6.9 Digital Marketing

The Digital Marketing program explores aspects including topics such as digital marketing analytics, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), social media marketing, mobile marketing, promotional design, and will learn each of these topics thought the course. When you complete the Digital Marketing course you'll have a richer understanding of the foundations of the digital marketing scene and acquire skills, concepts, and tools to help you digitally create, distribute, and promote products and services to the benefit of you and your career, or to others around you!

As a student in this program, you'll be required to purchase and use a preapproved laptop to complete much of your coursework. Please contact Student Services, or scroll down to learn more or if you have any questions. 

Throughout the program, you'll gain skills that will help you in possible future careers including:

• Mobile Marketing Strategies
• Social Media Campaigns
• Audio/Video Recording and Editing
• Digital Design Concepts
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Google Analytics
• Responsive Web Design
• Basic Coding for Marketers
• Policies, Laws, and Ethics
• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, Dreamweaver, and Muse

6.6, A Wishful Trip to Japan

 My choice seems kind of barebones right? It's an answer a lot of people say, and I'd like to justify it. I shouldn't be the one to talk, I'm not much of a traveling person, I like what I know. So what's so interesting about it to me after all? 

I've Never Been Outside the US Before, Actually. 

Yes, it's true. The closest I've gotten was around Florida, South Dakota where I was born, stuff like that. And even then, when my family was still together, we would just drive everywhere. I've asked my dad and soon to be boyfriend how expensive they can be, and it's tripe digits expensive! So the closest I've gotten to Japan already is seeing people who live there walk around and show some really neat places on youtube, which I'll touch upon. 

What's Got You So Interested Then? 

Partially, some of it is inspired by my friends who actually got to go for a Highschool trip and showed us pictures of where they went and what they did. It looked sort of peaceful and pleasant, even if it was a rainy day or something like that. (I can even back this up where someone had left eggs to cook over boiling water, something like that, and no one would steal it! So nice, as small as the thought of it is.) The latter half is from what I've seen from someone who lives there, and talks (or vlogs in this case) about the location he is visiting. Of course, as I'm writing this, the names of these places slip my head, but I can remember what they look like, what they're about. The best way I can put it, is that that the US could try to be as different from these stores, these places, but I don't think it could ever pull it off, without looks from other people, if that makes any sense. 

I miss going places, but I think that would be my ideal choice, free of money or risk of COVID. 

WfW 4.6 How Something Simple, Can Be The Best

 Introductions! 

From time and time again, while hanging out with friends, or just sitting around, doing what you do, sometimes, asian food can be a simple way to go. I'm more of a simple person, I like a routine, some sort of familiarity, and I'm usually not as open to trying new things, as I have mentioned before in previous posts. My usual favorite is fried rice, Mac and cheese, or chicken noodle soup.  

How's fried rice with shrimp? 

Depending on where you go, it can be expensive, or simply under $10. I love all of those for its simplicity. Shrip, some fried rice, egg, and at least some other kinds of veggies. I'm not very cooking savvy, I can follow directions and still find a way to wreck whatever it is I'm making, so while I feel like it's easy to make, at the same time, watching fried rice getting cooked in front of you is calm, and it gets right to the point. 

What about the chicken noodle soup and Mac and Cheese? 

Mac and cheese, I can usually make when its from a box. I can only mess it up if I go away to let the noodles boil for too long or something. It's more akin for perfect food than fried rice. Chicken noodle soup and Mac and cheese is comfort food for me, and it really helps if I watch a sad movie for instance, or if i just had a really bad day. There's something about it for me as well that just warms me up; because I'm naturally a very cold person, it's hard for me to be warm for long periods of time. Its like a hug in a strange way, like a nice hug, which is nice because I love hugs! 

Final Thoughts 

Regardless, I don't think I could simply pick one favorite meal of mine, I tend to be indecisive with things that have too many options for me. Hopefully, though, you've learned something about my favorite foods in some shape or form! 

3.6, Fears About New Things

 

It was a day that I knew was coming... And I was very nervous for a few good reasons. 

One of the days that I felt was important to me was participating in Chalkfest of roughy...2016. Let me explain some things first. 

Chalkfest is a yearly event that takes place in UW-EC's campus, and you pick a section of sidewalk to work with, and you work on a mural of what you wish to create, just as long as it's isn't offensive or provocative, stuff like that. You can walk up to the registration booth and buy a spot there and then if a section isn't sold out, you're free to work on it, or you can pre-register, which is what I end up doing every year (until COVID came along, so I didn't participate this year. Hopefully I can go back to physically being out there, that was one of the highlights for me, but that's beside the point), and you work from 7am all the way up to 5 or 6pm, it's revealed who got the most amount of votes, they get prizes. 

Why was I so nervous about this...? It was something so simple! 

Regardless, most of my life, I was made to do things my mother wanted to do, so essentially, she tried living out the childhood she wanted, on me and my siblings. Doing something like this...was unheard of. It had always been my mom, and what she wanted. There was little to no consideration from her when I wanted to do my own thing, except drawing cute things, which I still hated from time to time. 

Going to the event prior when it was still located in a small park somewhere in downtown Eau Claire, yes I did visit it, sure, but doing it myself? How would I even go about trying...well...anything about this whole event? Was I even capable of doing good...? 

There was only one way to find out. 

How did it go? 

I can surely say that while I was very nervous about going, trying something new, something different; I had an idea, and I sketched it out two days early for me to reference. Mistakes where made, I used way too much blue sticks I suppose, I'm not sure if they have a term, it was bright, warm, I was slowly frying myself out there and forgot to bring sunscreen as the sun beat down, but something about it...was in a strange way, calming. I plugged in my headphones, and with the music, I put myself in a trance and drew. By the end, I thought it looked pretty good, even though I was covered in blue from itching my nose, my face, and whatever else. 

I didn't get voted for, but overall, I enjoyed my experience greatly, and I won't forget it for sure. 

3.4 Chalkfest, The Big Day

It was a day that I knew was coming... I was nervous for a reason. 

One of the days that I felt was important to me was participating in Chalkfest of roughy...2016. Chalkfest is a yearly event that takes place in UW-EC's campus, and you pick a section of sidewalk to work with, and you work on a mural of what you wish to create, just as long as it's safe for most generations of people and isn't offensive. You can either walk up to it and get a spot there and then if every section isn't sold out, you're free to work on it. Or you can register early, which is what I end up doing, and you work from 7am all the way up to 5 or 6pm, I have a horrible memory, so bear with me. 

Regardless, most of my life, I was made to do things my mother wanted to do, but never got to try it growing up, so essentially, she tried living out the childhood she wanted, on me and my siblings. Doing something like this...was unheard of. There was going to the event prior when it was still located in a small park somewhere in downtown Eau Claire, sure, but doing it myself? How would I even go about trying...well...anything about this whole event? 

I can surely say that while I was very nervous about going, trying something new, and waking up early in the morning; I had an idea, and I sketched it out two days early for me to reference while I was out there. Mistakes where made, it was bright, warm, I was slowly frying myself out there and forgot to bring sunscreen, but something about it...was calming. I put myself in a trance and drew away. By the end of it, I thought it looked pretty good, even though I was covered in blue chalk from itching myself and whatnot, and I didn't get voted for, but overall, I enjoyed my experience greatly, and I won't forget it.