This Friday I will be attending the FutureMidwest (http://www.futuremidwest.com/). It may sound strange, but I'm really pumped to go and learn. As I've posted before on this blog, social media is a fast-growing medium for companies to get their message and name across to people. If I can learn as much as possible about it I'm positive I can be a big contributor to a company or firm. The convention runs two days in Royal Oak. Thankfully, work is helping to defray the cost a bit and paying me to go on Friday. I have to present what I learned on Monday, which I have no problem doing.
It should also be nice going down to that area to see some close friends. We recently met up in Brighton for my birthday, but anytime with good friends is a good time.
On that note, I need to contact my old manager Jim about doing more pr work for his company. It's been a while since I've helped him out and Lord knows I could use all the experience under my belt I can gather.
~G
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
I'm back!
I finally got a computer after months of frustration involving my old machine. Turns out, the motherboard fried. Fortunately for me my brother has a laptop now and no longer uses his desktop. So now I may pick back up where I left off.
I ended up finishing the News Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott. Great book. I ended up whizzing through PR for Dummies. That proved to be a good foundation to build some basic knowledge of the industry I hope to break into. I have also been in contact lately with some folks at a firm in Metro Detroit. They gave me some good advice and so I've really ramped up my efforts to get involved in the social media wave of the future. I'm actually on Twitter and Linkedin now. I also picked up a new book just yesterday. Unfortunately, the title eludes me at the moment. This was just a basic post on what's new with me. I'm glad to be blogging again on my own terms and hope to really ramp things up and land an internship or a job soon. I guess if the passion is there it will come right?
Also...don't go to see Clash of the Titans. Horrible.
~G
I ended up finishing the News Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott. Great book. I ended up whizzing through PR for Dummies. That proved to be a good foundation to build some basic knowledge of the industry I hope to break into. I have also been in contact lately with some folks at a firm in Metro Detroit. They gave me some good advice and so I've really ramped up my efforts to get involved in the social media wave of the future. I'm actually on Twitter and Linkedin now. I also picked up a new book just yesterday. Unfortunately, the title eludes me at the moment. This was just a basic post on what's new with me. I'm glad to be blogging again on my own terms and hope to really ramp things up and land an internship or a job soon. I guess if the passion is there it will come right?
Also...don't go to see Clash of the Titans. Horrible.
~G
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