Vision5: Week 10 and 11

Social Media is going strong! We have gotten a lot more hype now that we have created a sharing schedule for the class. It's been a great thing to have "interactive" posts, like the headshots and the bumpers, that still relate to Visions. Things are coming fast!

Visions5: Week 8

There is lots of planning for social media going on. I have been wrapped up in posting for Scholars and the Visionary cartoon faces.  I am SO EXCITED to have figured out how to schedule Facebook posts again. It have saved my life! Over break I am going to work on rewriting the entire social media manual with new ideas, what I have changed this semester (specifically) and then making a solid plan for the day of the event social media posting.

Visions5: Week 6-7

Mardi Gras Masquerade Social Media Schedule

• Facebook
• event upload with invites (Friday, February 20)
• poster + second promo (Sunday, February 22)
• Lip Sync Battle video promo (Tuesday, February 24)
• last reminder/join us tonight (Thursday, February 26)
• Twitter
• poster + promo (Monday, February 23)
• Lip Sync Battle video promo (Tuesday, February 24)
• Reminder/Mardi Gras Photo (Thursday, February 26)
• Instagram
• poster + promo (Monday, February 23)
• Transformation Tuesday (Tuesday, February 24)
• last years party photo/this years party promo

DAY OF EVENT

• Facebook
• post a set of pictures an hourish into the event with a “If you aren’t here, you’re missing out” cap
• Twitter
• ALL STAFF, a few tweets here and there

#VisionsInAction     #mardigras     #masquerade     tag @visionsfilm

• Instagram
• three volunteers to instagram periodically during the event. comment attached to this line please!

tag @visionsfilm    #visionsinaction    #film    #wilmington    #visions

Announcements of scholars and Filmmakers

• Facebook
• Master post for papers (Tuesday, February 24)
• Posts will follow with a feature every day

• Master post for films (Wednesday, March 4)

• posts will follow with two features every day

Visions5 staff Headshots

• 3 per week (22 headshots total)
• Facebook will have various days for posts
• instagram will have headshots posts for #mancrushmonday / #womancrushwednesday
• March 1 - 7 (headshots 4-6); March 8 - 14 (headshots 7-9);

March 15 - 21 (headshots 10-12); March 22 - 28 (Headshots 13-15);

March 29 - April 4 (headshots 16-18); April 5 - 11 (Headshots 19-22)

OTHER/MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITY

• I WILL STILL BE POSTING VARIOUS (non-visions related) THINGS ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE, BUT I WILL NOT EXCEED THREE POSTS PER DAY
• Twitter will refer back to the facebook page for posts featuring filmmakers/scholars (not every day, but at least twice a week); live tweeting during class should still be happening, doesn’t always have to be during programming
• Instagram will feature event photos, assignment photos, photos during class, and staff headshots

Visions5: Weeks 3-4

Everything seems to be going well. Meeting with Beth are going well.

Facebook is great, we have figured out how to bring in more people. We are just posting more pictures and videos and links.  People are struggling to give me assignments, but they are bringing them in. I have been pushing a lot of our stuff more, and hope to soon start other conversations as well. Instagram is just once or twice a week, it's not a great place for advertising, but for keeping updates. Twitter is up in the air. We are using it to live tweet during class, but we are still having trouble with interactions. We are doing more work, trying to find more evergreen tweets and then thinking of ways to change it for the next year. We are going to focus more heavily on twitter and instagram getting closer to the event. 

Visions5: Week 2 (Social Media Dirty Dozen)

1.     Objectives

.        To build a stronger following base on all social media outlets; to involve followers in conversation along with providing them with informational tid-bits throughout the festival process.

2.     Customers

.        Visions staff, visions goers, students, filmmakers, scholars

3.     Results

.        Create a small online community for film conversations

.        Create a larger following base

4.     Budget

.        n/a: social media should not require money to be spent

5.     How Long

.        All semester

6.     Skills

.        The obvious tech. savvy

.        Ability to be concise

.        Communication

.        Interpersonal (even if we are reaching people behind a computer)

7.     Needed Resources

.        Computers

.        Media website logins

8.     Team

.        Rika: Managing all outlets

.        Hillary/Emily/EVERYONE: giving Rika updates and ideas

9.     Schedule

.       Posted to google drive for others!

.        Post 3 times a week, every week, and possibly more leading up to and during the festival

10. Risks

.        No one wants to communicate on the new outlets and on the discussions

11. Communication

.        Meetings, phones, social media, email

12. Success

.        More followers, more attendees and more communication on the outlets

Visions5: Week One (Round Two)

To Do List:

• grade abstracts
• look at website
• come up with a social media sharing schedule
• research “connecting” websites
• Promote extended deadline and late deadline
• make a list of observations from our facebook engagements
• make countdown images for indiegogo posts
• proof and shorten film descriptions for website
• department and social media meetings
• make weekly blog post

Productive week. The meeting with Beth was really great for making sure we get on the right track with Twitter and gaining more followers and interactions! Facebook is doing great! We are finding out ways to get more people engaged. I'll be making a presentation in class with Hillary about social media and what we need to do!

Week Sixteen: Visions 5 (Last Week!)

It's the last week of the semester for Visions, but that doesn't mean that I am going to stop! I already have a list of things that I need to do over break to bring the next semester in. First, and foremost, getting some contributors to the Indiegogo campaign! Then, I need to focus on research for Hootsuite and other programs that are similar (that I don't have to pay for).  The reason I didn't utilize it beforehand was because Facebook was the main outlet for social media and it already gave me the option to schedule posts ahead of time.  If I knew that I was going to be away from my computer, I would schedule posts.  I am going to do some more research about how to properly and effectively use Twitter and try to make that happen again.

Other than that, I am really exited to meet some new members at the social (which will also give us some great opportunities for social media ideas) and I am excited to really get into the grind of things next semester!