Overview of my week:
After being here just over a month, I well expected my inbox to be full, so the morning I spent sorting through my response sources and replying to a few major emails. With the bank holidays I hadn't really had chance to catch up with Sharon therefore we had a meeting to go over the main focus for the month. The brand Solaray (which I am writing my report on) is our main emphasis, we will be running a series of press releases to try and raise awareness. The fact that I am doing my report on the brand has helped with research and direction which we can take the brand. Sharon also briefed me fully on Hanbury Manor and we discussed ideas pitches to journalists. I think its imperative that meetings and conversations are part of a weekly occurring- communication really is vital.
Sharon asked me to attend the monthly networking luncheon in June- which is for ladies in business to meet and discuss their business and ways which they may help each other . This will involve speaking for a minute in-front of the other women (very nerve wrecking). I'm excited to have been asked and can't wait to have the chance to network with others and of course have a slice of cake :).
On Wednesday Sue (my course leader) visited the office for my placement review; which is basically a meeting to check up on my progress. I was really pleased with the feedback I receive from both Sue and Sharon, the comments were very positive and I feel reassured that I'm doing a good job, I also cleared up a few questions regarding my report and now hope to finish in the next week or so!
Friday is always quiet in the office, many of the staff work from home and this week it was me and my colleague Danny. From the meeting Sharon and I had I wanted to dedicate some time to Hanbury manor and begin researching wedding blogs and websites which we could target heavily over the next few months. I began to build up a database of contacts to be used and added to when needed. Sharon has been asked to speak at a health and spa conference about her experience in the business- for this she needs spa trend research, I offered to help source some of the research because of the database access I have through the university- I found out some really interesting stuff about the future of spas and how the industry is changing!
Next week I am changing it up a bit and completing a week at Coast marketing. I arranged it over two months ago and will be assisting with the AW press launch (very excited indeed). I'm staying with my friend for the week and cannot wait to experience working in the big city!
Sharon asked me to attend the monthly networking luncheon in June- which is for ladies in business to meet and discuss their business and ways which they may help each other . This will involve speaking for a minute in-front of the other women (very nerve wrecking). I'm excited to have been asked and can't wait to have the chance to network with others and of course have a slice of cake :).
On Wednesday Sue (my course leader) visited the office for my placement review; which is basically a meeting to check up on my progress. I was really pleased with the feedback I receive from both Sue and Sharon, the comments were very positive and I feel reassured that I'm doing a good job, I also cleared up a few questions regarding my report and now hope to finish in the next week or so!
Friday is always quiet in the office, many of the staff work from home and this week it was me and my colleague Danny. From the meeting Sharon and I had I wanted to dedicate some time to Hanbury manor and begin researching wedding blogs and websites which we could target heavily over the next few months. I began to build up a database of contacts to be used and added to when needed. Sharon has been asked to speak at a health and spa conference about her experience in the business- for this she needs spa trend research, I offered to help source some of the research because of the database access I have through the university- I found out some really interesting stuff about the future of spas and how the industry is changing!
Next week I am changing it up a bit and completing a week at Coast marketing. I arranged it over two months ago and will be assisting with the AW press launch (very excited indeed). I'm staying with my friend for the week and cannot wait to experience working in the big city!
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