Utilizing Social Media as a Personal Professional Tool
In three months I will be graduating from graduate school and entering the workforce. Strategically using social media will be an advantage as I look for work, both in networking as well as keeping me...
View ArticleOnline Personas
Most people don’t want to know about your terrible boss, your tight budget or your relationship problems. Despite the overwhelming complaints about the fake positive image everyone portrays online,...
View ArticleEscaping Reality
We live in a busy world. Jobs demand our best. Family requires our energy. Friends request our time. How do we handle life when the strain of all that is on our plate becomes more than we feel we can...
View ArticleNew Seasons in Social Media
New Seasons is a small, local grocery store. With 13 locations in the Portland metro area, the company has a strong emphasis on the community it serves. Not only does New Seasons embody the unique...
View ArticleDesigning a Food Blog
When designing a blog there are some general rules to keep in mind. Pretty much every blogger talking about how to design a blog will tell you these same rules. Sure all the writers pick a different...
View ArticleSEO for Blogs
Search engine optimization (SEO), in essence, is what you can do to increase traffic to your blog. Search engines use various algorithms when sifting through the millions of web pages to determine...
View ArticleFood Photography
As someone who loves good food and loves to cook, I can spend hours online looking at food recipes. One of my favorite websites for discovering new recipes is foodgawker.com. Foodgawker is a website...
View ArticleGreat Food Blogs
Let’s look at examples of well-designed food blogs. These were all either winners or runners-up of the Saveur Best Food Blog Awards, so I’m not the only one who thinks they’re worth checking out. I’ll...
View ArticleHow to Review a Restaurant
I figured writing a restaurant review could not be all that challenging; how hard is it to know if you like how the food tasted, if there was good service, and what type of ambiance the restaurant...
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