{"id":24912,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/social-media-and-sales"},"modified":"2017-08-12T06:46:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T06:46:41","slug":"social-media-and-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/social-media-and-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media and Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Part 1 &#8211; I will do this part.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Create<\/b> an account on social media such as Twitter\u00ae, Instagram\u00ae, Facebook\u00ae, etc.<\/p>\n<p><b>Share<\/b> the user name with the class in order to communicate with class members.<\/p>\n<p><b>Communicate<\/b> with your classmates about different sales experiences including retail, restaurants, and online for a minimum of 1 week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Take<\/b> a screenshot and save the social media posts from this time period.<\/p>\n<p><b>Part 2<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Identify<\/b> a local restaurant, hotel, or other business in your city or town and read social media review reports on this business. Social media review sites include such sites as Yelp\u00ae, UrbanSpoon\u00ae, TripAdvisor\u00ae, Google Local\u00ae, Yahoo Local\u00ae, etc.<\/p>\n<p><b>Identify<\/b> a minimum of 10 reviews or comments.<\/p>\n<p><b>Take<\/b> screenshots of the 10 reviews or comments.<\/p>\n<p><b>Part 3<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Write<\/b> a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you use the experiences and information found in Parts 1 &amp; 2 and do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss the uses of social media as a sales tool.<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role social media plays in the sales process.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate how various social media tools can affect a business whether this is positive or negative.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss how a negative review on social media can affect sales.<\/li>\n<li>Examine how social media sites use data analytics to identify trends the can benefit the sales process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Attach<\/b> screenshots of the posts and reviews from Parts 1 &amp; 2 to the paper.<\/p>\n<p><b>Format<\/b> your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><b>Individual Assignment: <\/b>Social Media and Sales<\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose of Assignment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Week 5 assignment is designed to create a real-world experience by allowing students to use social media on their own to see how it can be used as a tool for sales and marketing. They also have the opportunity to see the rapid effects of negative experiences. Social media is rapidly becoming a major sales tool and its accessibility recommends this idea for having students use it directly and then analyze that experience. <\/p>\n<p><b>Resources Required<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Social media accounts<\/p>\n<p><b>Grading Guide<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Content<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Met<\/p>\n<p>Partially Met<\/p>\n<p>Not Met<\/p>\n<p>Comments:<\/p>\n<p>Part 1 of the assignment includes screen shots of the social media posts for a minimum of one week\u2019s activity.<\/p>\n<p>Part 2 of the assignment includes the identification and screen shots of the 10 different negative social media reviews and\/or comments.<\/p>\n<p>The paper includes a discussion of the uses of social media as a sales tool. <\/p>\n<p>The paper includes an explanation of the role social media plays in the sales process.<\/p>\n<p>The paper includes an evaluation of how social media tools can affect a business whether positively or negatively.<\/p>\n<p>The paper includes a discussion of how a negative review on social media can affect sales.<\/p>\n<p>The paper includes an examination of how social media sites use data analytics to identify trends to benefit the sales process.<\/p>\n<p>The paper is 1,050 to 1,400 words in length.<\/p>\n<p><b>Total Available<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Total Earned<\/b><\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>#\/10<\/p>\n<p><b>Writing Guidelines<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Met<\/p>\n<p>Partially Met<\/p>\n<p>Not Met<\/p>\n<p>Comments:<\/p>\n<p>The paper\u2014including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page\u2014is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page.<\/p>\n<p>Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper.<\/p>\n<p>Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.<\/p>\n<p>Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation.<\/p>\n<p><b>Total Available<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Total Earned<\/b><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>#\/4<\/p>\n<p><b>Assignment Total<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>#<\/b><\/p>\n<p>14<\/p>\n<p>#\/14<\/p>\n<p>Additional comments:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1 &#8211; I will do this part. Create an account on social media such as Twitter\u00ae, Instagram\u00ae, Facebook\u00ae, etc. Share the user name with the class in order to communicate with class members. Communicate with your classmates about different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/social-media-and-sales\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}