The Life of My Blog:Cassandra’s Travels: Favourite Places to Visit

Present & Future

Introduction

• 3rd Year in MIT

• Plan in pursuing a job in Public Relations

• No previous Blogging Experience

Theme/Inspiration:

Cassandra’s Travels: Favourite Places to

Visit

• Traveling – something I am passionate about

• Past Travel Experiences

• Plan to Travel in the Future (Rio, Cairo, Dubai)

• Important part of my life

Blog Posts

• How I chose the places blogged about:

• Places I have either visited (Europe)

• Knew people that have visited (Thailand, Australia, etc.)

• Want to visit in the Future (Cairo, Rio, Dubai, Bora Bora)

Blog Posts Cont’d

• How I wrote each entry:

• Looked through photo albums

• Journals

• Spoke with Friends/Family

• Memory

Blog Promotion

• Word of Mouth

• Facebook – most successful

• MSN

• BBM

• Twitter

Ruba.com

Future

• Live Blogging

• Guest Bloggers

• Photos

• Collaborate with other Travel Blogs

My Blogging Experience

• Blogging has:

• Immersed me in the world of Web 2.0 (sharing info, hyperlinking, collaborating)

• Increased my participation in the media

• Fun reading everyone’s blogs each week

Thank You