The World is My Oyster, Looking for My Pearl.

Happy HAPPO! Thanks to Arik Hanson and Valerie Simon for creating a wonderful day dedicated to Help a PR Pro Out. In honor of the first ever HAPPO day, I am dedicating my blog to say why you should help this young PR pro land a job.




1. Creativity - In today's society, everything is about branding and your company needs some one can generate fresh, new ideas and images in order to connect with your public and keep your organization from blending into the media clutter. In all of my school projects and in real world application, I have jumped at the chance to provide logos, colors, fonts and styles for a group or business to use.

2. Ingenuity - I keep a constant eye out for new media, and I am not afraid to look for new ways to showcase your brand. Social media is more than a hobby for me: it is critical to keeping your company relevant to your demographic. I understand that every organization does not need every social media platform, but I do believe I am the best one to help you decide which ones will best serve you.

3. Integration - For me, your organization is not only a business. It's part of an overall culture for those who consume your product or information. I pay attention to those details that an be applied to your publics' lives both online and away from the Internet.

4. Teamwork - I thrive in teams and groups. I enjoy the feedback and added insight that comes with working in groups. I can be accountable to meet not only the overall deadline when I work alone, but also the more frequent group-oriented deadlines.


As stated in my title, after graduation in May, the world will be open to me. I look forward to enjoying employment at your business, no matter if it is in Portland, Seattle, DC, New York City, or still at home in Charlotte.  You can find out more about me on my LinkedIn Profile and you can e-mail me at janellethomas5@gmail.com.

Cheers!

Janelle Thomas
@AnjelleJanelle

2010 Social Media and Blog Resolutions

It has been more than a month since my last blog post. I have recently began reading Angela England's blog series 10 Habits of Successful Blogging, but how can I, in good conscience, read her blog and not put an honest effort into generating content for mine?

Therefore, I present to you my resolutions for 2010 (as pertains to social media)
1) post regularly
         I will post every Tuesday night, so look for my post on Wednesday mornings.
2) Become a more active participant in other blog comments.
         This was one of the assignments from the first habit
3) Spend more time on other networking sites OTHER than Twitter
         Each week I will focus on different social media platforms and report my progress.

This week I am going to concentrate on my ning.com profiles (I have three) and Google Wave.
If you want to see how I'm doing in between posts, you can follow me.

@AnjelleJanelle (Twitter)
janellethomas5@googlewave.com

And my three ning.com profiles are on the Social Fresh Community and Charlotte Communication Professionals

Happy (social) Networking!

J

Coming into the 21st Century: Social Media Update

I forgot to mention that I recently bought a MacBook from the "Niner" Mac store in UNC-Charlotte's new Student Union. I love it and I hope it helps me do all those fun Social Media things I'm desperately trying to keep up with.

Speaking of new social media things, this week looks like a good catch up week for me. I finally received a Google Wave invite and Charlotte Magazine posted an article about the Queen City's New Social (Media) Elite (although I remember Today's Charlotte Woman doing a feature on Crystal Dempsey in August, so wouldn't that make it just plain ole social media elite? lol). Look for blogs about both topics coming soon.

Wish me Luck!

J