue Harry Potter flash back of Mcgonagall yelling at Hermoine, Harry, and Ron when they destroyed the awesome troll in Sorcerers Stone* 

Social media is important. It globalizes our community. It makes us connected in ways that it has never been connected before. We are 24/7 in tune with one another with the simple tap of a finger. Anything that you do will be found and anything you say will be seen. It helps us save time, gives us endless entertainment, and brings us real time news. Remember, never post something you wouldn’t want your mother or grandmother to see. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this textbook. That may be because I'm a total social media nerd though. These are my top three takeaways, does anyone else have anything else they found more important than what I did? I’d be interested in seeing how different people interpret different things. I also wonder if our opinions of the book depend on our prior opinion of social media (whether an avid user or the opposite). What do you think? 

Also, if you want to check out some of his advice without picking up the book, check out this link! 

http://socialnomics.net/category/social-media/

Caught your attention, didn’t I? That’s because we are all in our twenties and can relate to the title. I find that one of the best ways to get people to actually stop and read a blog post of yours is to focus on appealing to your key public and posting content that is simple and user friend. A person who hones in on that skill is Amanda, the brains behind the blog “Advice from a Twenty Something.”

This blog is full of posts revolving around anything from wellness, beauty, love, jobs, etc. The first thing that I noticed about this blog site was how simple the layout and color scheme were. It was user friendly, easy to move around, and had every post neatly categorized. 

The first post I checked out was “10 things to do less of in 2017″, I’m cheesy I like the self improvement blogs (ladies, are ya with me out there?). The content of the post was straight forward, “stop putting yourself down”. “don’t ignore anxiety”, “don’t compare yourself to others”, generic make-you-feel-empowered type of advice. And I did feel empowered. She made it seem as if I really could stop doing these in 2017 (update: I haven't, i’m only human) but I can still try and she put into words things that I know that I need to work on that I didn’t necessarily have the words to describe. That’s how I found most of her posts to be. I linked the post below, what do you think about it? Did you feel like these were accomplishable? 

http://advicefromatwentysomething.com/10-things-to-do-less-of-in-2017/

I think a blog focusing on the crazy, confusing, every changing life that twenty something year olds have. It is a great place to get advice on fashion, DIY projects, cleaning supplies, how to score a job, how to be a good human, it appears to be a wonderful resource for someone trying to figure this crazy thing called life out and I think that is what called to me about it. Everyone wants a self help book on how to get through life and this is the closest thing I've found so far, besides calling my mom of course. 

Have you found any other resource to get through life? Any different blogs or media entrepueners?