Life On Land

Getting Some Experience

Interning close to 35 hours a week at The Georgia Club has given me  countless opportunities to improve my skills in many areas. My responsibilities include writing/editing the weekly Member Newsletter and monthly Golf and Prospect Newsletters. I interview people and write posts for The Georgia Club Forum, use my graphics skills to create picture collages, forms and fliers, and update content on the website. I recently had the exciting task of developing a Facebook fan page for The Georgia Club Golf. This page, along with our newly acquired TheGeorgiaClub Twitter account, inspired me to create a “social media business card” for The Georgia Club, which will be coming shortly.

In addition to the work in the office, I recently attended The Georgia Club’s Elite 50 Dinner celebrating top real estate agents around the Athens and Atlanta area. It was there that I met Matt Fagioli, a social media junkie and one of guys heading up REtechSouth. He sparked mine and Sarah’s interest in attending the conference in March by promising it to be chock full of new ways to use all these brilliant social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, blogs, SEO, etc.) in ways that cater specifically to the real estate industry. 

Although my interest does not necessarily lie in the real estate field, it certainly does encompass ANYTHING social media-y. And with an internship at a company that has a lot to do with the real estate world, it can only help me right now.

Since The Georgia Club could not pick up the tab for my registration fee, Matt made a deal with me: do some PR for the conference, get in for free. 

A chance to build my resume with freelance PR work AND pick up some tips from social media gurus? Yes sir, I’ll take it!

For REtechSouth I will recruit participants, help staff during the event, gain 1000 new Twitter followers (@REtechSouth), and find Matt a new intern. Not sure how much the last request will contribute to the success of the conference (heh), but I will play along.

I expect this conference and this extra work to benefit me by gaining experience and stretching my learning curve. My time management skills become important now more than ever, as my PR Campaigns class gears up more everyday and work at TGC chugging right along. But I look forward to the new skills I will learn and or course, I always love a challenge.