Sunday, February 10, 2013

How LinkedIn gave me the opportunity off my dreams…use it!



            It is amazing how social media these days has taken so much of what the fashion industry is about. LinkedIn has become such an important media exposure for upcoming designers to interact with people in the fashion industry. Opportunities are in the fingertips of the people who like to use these amazing tools to make profits, in my own experiences with pages such as LinkedIn I can relate and say I got the amazing opportunity to work with the big retail chain JC Penney. Through meeting their head fashion-marketing advisor I was offered the opportunity to intern for their window display department in south Florida. 


            It was such a great experience to fly to their headquarters in Texas and being interview for a job with such an amazing benefits. I got this opportunity by reaching and sending a message to the head fashion-marketing advisor. I’m a fan of the store and I’m very pleased to see the huge changes they are doing to be able to approach younger community. JC Penney is usually a store reached by the older people and by implementing designers and changing the displays of the areas a lot of younger people are becoming regulars.

            The opportunities are out there. You are a click away of sending a message like I did. Many people can reach others and “connect” through this social media websites.


           
            In my opinion there is a very big margin of growth for these websites. To stay competitive and growing they have to develop more features, as they are becoming so needy I today’s world. I believe LinkedIn would be hiring directly through the website and even probably have interviews directly online. The sky is the limit and these giants are definitely here to stay. If we take in deep consideration websites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Tumblr are among the top 50 most visited websites GLOBALLY! They don’t only provide entertainment for their users but they also facilitate them with different opportunities such as networking, sharing of media and free exposure.

            The Fashion Industry needs these websites to stay running for many profitable reasons. Facebook helps brands create a strong presence on their consumers; an example is this page for designer Tory Burch.



            They interact with their consumers not only to show them what they have to bring to the table but also to show consumers how they can relate to them. In this example I was able to pull how Tory Burch asks its fans about their favorite burger place, pretty smart huh? By consumers feeling relate to the brand not only in the sense of style but on the different factors of the person who makes the brand, consumers can feel identified by the brand ideology.

These websites are here to stay and it is a matter of time for them to take over basic functions for hiring, finding jobs and other related work fuctions. People think Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn are just for fun? Well, start using it for the the profitable reasons!

Come read more of how social media is affecting the world today ! 




Fashionable yours…

AleRoman

3 comments:

  1. I understand why you would think Facebook and LinkedIn are here to stay. i believe that they keep up with the latest trends and constantly updating their sites to ensure that users do not become bored with their sites. Do you believe that if Twitter doesn't change that it will still be as popular as it is now?

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  2. I have found and applied for jobs using LinkedIn as well. It offers great opportunities for people who would probably never have gotten the chance. It is very helpful to see people in your field and learn how they achieved all that they have. Seeing the certain skills marketing professionals have listed on LinkedIn has given me the push to learn some of those things.

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  3. I think you are very certain witj LinkedIn and Facebook, they are two social medias that have keeped up with the technologies of everyday. And it's rough to say it but you have to know how to used them, because you can find out about a lot of things, such as job opportunities, events and others. It is a website that opens up a lot of doors. And everyone should have. LinkedIn, is a website in which you can find a lot of connections for the future.

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