Friday, June 15, 2012

Blog Post #2

Dunkin Donuts frozen coffee drinks are a great investment for a hard working WA student like yourself.  These drinks are great for hot summer mornings where you just can't wake up and go to school. This drink will not only quench your thirst, it will wake you up and you will be alert and ready to learn all day. This drink has all the benefits of a regular coffee, but because we add so much sugar it doesn't even taste like coffee. It is one of the sweetest drinks you will ever taste unlike bitter coffee. This drink also comes in three unique flavors: regular, mocha and caramel. Dunkin Donuts frozen coffee will keep you alert and focused in even the most boring classes and it also tastes great.

Blog Post #1

1. Yes I find QR codes an effective use of marketing if you use them right. If you make people want to find out what it is linked to it can greatly increase your page views. However if you do not catch peoples attention it can be a waste of time and ineffective.

2.  A hashtag is a feature on twitter. You put a hashtag in front of a word or phrase to sum up what your tweet was about. I used these to promote my blog by hashtagging relevant ideas, brands or saying used in the ski industry. This helped us gain followers because people will search for the hashtag and see our tweet and follow us. We also started our own hashtag. #hoodz which was unique to our blog.

3.  A blog is a type of website in which a person writes posts about a certain topic. The goal of a bog is to get people to read it. You try and gain people who check back on your blog and are interested in your topic.

4. A person can tweet 140 characters. I feel this is enough for marketing purposes, because anything more than that can bore a person that is scrolling through hundreds of tweets. You have to make your tweet noticeable and make them want to learn more. Tweets are a good method for marketing if you know how to draw people in.

5.  Th word blog came from Web-Log.

6.  http://tinyurl.com/ is an example of a website that shortens URLs. The purpose of these websites is to shorten URLs so that you can tweet links and not have to worry about the 140 character limit.

7. Blogs are made up of a series of posts consisting of whatever the author wants to write about. They also consist of gadgets. There are infinite amounts of gadget possibilities that can make a blog unique.

8. The QR in QR codes stands for Quick Response.

9. A blog would include a blog roll to try and gain readers and to show readers similar blogs. A blog can gain readers by using a blog roll because if you list someone's blog they might list yours to gain followers.

10. The benefit of following someone on twitter is that they might follow you back and you can gain more followers by following them. You can also gain news by following relevant people in your industry.