Hallie's Happenings

     After 15 long weeks, our journey of exploring "Essentials of Social Media Marketing" has come to an end. We have learned great skills along the way from developing your personal brand to what goes into a social media marketing campaign. Personally, I have learned a lot from the information provided by Michelle Charello. Many believe all it takes to be in the social media field is to know how to post a picture. They don't understand all of the details that really go into one single post. I believe Charello did a fantastic job laying all of this out.     I know when I first started this course, I was like most people who didn't take into consideration all of the behind-the-scenes work. Now, I understand all of the details. One thing I liked about this book most was the layout of the content. Charello did a great job with the order and layout of the chapters. To me, everything flowed in the typical order you'd assume it would. Starting with developing your pers

     I've aged since the last time I've written a blog post. Now 21 years old and I feel no different. In my family, turning 21 is a big ordeal. Everyone assumes when you turn 21, you go straight to the bars. Well, in my family we go straight to the casino. I wouldn't say my family has any addiction to gambling, but more or so the buffet they get when they go. Since my birthday occurred once I returned to school, my family has already scheduled an outing to the casino the first day I come home.     I really had no plans for what I was going to do on my birthday, as long as I got my free Starbucks drink I was OK. Having a birthday during the week is a little boring because not many people want to do stuff with classes the next day. I honestly felt the same way, I almost wanted to hold off on celebrating for one more day so it was just over the weekend, but I'm glad I didn't. I woke up Thursday to my door decorated by my roommate and my gifts from my mom laid out for