Acknowledging that maintaining a solid social media presence relies a lot on consistency and creativity, I have decided to take a brief hiatus from this blog to re-evaluate its purpose. Although, having so many different interests, I have decided that this site would be of more use if I narrow my focus. For this reason, I am taking time out to carefully think about and create this focus. Don't lose ...
You go to school for years upon years. You're ready to break into the "real world", to no avail. Your resume is well put together, and you meet all the requirements. You slowly start to wonder what you're doing wrong, when you're going to get a phone call and why no one has noticed you. The fact of the matter may be, that no one noticed you, because no ...
About 3 years ago I had the pleasure of meeting one of the most talented people I know. In February 2011 I had the honor of introducing him to my Tumblr following for his amazing "There Goes My Baby" guitar cover (the original post can be viewed here). Since then, Matt Cassanova, who most often goes by Ghetto Guitar, has continued to create a buzz amongst the music community. Stemming from West Haven, ...
Hashtagging...an idea that social media users know about, but barely know how to do. One of the easiest ways to group certain content in its relevant "categories", and a free, easy way for social media's version of "search optimization", hashtagging is signified by a "#" sign before the actual tag word. However, none of this matters if you don't know how ...
MediaTakeOut has been considered one of the most visited urban celebrity gossip sites since its launch in 2006. Written in a short blog-like format, MediaTakeOut informs the public of the most recent celebrity gossip, providing articles, pictures, messages, and tweets from MTO's unknown souces. Getting attention for its "naked pics" and its "guess who did this now!" headlines, MTO has quickly become ...
I was so consumed with love...and probably lust just remembering my night, that I couldn't even think of an appropriate introduction for this post. Anyone who knows me, knows my love for Sean Combs, Puff Daddy, Diddy can get a bit out of hand. I've dreamt of working for Bad Boy Entertainment for about 7 years of my life...way before I knew that entertainment ...
Coachella 2012 has had what has already been dubbed the best performance of all time, in its first weekend of concerts. The late Tupac, who was murdered in 1996, made an appearance and performed one of his greatest hits "Hail Mary", via hologram. According to sources, the performance was the $100,000-$400,000 idea of Dr. Dre, and was successfully pulled off, as audience members were captivated by ...
SONG: Your LetterARTIST: 112ALBUM: Room 112WHAT MAKES THE SONG MEMORABLE?: The meaning behind these lyrics is amazing, as it plays out in 5 minutes & 26 seconds of pure song. The initial feeling when receiving “that letter” was one any hopeless romantic could only wish led to a happy ending. The song had an introduction, a climax, and a conclusion that could only be as ...
Until recently, I never was as intrigued in voiceovers and editing as I am now. Check out the latest voiceover from 'voice over actor' Marcus Miller he ...
$wank$’ - which is derived from the actual word ‘swank’, which means "to display one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements in a way that is intended to impress others" - is a rapper from Bridgeport, CT, ready to take the world by storm. Being a fan of some of the greatest contributors to Hip Hop based on their lyricism, $wank$ is inspired by Styles P, Jay-Z, ...
Growing up in an era with the internet and growing technology, I had no idea that social media would spread as quick and become as important as it has. One of the most recent examples of social media's usefulness to accomplishing the goals of an organization lies within the Kony 2012 movement - a movement created by Invisible Children to arrest the "Uganda war criminal" Joseph Kony. The video, that ...
In recent weeks, talk about Rihanna and Chris Brown getting back together have surfaced after Twitter users began noticing what seemed to be "subtweets" (subliminal tweets) from both parties to each other. However, despite speculation, many were still uncertain that this information was accurate. Well, their recent song collaboration may aad a little more ...
Below is an editorial posted in the Courant.com by Bob Englehart. The post being controversially racist in nature, the response (which was written on behalf of the Epsilon Omicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.) is a compilation of ideas from 3 Sorors from the chapter. These ideas were put together as part of my internship. Shortly after ...
As the Grammy's near, the sad news of Whitney Houston's death spread like wild fire. The first I heard of it was from news cites' Twitter pages. Retweet after retweet portrayed the singer's random death in Beverly Hilton hotel hours before Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party. The news consumed my timeline for more than 24 hours, leaving people ...
This blog is created as a part of requirements for Public Relations and New Media class taught by Professor Laskin at Quinnipiac University's Graduate Program in Public Relations. I will also write guest posts at Dr. Laskin's blog, Investor Relations for Academics and Professionals, and contribute to class discussion on Twitter at #MyPRClass.&nbs ...
