Social Media Simternship™ Round Dates
You may have noticed that the dates in your simulation do not match up with the current date. This is actually part of the simulation, so no need to be alarmed! The simulation works on a specific schedule to allow all students to have the same scenario, no matter the time of year participants start the simulation.
Students start mid-October (simulation time) and hit the ground running in one of the busiest seasons for marketing on social media. Several examples include promotional posts that encourage potential customers to buy a backpack for the new school year, engaging infographics for the holiday season, or posts about an upcoming Halloween sale.
Rounds | Dates |
Round 1 Organic Social Media Posts | 10/16 - 10/22 |
Round 2 Organic Social Media Posts | 10/23 - 10/29 |
Round 3 Organic Social Media Posts | 10/30 - 11/5 |
Round 4 Paid Social Posts | 11/6 - 11/12 |
Round 5 Paid Social Posts | 11/13 - 11/19 |
Round 6 Paid Social Posts | 11/20 - 11/26 |
Round 7 Social Media Influencer* | 11/27 - 12/3 |
Round 8 Social Media Influencer* | 12/4 - 12/10 |
Round 9 Social Media Influencer* | 12/11 - 12/17 |
Round 10 Social Media | 12/18 - 12/24 |
Round 11 Social Media | 12/25 - 12/31 |
Round 12 Social Media | 1/1 - 1/7 |
* In the Social High School Simternship, we do not have the Social Media Influencer Rounds. The Social Media Influencer Rounds are Social Media Rounds. This will include a combination of both Organic and Paid Social Media Posts.