Creating and sharing content through social media platforms like WordPress and Twitter is an essential skill. Whether it is for professional or personal reasons, continuous development of creative content will enhance your abilities to communicate in today’s digital immersed culture. Combining your passion and digital footprint can bring you joy and may even lead to monetization.
Understanding the tools at your disposal is important if you want to succeed in content creation. WordPress is a wonderful platform that makes creating and sharing content easy and stress-free. From pre-designed templates to complete customizable settings and features through the dashboard, WordPress allows the creator to dictate how content is presented. The “dashboard” also contains statistical data relating to visitors and how they are interacting with content.
The ability to view statistical data allowed better understanding how my content was being received. I was able to see which post created the largest amount of traffic and how visitors were referred to my site. For instance, Twitter was referred the most visitors to my site. This was expected because I promoted every post with a direct link on Twitter. However, Instagram had the second most referrals and I only had a direct link to my WordPress on my Instagram profile page. I suspect that if I could post a direct link on an Instagram post, then Instagram would become the top referral site.
Throughout the semester I learned that creating passionate content is therapeutic and entices creativity. This blog has encouraged me to follow my dreams and ignited an adventurous spirit within me…