Thursday, September 27, 2012

Welcome!

So I'm sitting here in my Social Media Marketing class at UC Riverside and within just a few minutes, I've already been turned into a blogger - hello world, meet blogger-Fee (not that any English speaking person is confused: Fee is my nickname and it does NOT have to do anything with money, it actually translates fairy).

Well, what shall my first post be about? As this is a Social Media class, it kind of makes sense to talk about Social Media Marketing. I'm taking this class cause I'm very interested in Marketing and digital media. I've already learned a lot about Online Marketing, whether it was at University or working at arvato, and I've written two papers on Mobile Marketing. But so far, Social Media has been kind of missing in my studies. It has always been referred to, but I've never been able to go into details. That's what I hope to do in this class. I don't just want to hear some theoretical stuff about Social Media Marketing, I want to learn how to really do it myself because - you never know - I might just work in an Online agency or as a Brand Manager some day.
But why would you need to know about Social Media Marketing for these jobs, you could ask me. Well, today we don't know where Social Media is going. Some people say it's totally overrated, some say it's the one and only future. I say, it's interesting and it can't hurt to know how to deal with it in a professional way.

And to avoid any confusion: this blog is called Fee loves Travelling but for now, as this blog is my class assignment, it will be mainly about Social Media and my SMM class. I might just turn it into a travel blog though, when this class is finished.