Tag: blogging

Starting Over…

New house. New schools. New friends. New routines. Take part in my journey of starting over.

Week 9

You’ve made it!!! Yippee! Hip, hip, hooray! Last PR Writing blog of the semester!   The “Got Milk” ad campaign using celebrity endorsers has generated quite a bit of awareness and media coverage over the years. Do you think the campaign has been successful in increasing the consumption of milk, or is it a case of where everyone enjoys the…

Are you abiding by the 80/20 rule?

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that many of you out there aren’t following the, Pareto Principle, or more commonly known as the 80/20 rule with your social media efforts. Wanna know how I know? The stats prove it! When is the C-Suite going to realize social media is about building relationships? The Internet is not…

Blog Lingo

All social networking sites come with their own lingo. Twitter for example uses DM, RT, the @ symbol and #FF among the many. Facebook uses terms such as “friend,” “like” and “status update.” Blogs are no different. In writing the chapter on sharing expertise I realized I needed to include blog lingo. For some the language comes second nature, but for others,…

Summer Vacation – What Are Your Plans?

As another end of an academic year came to a close I began to plan out my summer. I knew I had the AAUP 2013 Annual Conference on the docket since I’m presenting my research “Cracking the Neomillennial Learning Code: Teaching in the 21st Century.” I figured the family and I would tour Washington, DC a little. Perhaps take in a few of…

Week 4 – PR Writing

Blogging is no doubt an essential part of a PR practitioners job. Sometimes PR folks maintain one blog or many depending where they work or what they do. Conduct a little research and tell me important aspects good blogs must have. Be sure to cite your sources. I also want you to include a link to blog post you think is exemplar and…

Blogging Bandwagon

Let’s face it – I fell off the blogging bandwagon. Big time! The past four years have been busy. Being a wife and mommy is a job in itself. And as if that wasn’t enough, I decided to add being a PhD student. I barely had time to sleep let alone blog on a regular basis!!! I love blogging though.…