Category Archives: Marketing

In Remembrance of My Veteran Dad

Posted on April 23, 2024 by caroldwyer

The past 10 months, almost to the day, have been extremely difficult as I’ve been dealing with the loss of my dad, a Vietnam Veteran who served with the 101st Airborne. So much needed to be addressed in handling his … Continue reading →

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My mission

Posted on January 10, 2024 by caroldwyer

This was intended as my response for yesterday’s bloganuary prompt. However, while in the middle of copy / pasting my draft into a post last night, the power went out. Wind was kicking up and before the outage, I heard … Continue reading →

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An update on fundraising for my veteran dad

Posted on April 28, 2023 by caroldwyer

Since my blog post about fundraising for my veteran dad exactly two years ago, his struggles have continued and the first GoFundMe has been shut down. By me, that is. I started it in spring 2021 and after raising $390, … Continue reading →

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Choosing blog posts for writing samples, tech troubles

Posted on October 4, 2020 by caroldwyer

I’ve been going through previous blog posts to decide which ones could best be highlighted as job search portfolio pieces. After all, my career goals include working as a staff writer / editor for a travel publication or marketing for … Continue reading →

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Celebrating tourism, keeping spirits up with nature

Posted on May 15, 2020 by caroldwyer

This year in particular has us all longing for travel once again; normal times would allow trip planning or a vacation to already be underway. A week of celebrating tourism, with virtual tours of many amazing destinations, has recently come … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on studying travel and tourism from a marketing angle

Posted on March 1, 2020 by caroldwyer

Currently on a job search, I added my completed online tourism course to my resume and career sites such as LinkedIn. I included a great deal of information that I learned about the industry built on a spirit of exploration. … Continue reading →

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Online tourism course completed, gained knowledge and new blog post inspiration

Posted on January 10, 2020 by caroldwyer

I just finished the last bit of classwork for an online tourism course offered through my local community college. As it was a condensed winter class, the workload consisted of chapter readings, applying information to discussion questions for five-point assignments … Continue reading →

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A few travel bucket list destinations, their highlights and studying tourism

Posted on December 14, 2019 by caroldwyer

An online tourism class I mentioned in a previous post has since started and some content in the first chapter inspired this write-up. Following a textbook paragraph about top destinations around the world and what makes them stand out, there … Continue reading →

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