Reflective summary of the Blogs
The blogs were an excellent opportunity to learn about marketing in a differe
nt way rather than writing a report on it. “A blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.
In simple terms, a blog is a website, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis.” (Blogger.com 2010)
I would more than likely use the blogs tool again.
The tool which was used for this blog was blogger.com. It is very good and simple to understand. The best thing about blogs is that they are personal to the person and they help get my personal point of view across.
I actually did not know that businesses also use blogs for their business. I may use the blogs designed by the businesses to find out information about the blogs.
Blogs are a very good way for businesses to make their products popular and they help promote the business. There are some 9 million blogs out there, with 40,000 new ones being created every day. This shows they are very popular. These are the businesses that use blogs in their business to promote. Marketers also use blogs to advertise their products and give information on the latest deals the business is doing.
• General Motors - Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz launched his own ‘FastLane’ Blog. The blog helps clear up the bad press the business may get in the future. It also helps the business promote their latest products and give links to reviews of their products.
• Amazon – They use blogs to let their customers get involved in discussions about the latest developments and what the new things they are looking to do with the website.
• Google – has a small area where people can post their views about the business and they may also give feedback to Google about their business. It is a more interactive blog, with polls conducted about the website.
Blogs are increasing rapidly and many businesses are using blogs to catch up with the Internet age. Many people now have Internet and blogs are a very good way of meeting the target audience. Many people don’t like to read a lot but blogs can be about everything. They can be just videos used for viral marketing campaigns or information blogs, giving details about the company’s products. So this is why they are increasing so fast.
Blogs were also a very good at improving IT skills and a person with very low IT skills can use them. The most important things about blogs is that they are personal and the person can visit them as much as they like. They are also interesting and they will help the reader as well as the writer learn. Some people like to use videos as their learning tool and blogs consist of good videos which illustrate examples given. Some people may hate reading from books and learning so these blogs summarised the content in the books and involved theory as well as interesting examples.
The strengths in the process were:
• The blog is personal and after the lecture the student will go home and blog about the topics covered
• Many students just go to the lecture and then forget about it, the blogs are a very good chance for them to revise this and then learn better from them
The weaknesses may be:
• The blogs can be repetitive work and many people will not concentrate on them as much
• Some of the topics are boring and not easy to discuss
The blogs helped to get the personal point across so they were a good experience. Many things were learnt from it and if given another task it would be great if it involved a bit of blogging. Many people at first did not even know what a blog is so they were stuck at the start but when they got started, it was easier. Thinking of blogs being interesting, many people may actually start a blog on a subject they find interesting.
Overall I enjoyed the blogging assignment and I would do it again! It helped me in many ways and helped me to learn about the subject in a better way. They were time consuming but they were also a goo learning tool.
The blogs were an excellent opportunity to learn about marketing in a differe
nt way rather than writing a report on it. “A blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.In simple terms, a blog is a website, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis.” (Blogger.com 2010)
I would more than likely use the blogs tool again.
The tool which was used for this blog was blogger.com. It is very good and simple to understand. The best thing about blogs is that they are personal to the person and they help get my personal point of view across.
I actually did not know that businesses also use blogs for their business. I may use the blogs designed by the businesses to find out information about the blogs.
Blogs are a very good way for businesses to make their products popular and they help promote the business. There are some 9 million blogs out there, with 40,000 new ones being created every day. This shows they are very popular. These are the businesses that use blogs in their business to promote. Marketers also use blogs to advertise their products and give information on the latest deals the business is doing.
• General Motors - Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz launched his own ‘FastLane’ Blog. The blog helps clear up the bad press the business may get in the future. It also helps the business promote their latest products and give links to reviews of their products.
• Amazon – They use blogs to let their customers get involved in discussions about the latest developments and what the new things they are looking to do with the website.
• Google – has a small area where people can post their views about the business and they may also give feedback to Google about their business. It is a more interactive blog, with polls conducted about the website.
Blogs are increasing rapidly and many businesses are using blogs to catch up with the Internet age. Many people now have Internet and blogs are a very good way of meeting the target audience. Many people don’t like to read a lot but blogs can be about everything. They can be just videos used for viral marketing campaigns or information blogs, giving details about the company’s products. So this is why they are increasing so fast.
Blogs were also a very good at improving IT skills and a person with very low IT skills can use them. The most important things about blogs is that they are personal and the person can visit them as much as they like. They are also interesting and they will help the reader as well as the writer learn. Some people like to use videos as their learning tool and blogs consist of good videos which illustrate examples given. Some people may hate reading from books and learning so these blogs summarised the content in the books and involved theory as well as interesting examples.
The strengths in the process were:
• The blog is personal and after the lecture the student will go home and blog about the topics covered
• Many students just go to the lecture and then forget about it, the blogs are a very good chance for them to revise this and then learn better from them
The weaknesses may be:
• The blogs can be repetitive work and many people will not concentrate on them as much
• Some of the topics are boring and not easy to discuss
The blogs helped to get the personal point across so they were a good experience. Many things were learnt from it and if given another task it would be great if it involved a bit of blogging. Many people at first did not even know what a blog is so they were stuck at the start but when they got started, it was easier. Thinking of blogs being interesting, many people may actually start a blog on a subject they find interesting.
Overall I enjoyed the blogging assignment and I would do it again! It helped me in many ways and helped me to learn about the subject in a better way. They were time consuming but they were also a goo learning tool.
I have also learnt that you can make money from blogs! This is a good discovery and for those of you who want to know how, check out this video:
THANKS VERY MUCH for your interest in my blog!
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