Canva design for social media, etc (review)

So check out this site https://www.canva.com/

Just to give a brief description, this site allows anyone with no design fundamentals to easily make coverphotos, wallpost photos, info graphics and any kind of visuals to post onto FB, blogs, or even for presentation.

Here are some samples that I have done with this site.

It does have watermark for most images which will require you to purchase them. On top of that the paid visuals are also limited in my opinion. Well, it really depends on your purpose of creating the visual.

Overall, I still prefer to learn photoshop or Illustrator from basic. This will not help noobies like me create better visuals, however an expert in design might find this site useful.

[*rating 5/10]

Here's a link to their blog http://blog.canva.com/

Google Analytics Academy review

I have been studying and completing the FREE online tutorial for GA fundamental over the weekend. 

It is a very useful course to understand how analytics and data is used in digital to achieve business objectives. 

This course also made me aware of how various departments in digital companies contribute towards business objectives. For instance, social have to work with IT programming team to make accurate data collection possible. Marketing and management team have to work with social team to identify business objectives and ways to achieve them through digital. 

The course provides detailed explanation as well as good hands on examples where by we can put into practice what we've learnt. It will take up to 4 hours or more to complete the course depending on your familiarity with digital. 

[*rating 9/10]

That'll be all for now, till next time, cheers!

What I am doing

I am a Social Media Specialist.

Just started this role beginning of the month and today is my third week in.

Being a newbie, I have lots to learn about social media strategies. Data mining, analytic, communities management, social interaction, social participation, conceptualization and strategic ad buying or media planning. Those are basically the fundamental of my job description.

My perception of social media has changed entirely. Social media is no longer just Facebook and Twitter, sharing with friends and family. But rather a tool that businesses can gain insights to connect with you as a consumer or potential customer.

There is just so much to read and so much information to absorb. Best of all, ALL the information are FREE!!!

Do I see myself doing this for a long time? Yes, definitely! There is just so much to learn and I believe that social media will constantly grow and that I will have to grow with it eventually.

Here is a little info-graphic I got from mashable.com