This past week has been crazy as they all have been, but somehow I’ve still managed to continue posting from Twitter and actually managed to start posting a bit on our Media Facebook. That is definitely an improvement. Also, the new layout of Google Reader has REALLY helped. Otherwise, nothing really new. I was supposed to meet yesterday with the office to talk about advertising, but the timing was bad and alas, it has been delayed.

I agreed to the internship on somewhat of a whim, not completely clear on what my job was or what my responsibilities would be, and it has been quite an adventure.

Things I have learned so far:

1) How to use hootsuite, which encompasses its own special array of new techniques of managing social media

• how to look at 10 streams of tweets at once, which is initially extremely overwhelming
• how to analyze/track site data on followers and site popularity
• how to schedule/manage tweets from multiple twitter accounts

2) How to set up and use OnMason

3) How to search for relevant/interesting publishing materials

• How to use Google Reader
• How to use Flickr
• How to use Page Flakes

Overall, I find the tweeting to be the most convenient and accessible for posting whilst between emails and other everyday tasks of a student. It is stressful sometimes making sure I am able to get at least that done as we near closer to the end of the semester.

Hopefully in the future I will be getting around to having time to manage the facebook accounts and do some advertising, but for now, that is still a bit too much for my schedule to handle.

Alas, for now, I should probably either do some homework or go to sleep.

Well, I officially have an OnMason account to be used for weekly updates on what it’s like to be a Student Media Community Management Intern!