Social Media: My Obsession

I’m going to get a bit personal here for a minute. My whole world changed in 2008. Why, you may ask? Well, 2008 is when I signed up for Twitter. You may laugh, but I thought it was the greatest thing ever. (I still do). Back in 2008, I only really thought of Twitter for my personal life. I creeped on some celebs and only followed a couple people (and had even less follow me). Then, my friends signed up in 2009. We started to tweet each other when we were sitting in the same room.. it became sort of an obsession. "Text me, tweet me, if you wanna reach me," was/is a common thing we would say to one another. We would see who could get a celebrity to respond to their tweet first and all kinds of stuff like that. I’m sad to admit that we would tweet at Tom Felton during our one night class pretty much non-stop. Sadly, he never answered any of us. In the beginning, I only saw Twitter as something that was cool... something I could use to keep in touch with my friends and see what celebrities were up to.

Later that summer, I began to realize how Twitter could be used as a business tool. I fully believe that there is no better way for a company to connect with their customers. It’s simple, it’s fun, it’s personal. Before social media, customers really lacked a way to casually contact a company. Social media has changed everything. I started to tweet for the company where I did my internship (College Lifestyles) and it was so satisfying. I got to talk with our readers--people who were from all over. I use my personal Twitter for the blog, because I didn't want to have a blog-specific account. I would rather you guys talk to me, compared with a "blog version" of me. Sure, I don't only tweet about books, but I would much rather things be a bit more personal anyway. Twitter (and other forms of social media) allow us to have our personal and professional worlds collide. Some may see this as a bad thing (people not being hired for pictures they have on Facebook, etc.), but I think it is an amazing thing. I’m looking to enter the social media marketing field, so it makes sense for a company to check out my online presence. It’s like one big portfolio. Sure, I have posted a few things either on Facebook or Twitter that I wouldn’t show to a potential employer in a portfolio I made myself, but such is life. I wouldn’t change anything.

If you’re just as obsessed with social media as I am, please chat with me on Twitter! @KaitorTot Also, be sure to send me any links to social media articles--I’m obsessed with reading them.

Just like me, the characters in the television show, “Fringe”, are able to function in both their professional and personal worlds without upsetting the balance. You can pre-order your copy of Fringe: The Complete Third Season on DVD here today: http://bit.ly/o2MYBv!

I have been hired by Warner Bros. WBWord division to promote Fringe: The Complete Third Season on DVD/Blu-Ray.

Versatile Blogger Award!

The lovely Meg at From My Nightstand gave me the Versatile Blogger award today (it's my first, isn't she sweet?). Her blog is so cute and I love the way it is set up. She may have inspired me to add a few things to my own. So, if you haven't already, check her out!

So here's how it works. If you received this award, you have to write seven things about yourself, and then pass on the award to 15 other blogs for any reason of your choice.

Seven things about myself... hmmm.

1) I am a state champion softball player. That's right, in high school my team won the state championship one year and we came in second another year. It was extremely fun and we may or may not have a video of ourselves singing 'We Are the Champions' around a campfire a la The Mighty Ducks 2. Okay, we totally do.

2) I'm sort of obsessed with the Twitter. You can follow me if you want (@KaitorTot). I tweet nonsense all of the time and get a kick out of it. 

3) I am terrified of deer and ants. I have a sob story of being stalked by a deer when I was little, but I will spare you that. Ants, on the other hand, are about a centimeter long, but I scuttle away from them like no other.

4) My movie collection is probably as big as my book collection--obsessed.

5) I was in a sorority in college (woo Alpha Sigma Tau) and I met some of my best friends there. My pledge class is perfect for each other (with an adopted member, Backy). I highly recommend joining a sorority if you are in college or entering college!

Spring 07: Me, Jamie, Emily, Ashley, Nicci (not pictured are Sam and adopted Becky)

6) I have had the same best friend since I was four. We lived together all through college and everything. We never fight, fist pumps for us.

7) I love the movie Fear with Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon. I could quote that whole movie with my friends. Please watch it with a group of people and laugh hysterically at the ridiculousness of the lines. 

Now on to the bloggers I am going to pass this to... we may not reach 15, we shall see. In no particular order... PS. If you have already gotten this, don't feel pressured to do it again. I just couldn't be arsed to go through everyone's previous awards :)

1) Liz @ Cleverly Inked: She is so, so sweet and really an excellent blogger. Her 'Treasure Trove Tuesday' is my absolute favorite and I get so excited to see what sweet stuff in the book world she finds. 

2) Shannon @ Tropical Eats: Do these need to be book bloggers? Well, I'm making up my own rules because Shannon is not, but she totally needs to be recognized. Shannon and I were fellow interns at College Lifestyles and we need to meet in real life. Go to her blog if you want to go into an instant food coma and be jealous for life of all the yummy things she eats. 

3) Sandy @ Sandy Eggo: Sandy has a mish mash of all things and she is sort of revamping her blog, but it is still awesome and I love the new header!

4) Lesley @ YA Books Reviewed: I feel like we have pretty similar opinions on books, so I creep on her to get new recommendations.

5) Briana @ Twenty-Something: Briana is also a CL blogger. She is extremely well spoken and she always brings relevance to the table. She analyzes movies and books as well as brings real life issues into the foreground.

6) Read It or See It: Amazing comparisons of books and movies. Enough said.

7) Alex @ Tales of a Teenage Book Lover: It is nice to see opinions from a male's point of view for a lot of the YA books I like to read. I do feel a little creeptastic since he is a teenager and I am not, but I do like to read his opinions on things. Also, he has a pretty cool feature where he compares the US and UK covers of books.

8) Emily @ Emily's Reading Room: I love her 'Ask HTMiLy' feature--so clever! 

9) Dree @ Defining Dree: Deirdre is also another CL intern and she lives in Ireland! She is precious and loves Diet Coke and Veronica Mars as much as I do. 

10) Elie @ Ellz Readz: Elie has a really great 'Cover LOVE' feature that I, well, love. I am a person that does judge a book by its cover (don't hate me) so I obviously adore this segment. 

Well, I think we will leave it at a solid 10. Thanks so much to Meg for recognizing me!