Dear Cousin,
As you know I am majoring in Public Relations at Utah State University. What you may not know is what PR is all about and what I will actually do with my degree; let me explain. Public Relations makes up most of what you read in the news, what gets public figures back in good terms with the general population, it is what works side-by-side with advertising in business settings, and in party terms: being the person who knows what all the "popular kids" like and makes sure that happens, so the party "works." It is creating win-win scenario's between to public's or groups of people, and this is what i hope to do for the rest of my life. Exciting right? Its a fast paced, always changing field of work that you must have great communication skills, and requires much more then just "liking people." It requires you to be aggressive and persuasive yet open to new ideas and willing to compromise. My end goal for this is being the head of public relations for the Los Angles Lakers, or maybe opening up my own PR/Marketing firm with my friends in which we will specialize in social media and finding new ways to do business. Thanks for taking the time to read this letter and see you at the next family reunion.
-Bryce Brinkman
This is really good! I thought you explained Public Relations very well, I also like your writing style. Your writing is perfect for PR!
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This is a very good description of what PR is. I would recommend watching out for really complicated sentences. Sometimes it can be really hard to follow a person's writing if he or she uses a lot of punctuation marks when it would be easier to just start a new sentence. This is a great start!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your letter. If I had a doubt in my mind about what pr professionals exactly do, you would be a person I would go to. I liked your analogy about "popular kids" and making the party "work", very creative!
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