Site Evaluation

Evaluation

• How have you promoted each app? was it successful? 

I managed to promote each social media application by creating a website based on social media promotion then creating a page for every application which is popular in this moment of time. I also showed media including videos and images which includes me in action of using each application and how you can use them to the best of their ability. I think it was a successful task all together and it went smoothly. I've created a purpose page which explains the main reason the website was made for promoting social media which is based on music videos and short films.

• How effective is your content?

 In my point of view, I think that I was able to cover each social media application with good explanation on the basis of how to use them and how to get the best out of them and most importantly what good they bring to you. I didn't really want to make it based on text, so I made a few galleries in order for my audience to see how everything's done, that way i'm able to be more interactive with my audience, this is very important because people get bored easily if they feel as if they're not able to relate or understand the purpose quick enough. I think this is how i've been effective and different because i've been able to grab the attention of my viewers without having to overdo myself.
 

• Who is your target audience? Have you targeted a specific audience with each app?

My target audience for this specific project is based on ages 14-26. However, all ages use social media applications that's why I can't totally specify it to limited ages. There are grandparents and in general elderly people that still engage in social media, as a matter of fact they probably use it more than they used to. Skype is a free calling application which is applicable to all ages once you are familiar with the operations and know how to use it, Facebook is exactly the same. With other applications such as, Twitter and Instagram, They are more for teenagers and adults which I would say are based from ages 15-30. Other applications like YouTube and Snapchat are slightly different and the reasons for this is that for example with YouTube, you are able to view anything that's viral as well as things that didn't go viral, you can listen to your favourite music and that includes the music video along with it, it's entirely free and that means no hidden costs. Therefore, Youtube is one of the most used social media applications ever because even children can use it to play their most favourite music as many times as they like without any question. Overall i'd say that my target audience is aimed at 14-26.

• How easy and effective is your website to navigate? 

This was one of my major tasks to complete and that was to make sure that my website is easily accessible, the main reason for this was simply because in the past I made sites that were hard to navigate and I was told several times about this, ever since then i've found navigation much more important. My audience will need to be able to interact with my website with ease and without having to put much thought into it. Therefore, i've made a drop down menu under 'Social Media', that way once you hover the pointing cursor over the term social media you'll be able to see all the applications that you can gain understanding on. I put the titles to each page at the top where it's clear to see so that when people land on the page it's the first thing they see.

• What did not go well?

I found that during the course of creating my website and adding the different features that it wouldn't let me save my work at times which set me back greatly. Whilst I was doing my Snapchat page I had videos that I saved from my account however, they wouldn't let me send them through my email. Therefore, I had to use the snapchat videos that I had already sent to my email in the past in order to display Snapchat information and how I used it to advertise and promote my topic. I'm still grateful for being able to overcome that barricade because there were times where I was thinking if i'll be able to choose Snapchat as one of the applications to appear on my website, i'm happy it ended up going smoothly. Other than the videos not saving, I had some major faults during creating a mood-board because I originally wanted to do a page for each application but, I ended up doing it all one page. It's in less detail but, it's much easier to understand my point.

• What could you improve?

If I had a chance to change anything, it would be the amount of detail that I put into the applications. However, I think the detail I put in is pleasant enough because it's not too much neither is it too less. I take criticism as a compliment, so i'd love to hear what people saw and think of my project that way I can improve my work in order to get the best out of my work.