Author: Dr. Kyle A. Huggins

Alyson Skelton is a student at Belmont University and earned her SMM Certification at the end of the fall 2019 semester.  Alyson’s website, Simply Sustainable Life, promotes sustainable change.  She states, “[It] is an online destination for anyone looking to live more intentionally & responsibly. This is a place where

“I took Belmont’s Social Media Marketing course as a non-traditional student. I was placed in a position as the social media manager at my place of work and prior to that new position, I had no experience with more than a few personal social media accounts. I had no idea

The Social Media Magnet course equipped me with the tools and skills necessary for real world marketing. From strategic post planning to tracking our own analytics–this course went above and beyond teaching social media marketing. This past fall semester, I took an internship with an artist management company in Nashville.

“The Social Media Magnet taught me skills that I will be able to apply in future internships and jobs. Learning how to work MailChimp and Google Analytics was the most helpful tool I gained from this class. Helpful instructions were given and guided us on how to use these while

The impact of social media is sometimes mind-boggling.  Don’t we wish we could all just play with toys and make $22 million dollars.  The top earner on YouTube in 2018 was a 7-year-old boy named Ryan. Ryan, of Ryan’s ToysReview, has over 17.5 million subscribers. With a weekly video of

Margaret was a Social Media Magnet student in the fall of 2017. In the Social Media Magnet course, students are allowed to select any topic that is important to them. It is specifically asked of them to choose something they want to engage in for the whole semester, but NOT