News Paper AD

The process of making the newspaper ad was harder than I thought it was going to be. I thought that thinking of an idea would be easy and coming up with a variety of thumbnails would be easy but not so much. I had the "Date Night" idea and it turned out really well but coming up with different ways to design the ad just kept turning out the same without variety. I was hoping to think of more ideas but then when i got to the computer more ideas just started coming out and the final piece turned out very creative.  I felt that the newspaper ad really helped with designing in a black and white or a gray scale scheme for a newspaper to get the experience of designing in black and white. I was trying to hit the target audience male to get the attention of males in the idea of taking there girlfriends  out  around Valentines day and to have a fun night out without breaking there wallets. The target audience was towards the college male students and the male faculty members that would want to take there girlfriend or wives out for a romantic evening under the stars. I was going for a simple look because men like simple and to the point. The words bolder and simple fonts are more eye catching to the male eye than loud crazy fonts that distract you from the actual content the audience is drawn to.

Blogging Services Free vs Paid

Blogging is FREE better?
Not always, free is good for businesses looking for budget tight advertising. Free is quick and easy to use, you don't have to know html to have a free blog. You are in control but not having your domain name can be a little bit of a downer. Most free blog sites like blogger.com is yourname.blogspot.com which is not very professional, and the blogging can get a little confusing.
Blogging is PAID better?
Not always as well, paid is good for enhancing your themes and having someone customize you for a small price. You can make more money by advertising, and can have your own domain name as well. The down side is the hosting services are not always reliable. You must know html a little to understand the paid sites. This can be costly too. Having your site built for you can range from $275-$375 with extra charges for framed photos and quotes, linked side bars, and custom side bars. It might just be better to design the blog yourself if the confidence is high in your background of blogging.

Blogger vs Wordpress

 Blogger vs Word-press! The thoughts about having your own custom page and just putting your thoughts and feelings out on the web would be more of a blogger page. Blogger is powered by Google, Google tends to take away and add things whenever they feel like which can up set people. The blogger can also benefit businesses with sharing with there customers, asset in business opportunities, help share info about products, and is a free low cost way to advertise. This can be professional by purchasing a domain name for only $10 a year. This can help businesses in a way to have there site updated daily. Most blogger's have came to the conclusion that blogger is less professional than word-press. Blogger is more recommended for people who want more customizing features and an easy quick set up of there own page.  
Word-press is more of a business blog. This is a more professional out look or professional way to promote a business or your own name. The word-press software is always updated. Word-press comes out on top compared to blogger. Most blogger's have come out to say that Word-press is way better and more professional with the pages and Word-press has way more hosting services to have your own domain name in the URL. Blogger's have also came out and said that blogger has a tendency to change gadgets and remove things off your blog, which can make people very angry when they worked hard on that piece of work for them to just throw it away.

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Why We Blog??

We blog to get our thoughts and feelings out there. We blog to show what we can do and to let others see how well we can design, write, or put our thoughts in writing. Blogging helps companies get there name out in the business world, and is a easy way to advertise on a tight budget. In most cases blogger's are people who think that the thoughts and feelings they have about politics and issues in the country matter. Blogger's are very free and open with how they strongly feel about Obama, and the War against Iraq or when the soldiers are coming home for good.

Blogging is more about getting the work that we do everyday out there for potential employers to see and to show how well spoken we are as well. Blogging also helps potential clients see who you are and if they can trust you with the work they are paying you for. Blogging also lets you be in control of the site and to add things to the site as many times a day that we want too. To Blog is to publish your thoughts and feelings and the hard work that we do everyday to get us out in the corporate world.

Brenden Murphy former PSU Graphic Student

Brendan Murphy came back to Pittsburg State University where he started his education, to give an inspiring speech about his success in graphic design to help the graphic communications students see the success that has happened to him. His most important advice was to pay attention in school.  This is the advice that anyone can really give a student. This concept is so much easier said than done on some days.

Brendan Murphy came to Pitt State in 1985 with a track scholarship and didn’t really know what he wanted to do, and then the opportunity came to him with graphic design. He says that the technical writing aspect of his career is more important than he thought. Murphy says that he does more writing about his work than actually designing. His communication skills had to improve for him to climb the corporate ladder.

Having Murphy give us this advice was very helpful to how I think that I can do this by climbing the corporate ladder as well. This just shows that there is much more work into this career than some people think there may be.  I want to do layouts and designing for huge companies but to get there I have to be the little man for awhile. I felt that Murphy was very helpful in helping me understand that there is more writing involved in the design world. I thought it would be drawing but in his experience this has come to my attention that the writing is more important in this field.

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