Sunday, June 17, 2012

Where has the time gone?

Hi everyone!

It's been forever since my last blog post, I know! I graduated officially and forgot all about you! No, just kidding! I have been busy, busy with my new job! I've been there 3 months already and that is just crazy! Time is flying right on by and you can't get a moment to catch up with it! I know my last post I was talking about what I was doing at work and how I created an introductory video for my company. It's finally complete and I will post it below for all to see! That was a huge accomplishment for me being that I was just starting fresh at the job and was able to kick start with my creativity through a video!

So now that I am 3 months in, I am finally getting the swing of things and feel really confident in my work. I am doing a lot of new and exciting things for the company and we are all working together to make sure we are developing a great marketing strategy. My next big project, that I am currently in the works of doing, is redesigning our website. A lot of time and dedication is going to be going into this and so far, I am really enjoying it! I've been spending the past few weeks doing a lot of research on our competitors and seeing how their webpages are set up. This will help me get a feel for what I like and don't like and to see what stands out to me.

It's important for a company like mine to have a website that will grab the attention of the person(s) visiting our page. If there's too much or too little going on, it distracts you and you have no interest. It's basically a first impression, and we know first impressions mean everything.

As I gather my findings and review our current website, I will slowly start to put together a sample of what I'd like to see on our new and updated website! I'm going to work through this so that everyone in the office will get a say about the website since everyone can bring different concepts the table. My overall thought process was to create a powerpoint presentation with my mock-up of an idea for the website and then present it to my team members. This way, everyone is in the room with me and we can take some time to really get the best out of it and make changes where necessary. I like to involve everyone in my projects in marketing because there are many things that people have noticed worked in the past, and they could bring some benefit forward again.

So that is my new project in the works now....We put a timeline on it of about 6 months, so I really can spend a lot of time looking through things myself and working with a designer to help carry out this process. It's a very exciting opportunity for me and I'm really looking forward to the outcome!

Aside from work, I just hang out and continue to do the things that I enjoy! I'm in the middle of paying off my student loans, so by contributing a fair amount each month, I will slowly be eliminating those. I'm sure many of you are in the same shoes as me, but the quicker we can pay them off, the better off we are. It's much easier for me now too because I still live at home, so my expenses right now are very minimal and I can focus more on eliminating all that student debt! It's totally worth it because I got my degree and I am now working and doing something I love....It pays off in the end, but of course, we have to pay it off ourselves!

I hope all my fellow graduates are doing well and that all the new and continuing students are having a great quarter thus far! Don't forget to enjoy summer a little bit though, even if you're taking those summer classes. Get your work done on time, but also give yourself some relaxation & beach time!!!


And here is my introductory video I promised to post....