Sara Kerr

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Category: Students

  • Student Writing: Thoughts on Sephora

    Originally posted on msingha: One of my favorite interactive websites is Sephora. Sephora is one of the world’s top leading beauty websites which carries make up, bath and body, fragrance, skincare and beauty tools and supplies.  Since I love things that are associated with health and beauty, I’ve found Sephora to be a one stop…

  • Student Writing: A Me Vacation

    Originally posted on debrasoulejohnson: My friend Terri and I were chatting on the phone over the weekend–and she told me that every year she takes a vacation by herself… …”A Me vacation,” as she puts it. Spending some time alone or with friends clears her head and invigorates her, and she returns home to her…

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  • Château Pétrus, Professional Selling, and Social Media

    Do you drink Château Pétrus? I don’t either, but I wish I did. At $300 a bottle for a poor vintage (and $3200 for the 1948), it’s out of my price range. But I can say that I sold it. After a semester studying wine and food in France, my first professional job was selling…

  • Teaching Social Media: Twitter

    At St. Catherine University I teach social media in many classes. Invariably, the first time I project a Twitter screen my students tell me they don’t use it. Of course, it’s my job to tell them why, teach them how, and assist them in developing strategies for their clients. (We partner with small, local businesses,…

  • Personal Branding and Business Cards

    This is a re-post of a lesson from Integrated Marketing Communications at St. Catherine University. It was originally posted in the private class blog. As much as we live in an online world, paper still has a place. Everywhere I go, I bring a couple of business cards. To the conference I presented at recently,…

  • Quick and Dirty Grammar Points for the New Semester

    Classes at St. Catherine University begin September 7th. To all my wonderful students (#m2350 etc), here is a quick and dirty list of grammar points that I expect you to know AND apply in ALL your written work for me:  texts, emails, blog entries, Tweets, and papers. Remember this distinction: “e.g.” means “exempli gratia” (“example…

  • A Student Perspective: Promotional Communications – a relevant course

    When we met for the first time the thought of writing an IMC plan was a daunting thought for me, but Sara (Sara Kerr), breaks up the process in several manageable steps so, at the end, you are impressed and surprised with what you have created… Prior to taking this course, I was aware of…

  • Brilliant Video: Rethink Scholarship at Langara: 2011 Call for Entries | Ads of the World™

    via @adsoftheworld Call for entries. Wow. Granted, this has nothing to do with marketing in Minneapolis/St. Paul, but it’s still amazingly cool.