Casey Ryan's Blog

There are many, many social media platforms that everyone can use on a daily basis. Of all of these options, there's a few things to keep in mind when deciding which ones you want to use - most importantly, what's the best use of each site? Do you want to use it for yourself, or for a business? Picking the right platform for the right job is crucial to social media success. For those looking for a more personal touch, I would recommend sites like Instagram or Snapchat - Pinterest as well can fall into this category. While businesses can absolutely make use of these sites to take photos and share interesting tidbits, these image sharing social media outlets are more easily used by individuals, to share things that they like and see on a daily basis to their friends and family, or anyone else following them. Often used for sharing food pics or vacation snapshots, image sharing sites like Instagram are great for the individual user. Over time, they can form a photo album of your...

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Week # 1A - Class Preparation I chose this template for a few reasons. First, I like how it has the ability to append an image to the side of a blog post - a great way to tie a visual medium into the overall post content. This allows me to find relevant images and use them to draw the reader in - a picture is worth a thousand words, after all! If I find the right images to get their attention, I can pull them in to reading what the blog post is actually about, just from that one image. Secondly, it's a straightforward, simple design that provides all the content I need people to see right on the main page. There's no digging around or trying to find where the content is or having to navigate around the webpage - instead, it's all right in the forefront, easy to see. That's very important, as you want people coming to your blog to be able to see your content first and foremost. Anything that detracts from that means you get less retention. Lastly, I just like how t...