About the Blogger

I came from Greenfield, Indiana, and went to a small high school, Eastern Hancock, which is about 40 minutes east of Indianapolis. I graduated with 115 kids in my class. I am currently a senior at Ball State, majoring in Public Relations and minoring in Marketing. I have really enjoyed the classes I’ve taken in three and half years so far on campus. Between journalism, marketing, and communications, I’ve learned important and useful tools that I’ll be able to incorporate in my career and for the rest of my life.

I first learned about digital marketing tools when I began the school days of my junior and senior years working at a radio station. It was important for the radio station to promote itself to the public and get more ears to listen to the station. Also, for a small community like where I’m from, those people can rally around the station and promote it themselves, especially if the station is a positive factor in the community.

Nowadays, I’m involved with a group that broadcasts high school sporting events throughout the entire year in and around central Indiana. I’ve been a broadcaster for Indiana SRN for just over one year now. SRN has a great presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. Twitter and Facebook are used to promote our games, and the schools we work with. The YouTube page is used to live stream the games. Not only do I commentate on the games but I also help my boss create and maintain relationships with local businesses that may want to sponsor our broadcasts. I’m also very active with my personal social media accounts, and the SRN accounts, making sure I post meaningful content that promotes our coverage and directs fans to our games.

I appreciate the help that Ball State has offered to me in the courses the past 3 and a half years I’ve taken and I know it will go with me in my future endeavors and digital marketing ability.