This is what happens when you Google Adrienne Wilson. None of these are me. I don’t come up as top 25 in LinkedIn. I hide myself from Google searches with Facebook and Pinterest, and I’m a private Instagram user.

This is what comes up when you Google Adrienne Wilson Kansas:

I’m in the White Pages, my LinkedIn page comes up, my twitter page comes up and the contact page from my job. The first and 4th images are of me. My twitter page doesn’t have anything personal, and here’s my public facebook profile:

I don’t make public very much info at all. I don’t share pictures of myself very often, and never my family. This is intentional, and I won’t change that. I am fine with information regarding my job being online, like my LinkedIn page that comes up when you Google Adrienne Wilson Kansas:

I think a goal for my personal online presence would be to flesh out my LinkedIn profile and get more contacts there. I currently have 154 connections, and I want to join some groups to see how those work. I know LinkedIn can be a great resource, but I don’t know much about it – yet!

These are my strengths and some takeaways from the readings about each one as I feel they apply to me. I think they are a pretty accurate description of me!

1. Futuristic = “You can energize yourself and others by your vision of what could be. You can clearly see possibilities.” I am notorious for going into coworkers offices with big ideas.

2. Ideation= “You are a creative person, and you appreciate originality. You love new ideas and concepts.” It also says people with Ideation as a strength should “consider careers in which creativity seems to be important.” Like Marketing Management!

3. Analytical= “The genius of Analytical talents lies in the solid foundation you lay for moving forward. Your questions drive you to uncover the essential facts needed for excellence in any endeavor.” I actually thought of using this word as the one word to describe myself in last week’s discussion post. I went with Strategic, but I think I was on the right track. It also says analytical people can ask too many questions, which I am completely guilty of.

4. Focus= “You prioritize your life and tasks, and then take action. You become frustrated when you when a group you are a part of doesn’t have clear goals or direction.” Everything has a priority ranking in my life and is done in order.

5. Intellection= “Others may write you off as a “geek” because of your sophisticated level of thinking and use of language.” This made me LOL. I can blame my popularity in high school on my intellection!

I can definitely leverage my Futuristic and Ideation strengths in class to come up with creative ideas for social media presence, loyalty building and campaigns. Have Analytical, Focus and Intellection strengths will allow me to thoroughly evaluate a social media presence and think through recommendations.

I feel I have great strengths for a career in marketing. I’m creative and love new ideas, and I also have a side that can analyze the ideas to make sure they’re worth trying. I liked the Marcus Buckingham video we watched before taking the strengths test. I knew exactly what he meant when he was talking about being in the “zone”.  I want to be one of the 20% people that have a career that plays to their strengths!

My name is Adrienne Wilson, and I’m slowly working towards my Marketing Management AA at JCCC. I also work at JCCC for Institutional Advancement/Foundation. That means I raise money for student scholarships and other programs and projects across campus. I’ve worked at JCCC for 9 years, and I attended here as a full-time student my first year after high school. (A very long time ago!) After a year at JCCC I went to KU and earned my Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in Art History/Studio Art.

Even if this course wasn’t required for the Marketing degree, I would want to take it. I love social media and thinks it’s a powerful means of communicating with many audiences. In this course I hope to learn about increasing followers, strategic marketing plans using social and more about Snapchat. It kind of confuses me.