Maxed Out

I am finally understanding the cliché saying of "time goes by in a blink of an eye." It feels like just last week when I arrived back on campus from summer break. That was over three months ago yet it feels like it happened so recently. The end of this semester has hit me a little harder than my previous semesters here at Ohio Northern. Next Friday will mark my final day at this University as a student and it will mark the end of my time in Ohio. Due to a lighter course load this semester, I have been blessed with no final exams. As of writing this blog, I have a little less than nine days on campus before I have to say goodbye and close this chapter of my life. I have been nothing short of blessed to have met the many new friends I have now from this place. This place has taught me many life lessons that I am also grateful to have experienced. I have been able to better understand the importance of living in the moment and enjoying every second in your life. I also have been...

Writing blogs has been going on ever since the 1990s, where the blog itself looked a little different from the ones we write today. It mainly was written as an online diary where people wrote over their daily lives instead of specific topics. In 1994, the first blog was ever created by a college student whose name was Justin Hall. The term blog came to be in 1997 from the combination of the words "web" and "log." Since the creation of the first blog, it has exploded into popularity among all ages. Over three quarters of the internet read blogs and it has become easier to access blogs. Blogs now pertain to more topics such as sports related blogs to cooking blogs. The increase in popularity mixed with the increase of platforms that offer blog creation to users has created a drastic increase in blogs being created. Businesses have an opportunity to capitalize off this increase in popularity over blogs. Many businesses have began to use blogs to disseminate information...

This past weekend I decided to take a trip to State College, Pennsylvania. The motivation behind taking the trip was to see my grandparents who have a house there. It has been about a year and a half since I have last seen them and I realized I had a great opportunity to see them. I had planned the trip about three weeks ago and it was the first trip I had ever fully planned. My plane left Friday afternoon and landed in State College in the evening. It was the first time I ever flew in a smaller sized plane that only has two seats per row. I felt like royalty once we landed because we walked out of the plane instead of the typical ramp they use in other airports. My grandparents spoiled me to a Penn State wrestling match in the evening which would become the first wrestling match I had ever watched. The next day was the main event where my Grandma would treat me to the Penn State vs Maryland football game. Penn State came into the game ranked while Maryland did not. It was a lot of fun...

TikTok is a revolutionary app that came to exist recently. Owned by the Chinese company, ByteDance, TikTok took off in growth after the 2020 pandemic. As of 2022, there are 1 billion active users on the app which ranks them 6th among all of the social media giants. TikTok consists of short videos in which users get to like and comment on. Much of the app is filled with viral challenges that are created by users and by trendy songs. TikTok is unique in that their algorithm is purely organic which allows any user to have the chance to go viral. It also has the highest engagement rate of all social media platforms sitting at 10.85 minutes per session per user. This makes it the perfect place to build your personal brand as you have a higher chance for users to see your content.  TikTok can be a perfect place for businesses to kickstart their brand through their organic algorithm. On average a business will receive 200,000 views with a nine percent engagement rate on their content. Thi...

I believe sometimes humans take for granted all that life has to offer. The amount of adventures and places to explore on Earth are nearly endless. It is easy for us to get in situations where we feel overly content with where we are and forget that we can go anywhere. I am very grateful to have explored several unique locations such as the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park. As I continue to get older, I realize that visiting these types of places more frequently can become a reality if you can set up a plan to do so. There is also so much to be seen outside of the United States. I have never been able to visit Europe or Mexico but these two places are on my highest priority to explore. Out of all the countries in Europe, Spain strikes me as the most interesting place due to the unique culture of the Spanish. From the Running of the Bulls to experiencing their cultural dishes, I feel like this would be a very overwhelming experience that I would benefit from. European countrie...

Pinterest is a social media platform that I believe is greatly unused. The platform allows users to create and share "pins" which are most commonly an image, video, or link to another source. Users have the opportunity to save these pins and organize them into a "board." Founded in 2009 by a group of college friends, Pinterest was originally created as a platform for people to showcase a collection of things they were interested in. It is fascinating to see the versatility that Pinterest has for businesses that want to market their goods on. A business can create a business account and then create their first Pinterest board which should cater to their desired demographic. A key component when creating a board is to include keywords in the titles so that users will see the board more often. The business user than should include visually appealing pins to the board which reflect what the business does. The final touch is for them to select a cover pin that will be se...