Of course it is exciting that it is finals week, in our Internet Marketing class we created a SEO and internet marketing website. In which we had our final projects posted, either articles or an infographic about a topic relating to the class. I contemplated on what my project was going to be about, well what have we talked about all quarter? The basics of SEO, so what better then to do an infographic of basic SEO overview. In this infographic I went over link building, keyword research, and page optimization. Which I found to be what I have learned the most about in this class, though it isn’t the only things we learned about. We all then promoted our own post and helped others in the class promote theirs as well. Learning how important it is to get links to your post, and seeing in the end how many social shares we got off of everything. This was an eye opening experience and I am glad that Ross Jones from 2thetop design was here to teach us what there is to learn about SEO, I know I have learned a lot of information that will help me once I start any kind of project in the future.
A few nights ago in my internet marking class we had the pleasure to have Peter McDermott come and talk to us about Google plus. Of course there are multiple different kinds of social media out there but he explained how G+ had so many more options to it. Honestly the options are limitless it seems. There is a way to stream live with at most nine other people on a Google hangout, but you can also have the discussion while it is going on on YouTube for others to comment on what you are talking about or ask questions. How cool is that? All in all I learned quite a bit from Peter McDermott‘s presentation, I may just become more of a G+ fan then a Facebook fan yet…
I have a class this quarter in which we are learning the in’s and out’s of SEO, or search engine optimization. In this class, as a class we are creating this nifty little site called Nashville Nashville, in which we have to create reviews about different resturants or places around nashville. If you haven’t checked it out you should totally do so. Also if you interested in music you should check out this blog post about Cannery Ballroom in Nashville TN.
2thetop, is what I should say. The owner of 2thetopdesign is not only is a professor at AI, but he is also a wizz at SEO, search engine optimization. But he is also in the top ten google search for Nashville web design. How may you ask is he in the top ten on google for that? Well if your interested there is a little group that gets together the last thursday of every month and discusses trending topics about SEO. So next time your just surfing the web, or maybe looking for a local web designer in nashville, just look up nashville web design, and keep your eyes on 2thetop!
Script of Personal Interview
Q – Who is Marissa Watson?
A – Who is Marissa Watson? Well I am an Ohio girl, born and raised, out seeking new adventures. I am a very relaxed individual who just wants to make a good impact on the world, all while pursuing a career in Web Design.
Q – Why Web Design?
A – Well I have been interested in making graphics, and coding sites ever since I was twelve. So my last two years of high school I went to a vocational school for Internet Design Technology. And my passion for it is still strong today.
Q- What are your goals?
A – My main goal is to graduate college, possibly change my scenery and explore not only my options in web design by my options in general. I do want to do something with web design, I am just not quite sure which part of it I really want to peruse.
Q – What do you like to do outside of school and work?
A – If I am not at working hard at school, or at work I like to meet up with friends, hang out with my boyfriend, work on homework, and try to expand my knowledge of my hopeful future career.
After researching what makes a good web design proposal, I have figured out that breaking the information down into sections. You have to not only do some research on what your are doing your website about. But you also have to be very detailed about what your plan to do with the website. The more detail there is the easier it is to plan for the next step which is mark-ups, and then actually coding the website. You have to provide examples of what your redoing or about to get going. You have to make sure you proof read it before you print it out as well, or you may end up with whole paragraphs accidentally underlined, or whatnot. Finally at the end you must outline what your next steps of the process will be. You have to stay oringized or everything won’t get done, and you won’t be able to make the best website possible for your client or whomever your doing it for.
From this project I have learned that once you find your inspiration you must go with it. And make sure that your inspiration fits what your about to put together. My first inspiration was to make it sort of 8-bit, cartoon-y if you will. I had ideas in my head and on paper I just couldn’t make the markups come out like I wanted them too. Which of course disappointed me and so I decided to look for new inspiration and fast. Then I stumbled upon http://ow.ly/5YOsI in which of course turned that light bulb above my head on. I decided I wanted to go somewhat vintage with my page and that was the best thing that I could have found.
This is my concept board, in which I pulled my colors and things from my inspirations.
Here is my home page mark up for my site, though I am going to add some photos of some of my favorite work under the Welcome but above the text.
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