I understand the premise of the whole blogging as homework thing, understanding social media, online advertisement, word of mouth marketing etc. However, blogs are suppose to be free thought, not forced, actually showing people what you think is cool not a "oh no, my first post is due tomorrow let me go onto YouTube and click the first ad I see". That's why I plan on actually following the social conduct of a blog. Yes of course for course credit I will make sure I have the bare minimum to pass the course, however for me this blog is much more.
I, a child of a technological father, have been reading blogs ever since I learnt how to search on google. I find the ever present thoughts of others, what they think are the most important thing for their viewers to see, extremely interesting. Really, all a blog is is a small company if you will, in an ever-expanding market. A tiny fish, in the huge ocean we call the internet. You know your viewers, or at least you are pretty sure what kind of people are reading your blog. After you have figured out your demographic you add information into your blog that would appeal to their lifestyle. Then you add a little bit of whatever vernacular your viewers use, throw in a whole bunch of pictures and BAM you got yourself a pretty successful blog. Hey, maybe at one point your blog will become so popular that people want to start advertising on your blog, and hey now you are getting payed for just typing on your computer, never actually having to leave your own home. It's pretty ingenious if you think about it.
So after that entire speech what am I trying to get at. I am saying that this blog is going to do exactly that. At first obviously the people reading my blog are just going to be the TAs, my classmates and my professor. However, like I said I plan on continuing this little blog past December, and add not only the stuff required for my marketing class, like weekly posts about advertisements, but as well anything else I deem awesome enough for me to spread the world. And hey, who knows, this blog could become as popular as perezhilton.com, however I promise I will not go the avenue of the stars, because really they are just people... who cares?
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