Dungeons and Dragons

 I am excited to tell you about the world of Dungeons and Dragons. DND for short. DND is a tabletop RPG which means that it is a role playing game that you sit around a table and play. A role playing game is a game where you act out your characters personality and characteristics. For example in Pokemon you do not get to choose what you say. In DND you have to chose everything you say because it can affect you later on if you say something bad to the wrong person. You also have to create your character and world from scratch. I am going to make blogs later explaining all of these fine details later. For now I just wanted to introduce you to the concept and tell you guys I am starting a campaign on my campus. Which means that I am starting a campaign on my campus. Which means that I am starting a Adventure Quest with a group of players. I can't wait.

Chapter 6

 

 Chapter six was all about building a twitter resume. I had a lot of questions with this chapter because I have never really used Twitter before and I don't really know how it works. I always assumed that because of all the news about crappy Twitter accounts and banning Trump that it was not a viable platform for professionals. It is still foreign to me but now I will have to start looking into it for its casual professionalism, and the fact that the older generation who will be hiring me enjoy it. 

6AM

 This is kind of going to be more of a rant then a post, but I am just going to say that it is hard to get up at six every day of the week. Now don't get me wrong I will still be getting up at six, but it is a really difficult task. Every morning before anyone else is awake the football guys all must get up and walk or drive over to the stadium. I know we all signed up for this, but this is the worst part of football. No one is ready for the day, and we all must do our best to be better than we were the last day. It is a tall order. I also think that as much as it sucks none of us could imagine being anywhere else in the moment. As I said it sucks but there is a point in the workout where you finally wake up and you see the excitement as the brothers next to you PR on bench. It is literally just blood sweat and iron. It is a wonderful moment when all your problems melt away and you are at the top of your game. So, I will say it again six am sucks but six fifteen is amazing.  

Chapter 4 Building an Audience in Facebook

 Building a Facebook audience is important because many people use Facebook. Surveys showed that in the cities over 75% of the adult population used Facebook and over 65% in rural settings. This means that Facebook is extremely important when it comes to building an audience. When you are building your audience you should start with your family members, friends and employees to start spreading the word about you. When you have a decent following you then need to send invites to the leading minds in your industry to build credibility. Then finally you are ready to send your info to your customers. After this step you can integrate your page into your website and start to virtually market your brand with a decent audience following. 

Let It Snow

 Hey everyone, today is going to be a shorter blog. I am exited to say that we have a snow day in college. I thought my days of getting off class and having fun in the snow were going to be over after highschool. I had always heard horror stories of people having to walk through snow and ice to get to class, but not tomorrow. I have prepared a kit of waters, snacks, and extra blankets incase the power goes out. I also have snow pants and boots along with a winter jacket incase I need to go out for any reason. I hope I get to just stay inside and cuddle up with my girlfriend. We are going to watch heist movies like National Treasure and the Italian Job. 

Good luck everyone and be safe.

Mental and Physical Strength

 People qualify strength with the size of your muscles and for the most part they are right. There is a benefit to having a strong body and being is good physical health but people often forget to strengthen their minds. I believe that mental strength is just as important, if not more important than physical strength. Perseverance and a strong sense of will can benefit your life in many ways. One of which is an ability to finish through on your commitments and responsibilities. I believe that this is the most important thing you can do because even through your physical strength will fade your dependability and strong character will reflect on others and make not only you a better person but it will make those around you want to be better. It isn't always easy but with mental strength it is possible. That to me is truly strong.  

Chapter 2 Developing Your Brand

 In Chapter 2 of Essentials of Social Media Marketing it talked about the importance of your image and your personal brand. The text gave a 9 step process to help build your own brand. 

Step 1 is to identify a target audience. I am a Sport Management major so I want my audience to be potential employers. My dream job would be to be an athletic director and help athletes to learn the importance of education for a student athlete. This means that I want to show who I am to educators and school officials as well as sports coaches and sports administrators. 

Step 2 Determine your vision and purpose. As I stated before I want to be a sports administrator and help students to become the best version of themselves both academically and athletically. This is my personal vision of my true self.

Step 3 Determine your values. My values are trust, perseverance, balance, and responsibility. I chose these values because these are the values that make you the best version of yourself. I believe that if you have a balance in your life of fun and following through on your responsibilities then you can be the best version of yourself. However especially for tanagers it isn't the easy road so it takes a strong since of self and perseverance

Step 4 Determine your passions. The text defines passions as what motivates you, and what motivates me would be my school experiences and wanting athletes to avoid the lazy mistakes i made in high school and to get to there full potential.  

Step 5 Determine your goals. I previously stated my goals when I said that I wanted to help athletes to be the best versions of themselves and to meet there potential.  

Step 6 Determine your brand attributes. My brand attributes are to be devoted, openminded, and trustworthy because without a willingness to listen and an ability to be trusted you cant reach anyone on a deeper level.  

Step 7 Determine your strengths and weaknesses. As an example one of my strength is the ability to connect with people and this will help me build a repour with people and help them build a better them. One of my weaknesses is that I am short with people sometimes and I will have to work on my patience. 

Step 8 Determine your competition. My competition will be other teachers and sports administrators who will be vying for the same job as I will be. 

Step 9 Identify yourself in 3 words. I would identify myself as loyal, true, and caring.

This is the breakdown of my personal brand and how I want to be known. Remember that when you are building your own brand one day that the best thing you can be is true to yourself.