Final Blog Entry: Twitter vs. Blogging

Wow! I've made it! This is my final blog entry for MCOM 320... I just thought that I'd end this blog off the same way that it began. When Shayne first gave us the assignment to blog/tweet I thought it was pretty ridiculous as you can see from my first post (http://laura-payne22.blogspot.com/2011/09/welcome-to-my-blog.html) but, I am happy to report that my view has been changed. Blogging/tweeting has shone a whole new light on my life...

I have grown to really love Twitter. At first I was really confused with it so I didn't use it very often but now that I understand it I have been able to get so much out of it! It really has changed my life. It has also added a whole new dimension to my social media creeping. I find out gossip faster, stalk people (Jimmer) easier and learn random facts about people every day. But, not only has it improved my social life, understanding how to work Twitter has given me many more opportunites. As you know, I work for BYU Athletic Marketing and I focus mainly on the men's basketball team. This year we decided to expand our marketing into social media and so my boss put me on the social media team. I now run the BYU men's basketball Twitter and Facebook pages and I have learned so much about how to connect with the online community. I've worked with the head of social media at BYU and also attended a conference with social media experts from ESPN. Our Twitter page grows at an average of 20 followers a day and we are hoping to have 10, 000 followers by the end of the year! So to all you blog stalkers, please get on and follow @byubasketball! So, I really have this class to thank for giving me that opportunity. If not for our twitter assignment I probably wouldn't have ever made a twitter account and therefore wouldn't have been in charge of social media for BYU Basketball.

So, I am a big proponent of Twitter now however I decided that I'm not cut out to be a blogger. Some people are so good at it and write about such interesting/witty things... however, I think I'm gonna stick with tweeting. It's shorter, has more meaning and is more interesting to me. I probably just don't like blogging because I don't get very many stalking benefits out of it (and that's the main reason that I use social media) haha.

In conclusion I just want to say that MCOM 320 has been an amazing class... probably my favourite of the semester. Shayne's an awesome guy. Listen to his advice because he's been in the real world and he knows what's up.

Well, adios blog world. This is probably going to be the last post you'll ever read from me. It's been real though... Talk to you soon (on Twitter of course) @laura_payne22.

Find someone who's more stressed than you are...

This week Shayne gave us an assignment to find someone who is more stressed than us and then do something nice for them... As soon as he gave it I knew exactly who I wanted to do this for! My cousin is the greatest person alive. She always does so many nice things for me and I know that every tuesday she has the busiest day ever! She works at the temple in the morning from 7-11, then has class from 12-5 and then works from 6-11. She has a break though from 2-4 so I decided that I would surprise her and pick her up from class and take her out for lunch. It ended up being such a great experience. We went to Sammy's (my first time!) and got burger and pie shakes =) It was sooo good! We had a great talk and it was just so great to spend time with her. She's amazing and such a good example to me, I'm so glad that I did this assignment!