Student athletes have been the pioneers of utilizing social media to create their own personal brand to promote to college recruiters. Student athletes constantly tweet and post game highlights on social media sites to share with different universities. Most D-1 coaches take into account teen’ s social media profiles during the recruitment process as a way to judge character.

Laremy Tunsil is the poster child of how inappropriate use of social media can cost a future NFL draft pick millions. He posted a video on twitter of using a bong to smoke marijuana. The video was released on NFL draft night and caused his stock to fall costing him millions.

There have also been countless situations of athletes post derogatory comments towards coaches and teammates after a bitter loss. Thereby, damaging their ability to find successful employment after college. Few companies want employee who are not team players and complain through social media channels.

On this episode of the Digital Parent Podcast, Denise DeRosa joins us once again to help student athletes to develop a strong social media strategy that will protect their reputation but also assist them with displaying their talent and personality on social media sites.

Denise L DeRosa is the founder of Cyber Sensible, LLC, an expert in online safety, digital citizenship and a frequent speaker on parenting in the digital age. Cyber Sensible Consulting is dedicated to helping people harness the power and potential of a positive digital life. Here are some of the questions I asked Denise during the interview.

Questions I Asked Denise About Student Athletes:

• What Are the Top Social Media Strategies for Student Athletes?
• How can Student Athletes use Instagram?
• Should Parents Use About.me Pages to Showcase Profiles?
• Do You Think Snapchat and Instagram Stories are Beneficial

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How Your Child Can Showcase Their Personality
• How to Choose the Right Social Media Platform to Display to the Public
• Different Ways Teens can use Snapchat to Display “A Day in The Life”
• How to Use Twitter List

How to Find Denise L. Derosa

Denise’s Articles on Huffington Post

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