I have learning that personal branding is extremely important for a business to have and without it a business won't be successful. There are many different sites that you get to create and I really did enjoy creating a blog and I might actually keep it and when I have time maybe even post on it some times. When you work full time and go to college full time it makes time limited. Though I really enjoyed showing my creative side and creating Fashion Fantasy. I would like to learn more about the other times of social media and how it effects a business. There is only so much you can learn in eight weeks, thus I believe that in longer class sections we could learn more about the rest of the types of social media in deeper thought. I think that the blog would be a social media platform to make more use of going forward.

I approached creating a professional and effective profile on sites like Facebook, twitter and LinkedIn. By meeting my customers needs and not being inactive in their experience at my store online. Like if a customer had a bad experience at my store and wrote it on one of my sites I would do whatever I could to make sure that their next visit will be hassle free. I understand that with a new business, especially with it being online, has many flaws at first and that is how we grow, by learning from our mistakes. Being professional might be hard for some. Though in the right mind set it can be accomplished. Like you will never hear a curse word coming from any of my sites. Being rated PG: 13 is a big deal and I want my customers to know that my business is family friendly and is staying like that. My website will be creative in looks, but not in the little girly type of way, more of a vintage looking outline and colors that go with my theme. I hope that my experience with LinkedIn I can join more groups that will help me in my fashion business.  I have join a lot of Lula Roe on Facebook, because they have helped me see different styles and give me tons of marketing ideas.

I chose Lula Roe Epoddle my vblog of choice. I choose this vblog because I LOVE shopping with Lula Roe and they have many people that you can get a hold of if you are interest in the products. Yes, it may be expensive, but there are many sales that the sellers hold weekly. They also have contests that allows for their consumers to be interactive and get to know each other and this way the seller Lula Roe gets to know about their consumers as well as what they want. This subscriber fits into my branding strategy, because I would love for my business to become worldwide and popular and have great reviews like Lula Roe does. As well as the fact that Lula Roe is a growing fashion business that inspired me to come up with my idea about Fashion Fantasy.

The five blogs that I picked are Como Kate,The Cre8tor, Green Earth, Billy Weible, and Now Living.

I picked Como Kate because she runs a clothing business out of her home called Lula Roe and this is a popular shopping business that supplies many people with their soft and stylish clothing. I find that I can learn new things from a growing business that is like mine. I picked The Cre8tor, because every new and old business needs to be creative with our thoughts and this site will help me stay creative and get new ideas. I picked Green Earth, because it's about being adventurous and with a new business we need to not be afraid to go around the world and see new places and get new ideas. I picked Billy Weible, because his blog is about music and my new business shopping idea was inspired from music and how creative music allows us to be. I picked Now living, because on this blog she will be giving money saving ideas, which any business needs. She will also share DIY ideas, which I love and it allows for me to get new ideas about what different styles people can create.

This is my most recent pictures with me and two of my best friends on our trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama. I am the one on the right with sunglasses on my head. I am 21 years old and am currently working at Hardees and Lowes and am a full time student. Though I have put my two weeks into Hardees, since I have worked there for four years and can't keep working 48-50 hours every week. I like Lowes a lot better and hope that when I get my bachelors that they might give me a marketing position. I will be graduating with my bachelors in August 2018. Some of my hobbies include shopping, writing fiction, running, and of course sleeping. I have three cats and am hoping to get a dog soon, if my boyfriend gets the memo for Christmas.  I am not only taking this class in order to finish my degree, but because I use social media on a daily basis and want to learn more into details about it.