Take the Cake

Its hard to believe my time at Phillymag is over.  It seems like just yesterday I was applying for the position.  Although the past few months have gone by rather quickly, I have learned some valuable lessons and worked on some very cool projects.  Being that my last day was…

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Connor McGovern post #2

Overall my experience with “Community Bikes and Boards” has been a very good one. It is much more of an experience then I expected it would be. Not only did I learn about how to produce quality advertising and run a  business, I also got  chance to do something that…

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Interning for a Gym

On my first day going into Weston Fitness I was not really sure what to expect, which I assume is the norm for most students doing their first internship. I wasn’t really sure if my time here would be spent mostly on advertising or marketing, since the description said both.…

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Fitness Fears

Something I have learned at Weston Fitness was not about advertising and marketing, but was about the idea of Corporate Wellness. Interning at a gym, I quickly learned that health and wellness is at the forefront above anything else. A corporate wellness program involves the incorporation of health and wellness…

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Teenagers Don’t Care: Part II

Continued from Teenagers Don’t Care: Part I. As we taught them, so we learned from them. The first challenging thing was advertising the Advertising Workshop. We had them bring their friends, advertise the Workshop for us. We had them suggest placement in the school for most successful flyer postings. They…

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Teenagers Don’t Care: Part I

At least that’s what I thought. I was one after all a short time ago. Being only 23, the days of my own apathy are not a forgotten ghost of a memory. I remember being apathetic and I remember being stupid and I remember something I almost forgot. I remember…

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