Sara Kerr

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Category: Social Media Marketing

  • Guest Post: Go ahead and try to ignore those ads

    Yes do, but first read this post from one of my super smart students: Post #6- Go ahead and try to ignore those ads. Here’s the thing about magazines and newspapers- readers choose what they want to read and pay attention to. Many readers skip to the sections they are interested in and let their…

  • Student Writing: The Social Media RUMBLE.

    I like to fee like I have my own little space in something as HUGE as the internet. It makes me feel special, like I have a voice. Post #8: The Social Media RUMBLE.. Click the link above to hear more from one of my super smart students! She’s found some great social media videos…

  • Minnesota Blogger Conference – Join Me!

    If you’re reading this, then you know something about blogs. Would you like to know more? Then attend the Minnesota Blogger Conference on September 22nd — it’s free, but tickets go fast! Click here on August 22nd to catch one of the first wave of tickets. Why attend? The conference features speakers who write, photograph,…

  • Awesome Student Writing: Best Buy– Where You Can Exchange Stuff or Change the World

    My integrated marketing communications students write amazing blogs about advertising, communications, social media, and our local business landscape. Below is a stunning excerpt analyzing a series of videos from our local company, Best Buy. Enjoy. Post #4: Best Buy– Where You Can Exchange Stuff or Change the World. My overall impression of this commercial was…

  • Summer 2012 Classes at St. Kate’s: Interactive Marketing, Social Media and IMC

    No Minnesotan’s summer is ever bland. We have three short months to cram in as much outdoor warm-weather living as we can. This summer, I’ll be on the water, in the classroom, on the mat (yoga), and field-side cheering for at least four different sports teams. Thankfully I’m only coaching one of them! I’m grateful…

  • The Minnesota TweetUp for Earth Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota

    I spent this great, rainy Saturday at the Science Museum of Minnesota because I tweet. Really, I think that’s the real reason I was invited. Me, a bunch of science folks and other interesting people like economics writer, Erik Hare and musician and nerd (not necessarily in that order), Jeremy Messersmith. I watched 1.5 cubic…

  • Snowmobile Accessory Manufactures: A call to social media action

    Are you curious how students apply social media? The following is a great example from one of my super-smart students. Enjoy!   Product:  Any snowmobile accessory Person:  Any snowmobile enthusiast My husband is a snowmobile enthusiast, and he is in good company. According to Snowmobile.org, of the 2.2 million snowmobiles registered in the United States and Canada…

  • Student Writing: Social Media: Like or Unlike

    I’m not sure I like Facebook, but I use it. Trust it? Not at all. I believe that each medium has its purpose. A business or an individual has to know their goals and choose the media that will most effectively get them there quicker. Remember that “entertainment” and “fun” are legitimate goals, too. Click…

  • Originally posted on Educational Technology and Change Journal: By Melissa A. Venable [Note: ETCJ’s Twitter editor, Jessica Knott, has been working with Melissa to develop this series. See Part 1: Getting Started, Part 2: Channeling the Streams, and Part 4: Participating in a Live Event. -Editor] In part one of this series we covered many of…

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