Goodbyes are always awkward, but I'll try my best. After 60 days, two hours, and 10 minutes of interning at Intrepid Marketing Group, I can look back on my time here and see what a successful summer it's been! If I wanted to talk about all of the positive experiences that I’ve had at Intrepid, I would probably need about 20 pages, so instead I will spare you all and just focus on a couple things that have made my internship worthwhile. The first thing that stood out to me whe

Interning at Intrepid Marketing Group was many firsts for me. I’ve never had an internship before, and I’ve also never worked in a professional environment. Being an intern at Intrepid exceeded my expectations but also opened my eyes to what I should expect in the workforce after I graduate in the spring. We’ve all heard of those nightmarish internships where your tasks are filling up the boss’ coffee or just running errands. Those experiences can be a waste of time, boring a

During last year’s NFL season, you might’ve noticed that Twitter offered live streams of Thursday night NFL games. For me, being a huge football fan, this was a great way to watch the game and interact with other Twitter users at the same time. It was a very fun and creative way for Twitter to centralize a huge portion of their users to this live stream, while creating a substantial amount of commentary between users. It was not just a one-off occurrence; Twitter is planning

When I was finally old enough to ride a bike around my neighborhood, my mother created strict boundaries. For example, she told me not to ride past the house with the red bricks, and then not to pass the white fence on the other side of the street. She did this in order to keep an eye on me. This is essentially what geofencing and beacon targeting come down to, an administrator trying to keep a close eye on potential consumers. But just as important, it’s used for the consume