Sara Kerr

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Lover of Snow, Winter Vacations, Good Beer & Great Music, Minnesota Weather, French Wine & Sidewalks. Yogi for life.

Category: Minneapolis / St. Paul Marketing

Marketing activities in the Saintly City (aka St. Paul) and its big sister, Minneapolis.

  • Putt-Putt! Golf is a Family Sport in St. Paul

    If you like to golf, there are almost too many options in St. Paul. In fact, last year MinnPost reported that the city is trying to figure out what to do with all the city courses because they’re no longer profitable (learn more about urban golf course decline here). Are kids too busy? Does it…

  • Shout Out St. Kate’s Day: Teaching New Media with the Pride of Public Relations

    Shout it out! Show your pride! Be a Katie! Thursday is Shout Out St. Kate’s Day. My students wrote, produced, starred in and generally lived and breathed the topic since early February. They’ve had one month to learn the public relations value of this event and contribute their own creativity to the effort. What did…

  • Be Nimble with Social Media–Make the Snowstorm Work for You!

    The view from St. Paul–specifically St. Catherine University looks a lot like this today. Although I wish the sidewalks around the neighborhood were as clean as the ones in Teresa Boardman‘s photo below–I trudged through a lot of deep snow to get to campus. Minnesotans seem to be natural innovators who can spend an hour…

  • Chickens in the City, Yes, You Can Cluck, Too!

    Say hello to Chicken Dolly, Strawberry Sally, and Blackbird — My City Chickens. Dolly is an Ameraucana/ Easter Egger who lays blue-green eggs, Sally is a Rhode Island Red and Blackbird is grand Black Australorp with feathers that glisten greenly in the sun. Are you surprised? Perhaps you’ve missed the latest craze of urban farming and backyard chickens–St. Paul hasn’t.…

  • Graffiti Around the Mississippi River

    Perhaps I have spring fever from watching the icicles melt outside my window. Regardless of the cause once it really is spring and not just a warm February day, I’ll head to the Mississippi below the U of MN and check for new graffiti. Until then last year’s photos we’ll have to suffice.

  • MKTG 2350 Integrated Marketing Communications

    Since potential students are discovering this blog, I thought I should post what we do in this class. It’s fun, it’s relevant, and it will help your marketing and sales career. Course Description “Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)” continues the study of Marketing introduced in MKTG 2300 Principles of Marketing, by focusing on the Promotion element…

  • So Cool: What to do in St. Paul-Minneapolis (An Occasional Series): Sever’s Corn Maze

    Saturday dawned foggy and cool, but turned Minnesota Perfect after lunch:  sunny and breezy in the 60s. This is the THE weekend to be outside. If you’re not interested in traveling far, consider a drive to Shakopee to visit the Sever’s Corn Maze. Honestly, I’d never been to one until Social Media Breakfast-MSP (#SMBMSP) invited…

  • Too Pretty to Purchase?!

    “Un morceau de ça–pour deux, s’il vour plaît.” I’d like a piece of that for two people, please. “Un plus grand–Oui, c’est bon, merci.” A little bigger, yes that’s good, thank you. When I studied in France, I lived at the food markets, but it took me months to find the courage to buy cheese.…

  • Minnesota Blogger Conference – Speaker Notes

    I love to Tweet during conferences–it helps me remember and share the cool stuff I’m learning. However, even I can’t type fast enough to catch everything. So today I’m sharing the posted notes of Saturday’s speakers. Prefer photos or simply curious what the conference looked like? Take a peak at co-founder Arik Hanson‘s post, The…

  • Making the Most of Email by Rewarding your Followers: First Avenue

    I love First Avenue. It’s my downtown danceteria even if I don’t dance. But this is not a fangirl post. It’s about email marketing. Like you, my email inbox clogs up with messages I’ve opted in to. I subscribe to Teresa Boardman’s real estate blog just because I like her photos. Business news comes from…