1. How journalists engage with an audience

2. My chosen social media
I chose to promote my work using Twitter and Instagram because during my research I found that a large amount of my audience used these platforms as their main social media.
My research also showed me that Facebook was the most popular platform, however I didn’t believe that promoting my FMP work on Facebook would be as successful as for my FMP I will be writing about fashion and taking on the role of a blogger.

3. Twitter
On Twitter there are a variety of ways in which you can engage and interact with an audience:
Creating Twitter polls
Creating hashtags
Tweeting directly at your audience members
Posting images that would appeal to your audience
Retweeting content that you think would appeal to your audience
Sharing short-form content
Posting links of your work

4. Instagram
Instagram is more of a visual social media platform which would be good to use for promoting my FMP work in a more visual way. On Instagram there are multiple ways in which you can engage with an audience:
Using hashtags e.g. #fashionblogger
Linking your online portfolio, blog or website in your Instagram bio
Having a simple and memorable username
Creating a ‘business’ account
Using geotags
Instagram ‘themes’