Breanne's Blog

As I was reading through Fashion magazine I came across a Tweet that said they're looking for interns in all of their departments. Applications are due April 15th if anyone is interested! The position is in Canada but it's over the summer if anyone wants to travel. Just go to this website and download the application.

Fashion designer, Michael Kors, has set an age limit for his models. He took part in a panel discussion called "Health Matters: Weight and Wellness in the World of Fashion". Michael Kors announced that he will only be hiring models 16 and older because "The age of models really has to become a priority. We need to give these girls a chance to grow up." He also said he won't hire girls who show any signs of an eating disorder. Reading this shocked me because when I see runway shows, the models in them are insanely thin. It will be really interesting to see what types of girls he hires. This might possibly change the world of modeling.

I am following Mashable on Twitter and I'm loving it! All of the posts are super informative and even entertaining. The one I am ready now is just list of social media jobs that are posted and these Tweets are posted very often. Following Mashable is very useful for seniors or people who just want to learn more about social media. I also read another Tweet by them with a link called 6 Easy Ways to Score the Best Deals with Social Media and it's great! It talks about how to find coupons through Twitter to your favorite companies and how to find near-by deals. Mashable is a great company to follow!

I can't seem to find any posts from Vogue anymore..I don't know if they stopped Tweeting or they deleted their account because I can't even get onto it anymore. So, I have moved onto Fashion Magazine :)

Christopher J. Hughes, a member on the staff at the Times Leader, came to talk to us in class. He was very interesting to listen to and also helpful. I really enjoyed learning about how the Times Leader and also the Weekender use Facebook and YouTube to promote themselves. Using things like their YouTube page for singers in the area is great. It helps get the community involved and helps to get new singers out there. He also helped in giving tips to students on what types of equipment they should have if they were interested in taking video for the news. I also really got a kick out of his story about the camera not working and him using his IPhone application to do an entire news feed. I really liked having him in class to switch things up a bit. It was very helpful and I enjoyed it.

As social media is becoming more and more popular, the use of the networks in school is increasing. Just last semester for my PR class, Facebook and Twitter weren't even close to as important as they are now. I never thought to use those networks to get the word out for events. Now, in my PR class I am on the SEO part of our account team. I have already made a Facebook for the Polish Room and have already gotten a great response from it. We have 105 friends and most of those people were completely unaware that Wilkes University even had a Polish Room. It's useful because I post all upcoming events on the site and it helps raise awareness. I don't even think social media network are at their peak yet. I think they'll just continue to get better and better.

Lily Allen, a singer, is ditching music to go into the fashion industry. I haven't heard much of her music but according to Vogue's Twitter account, she is very popular in Britain where she is from. She is having her last music gig on March 7th and she will be done after that. She is opening a store with her sister because she says fashion is a new adventure for her. She also says music and fashion cannot exist without each other. Vogue is great with doing entries on mostly fashion but they also report on music and other things going on in the world.

I really like that we had to put Google Analytics on our blog because it's really neat being able to keep track of how many viewers you have. Although it was complicated at first I finally got mine to work and saw that I already had some visitors. In class I really liked seeing how all the different companies have their own contests. Going onto the Dunkin Donuts one was really cool but made me crave donuts haha. The Bing contests were interesting too. It's so funny to me that people take the time to actually make those videos. I definitely wouldn't have voted for the guy who won though. Also, off the contest topic but the Biggest Freak Out Ever was absolutely hilarious!! I have never seen it before and I can't wait to show my family and friends how funny it is haha. I was reading some things on the internet about it though and people are saying it's fake. My favorite one though was the one where the brother is taping his brother freak out from upstairs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMTnOZI6mj0

Here's a link I found through Vogue that shows what's in for this spring! It's all quite pricey but it's exciting to see how trends change so quickly through out the seasons. Everything that's in is so coloful and full of flower prints. http://www.style.com/trendsshopping/shoppingguide/011910_Spring_Shopping_Guide/

I am very disappointed right now because as I am going through Twitter I'm not seeing much at all from the magazine I'm following! I switched from Fashion to Vogue because at first Fashion was rarely tweeting and now Fashion is filling up the whole page of tweets! I've been through a few pages so far and I have only seen about 3 tweets from Vogue so that's too bad. I guess each company goes through phases. Maybe once a few more things happen with Vogue they'll start having as many tweets as Fashion magazine does right now..I sure hope so! I hope I didn't switch to the wrong magazine :(

I really enjoyed the in-class exercise we did two weeks ago where we got a company and had to decided what they should use their blog for. This exercise really helped me to see how helpful blogs really are for companies. My group had a pharmacy so we all decided that it would be a blog geared toward the community and it would post a lot of coupons for some of the products we sold. It would also announce new items we would be selling in the store as well. We all had different ideas and it helped me to see how we would all make very different blogs if we had to be in charge of one and it helped me to realize how many different things there really are that can be put into a blog. It was a really fun exercise.

I am really enjoying following Vogue on Twitter and updating pictures and music on my blog. I love personalizing the blog especially. Vogue is really fun to follow though because they are constantly tweeting something. Especially since it's Fashion Week now, they are posting a lot of runway outfits from top designers. This is great for people like me to follow since I can't go to fashion week I can just get on Twitter and check out all the new clothing lines. Here are some pictures from the BCBG runway show. http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/S2009RTW-BCBG

Learning about social media is really interesting to me. I always thought blogging was just writing a post and just having people look at it but there's so much you can add. I just found out how to add a playlist and I'm enjoying adding music to my page. I never realized how many companies use blog's and Twitter accounts. Social media really helps improve their businesses. I am excited to learn more in this class and improve my blogging skills.