Social Study

Consider this a social experiment. I am.

Like you, I have read a number of articles and heard plenty of “experts” speak about this new found power of social media. Essentially, these collective opinions say that social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. can be utilized as legitimate resources - resources that will provide you with information that will help you, give you answers, grow your business, etc.

I have made a decision. I am going to create my very own social study because I am curious how accurate the social media “experts” testimonials are, especially when it comes to social media and cross-platform responses.

You may (or may not) have noticed that the name of my blog is yet to be determined. I have appropriately titled it “BLANK...FOR NOW.” What I intend to do is reach out to my Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn networks for help on naming my new blog. My networks aren’t massive, but large enough to construct some conversation. There is no incentive for the winner – no gift cards or cash – I'm too poor, but I will give a nice, big social media thank you.

My goals for this are simple:
1. Find out how long it takes a network of people to respond to a simple, yet creative request
2. Determine how genuine a network of followers (both known and unknown) can be
3. Learn if social media cross-platform increases awareness as well as movement
4. Receive a kick-ass blog name, without having to use my own brain

I will be using the keyword - #namemyblog – this will help me track my responses and gather the appropriate information.

I feel like a scientist. The only bad thing is that I failed, miserably, at all things science throughout my years of education.

Let the social study begin.