Pinterest is a photo sharing web and mobile company, designed to help its users save, or in this case pin, their favorite ideas. Contrary to what some believe, Pinterest is not a social media site; instead, its intended purpose focuses on the users themselves, and not the relationships between them. Ben Silbermann, Pinterest’s CEO, said in an interview with Fortune, that while Pinterest has a few social elements, he doesn't view his company as a social network, instead he draws parallels with search engines. With Pinterest, pinners can browse Pinterest itself or the web and then bookmark their favorite searches in the form of a picture and ‘pin it’ to their virtual ‘board’. Therefore, creating a simple way to aggregate the pinners’ favorite …show more content…
The more times that the picture gets pinned the more pinners it reaches. They rely on this pyramid effect to keep Pinterest flowing smoothly; however, they also need new pins added from the web to keep growing. Businesses are a considerable contributor to pins being pinned from a website, with 67% of pins coming from a business website (Smith, Craig, “Businesses”). This high percentage is due to advertising with professional grade photos. Their high quality photos help the pyramid effect (and Pinterest) work effectively with their beautiful ‘book …show more content…
Moore also points out in another article, “Pinterest Data Analysis,” that about 80% of the over all pins are repins, with female pinners pinning 92% of the total pins (Moore, “Pinners be Pinnin’”). Unlike the men, the women pinners pin for inspiration; as their inspiration grows, Pinterest grows with them (Baer, Jay). Although each sex has their own particular purpose, they both apply Pinterest to their own
It may have an impact because females made up 75% of the respondents and 52% of the respondents reported scrolling through active social media accounts while either studying or doing homework. However, there was a very small difference between respondents that reported that they did not scroll through active accounts (44%). The results cannot prove whether there is a relationship between gender and if a person scrolls through active social media accounts while trying to study or do homework. The number of males and female are disproportionate. It may seem that females are more likely to scroll through active social media accounts, but the willingness of mostly females to respond to the survey needs to be taken into
Should Schools Monitor Students Social Media!?!? Have you ever showed up at school and had a friend or classmate tell you about a rumor directed towards you? I think schools should monitor students social media posts but, only if there seems to be problems occurring and disrupting the class. Cyberbullying can lead to low self esteem and depression, causing worse things. Document E, document B and, document D all agree with limiting/monitoring students online speech.
The Brand - Who are they? Explain their product/service in detail. • Staples is a global company that offers office supplies to clients and businesses of all sizes worldwide through retail and delivery. It allows people to shop with the brand however(store/online/mobile) and whenever they want. It offers products from a number of different categories such as technologies, facilities, safety, furniture, facilities, medical, copy & print, easy tech.
How do you think your world would be without social media? If you didn’t know there are real dangers when students use social media. Another reason is social media can harm your reputation. Some people are mistaken about social media because it can help you by putting you in social groups, you can even make friends on social media. But teens should not use social media because of dangers, harm to reputation, and mental illnesses.
Social media has produced a new generation of spokes peoples’, which are marketers who have influence on the brand. Influencers are often active on social media throughout different platforms, which are ideal brand advocates. These social media influencers engage with the brand by posting reviews, updates and impressive material that benefit the brand. Staples this year has experienced a change within the company by having their CEO step down and decrease in their value per share. With a new management team approaching, Staples has potential for a new phase of growth by using social media influencers.
Women are seen participating but not as much compared to the Tough Mudder site. The Tough Mudder has a wider appeal to more demographics. Also, the Tough Mudder social media sights are more visually appealing using bright colors that draw the eye to their posts, pictures, videos and information. Allowing for a longer browsing experience.
The shapes and colors within the composition cause viewers’ eyes to move in circular, repetitive motions, absorbing and reabsorbing the information. Naturally, audience members will view the “Overton Park” header first and move from left to right across the panels. This eye movement is facilitated by organizational structure, color, and shape. Organizationally, the information follows the normal pattern of textual information in English, top to bottom, left to right. The green gradiates in darkness and intensity from left to right; and the shapes within each of the images stack like backwards “C’s” or cups.
We all know that LinkedIn is a community or career network site to look out for jobs, seek job opportunities. But the low profile network compared to Facebook, Twitter and other social networks also serves as a resource for business advertisement all across the globe. Moreover, the business owners or online marketers who are looking out to leverage LinkedIn for business promotion through advertisements should make slight adjustments to their ad campaigns, especially in case of B2B marketing. There are many social media networks that serve as advertising sources for a business promotion. But LinkedIn is the best option to make use for B2B marketing that can offer benefits to the business owners.
This paper analyzes claims made by Ms. Haley Honeck by selecting pins that represent her sense of logos and ethos on a Pinterest board. Pinterest is a social media platform considered by some as a virtual corkboard similar to those used by crafts people to depict things of interest and importance to them comprised of boards a collection of pins, and pins individual pictures or quotes. Ms. Honeck is currently a Criminal Justice student at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and a Colorado native. With her Pinterest board, Haley's purpose is to make claims about her ethos based on her 115 pins reflecting her values as family, travel, friends, boyfriend, figure skating, Colorado, shopping, police, hair and nails, Gray's Anatomy, and wine.
Today’s society, it is rare to meet a person who does not have social media especially someone who does not have Snapchat. Snapchat is a form of social media that has derived from several other types of social media taking the successes and fixing the fails of the other forms of Snapchat. Snapchat is an application that allows one to communicate through videos or photos that
References O'Keeffe, G.S., Clarke-Pearson, K. (2011). The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families. The American Academy of Pediatrics. Retrieved October 16, 2015 from http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/4/800.short In this article, O'Keeffe, M.D. and Clarke-Pearson, M.D. weigh the positives and negatives of social media against each other.
Analyze Pinterest is a photo sharing web and mobil company, designed to help its users save, or in this case pin, their favorite ideas. Contrary to what some believe, Pinterest is not a social media site; instead, its intended purpose is focused on the users themselves, and not the relationships between them. Ben Silbermann, Pinterest’s CEO, said in an interview with Fortune, that while Pinterest has some social elements, he doesn't view his company as a social network, instead he draws parallels with search engines.
As the old adage goes “Make a plan and work your plan.” Your Web Presence: Your new blueprint can guide simple, small adjustments to your marketing funnel, your website and even your social media, such as your LinkedIn profile, Twitter, and Facebook
I. INTRODUCTION Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are online platforms that users use to create Personal profiles, associates with companion and fuss in different parts. Social networking sites exhibits individual profile and facilitates with various other activities such as sharing information with each other. Social networking sites grab million of people in the globe who are united these websites into their daily life style. Social networking sites will become famous all over the world.
It makes sense from a stylistic standpoint that in order to engage a bigger audience it must gravitate as many people as possible. Even though, the audience, is clearly targeting a demographic of married, middle age women, particularly housewives. The visuals were important because they were appealing to a large target audience, not just housewives, and encouraged many