A Blog Begins

The beginnings of blogging...

On Tuesday I went to a marketing seminar sponsored by PR Newswire. In addition to being a great excuse to get away from my desk for a few hours, the conference focused on online marketing -- a topic of particular interest to me. After spending about a year working at a web design studio, examining websites has become somewhat of an hobby. I can't help but pick at poorly structured sites to consider what I'd do better. More content, less flash, better layout, clearer focus. Yet I don't have a website. Not a homemade site and not even a simple do-it-yourself in a hot second site. Heck, I don't even have a blog. Though, I've considered it, things seem get in the way. What would say? How would I define myself? Who would listen? Well, this conference inspired me to dive right in. So here goes...

The world of online marketing fascinates me. How in the vast universe that is the internet, you can can influence the way people connect. Make it easier. Make it quicker. Drive the way people think about how they work online. This blog will be my thoughts on that. As a pr professional just getting her feet wet, I'll explore the excitement and tediousness of the first years of work and express my thoughts on what I'm learning, what I want to know, and where I see this ever expanding industry going in the next 5, 10, 20 years.

So welcome. To my musings, my ramblings, my speculations, and my curiosities. I'm not sure where this blog will end up, but I'm happy to say that it has finally begun.