Purpose of WonderWoman Strikes Again

            Blogs are a way of documenting events, ideas, information, pictures, etc.  A blog is similar to a journal that lists postings in chronological order.  My blog was titled WonderWoman Strikes Again.  The blog captures my thoughts on communication while comparing myself to a fictional superhero.  My target audience was my fellow classmates and Professor Terry Lee Moser.  The blog documents papers written in other communications classes, articles on communication, webcasts, and personal opinions. 

            The original purpose of the blog was due to my COM 480 class.  My assignment for the class was to create a blog.  After starting my blog, I have realized that it is interesting and fun to document my thoughts on communications.  The night that I created my blog, I was exhausted from a full day of work, family, school, and other obligations.  I did not know what to write about because I was not mentally prepared to do the blog assignment.  My husband offered me words of encouragement that included Wonder Woman.  I ran with the idea and compared my life to Wonder Woman. 

            My blog was created using Google’s Blogger program.  The program was fairly simple to use once the user account was established.  I changed the background of the blog from a simple white page to a page that included blue to match the real Wonder Woman’s patriotic costume.  In efforts to keep my blog somewhat unique, I kept “Wonder Woman” for the fictional character and “WonderWoman” for myself.  I added a couple of Wonder Woman’s pictures to my blog.  I selected a font size, color and format to use when posting ideas onto my blog. 

The content of the blog was easy the first night because I wrote in the moment.  Then I realized that the assignment was more than just creating a blog.  I needed to bring my class work and thoughts on communication into the blog.  As a result, I blogged about ideas in my past papers and then added my papers.  For example, I wrote a final paper in a previous class on Georgetown Cupcake.  I posted a few thoughts on the store, added my paper and then included the link to the store.  This was people could read my review, understand why I am interested in the sisters that own the store and their marketing techniques and the readers can view the company’s website from my one post.  I also included thoughts on how men and women communicate and included a link to a webcast on the topic.  During my week, I would pay attention to items in my world that were dealing with communication and then I would document them on my blog.  I put effort into keeping my title clear throughout the blog even if it just meant adding the tag line of “WonderWoman Strikes Again” at the end.  To remind others that this is a blog about a real person, I added some personal touches to the sides of my blog.  For example, I added lists with my favorite songs, recently viewed movies and books that I have recently read. 

The future of my blog is unclear.  I would like to maintain the blog and continue to remind myself and others how important communication is to our world.  Blogger offers opportunities to earn money from blogs by advertising.  Wonder Woman is a making a comeback to Hollywood so it is possible that the name will be searched which means that others could be sent to my blog and might click on an advertisement.  Communication will continue to exist in our world so there should be plenty to blog about over time. 

In conclusion, my blog WonderWoman Strikes Again was created as a class assignment that later turned into an interest.  It is a place that I can share my thoughts and views on communication and the world of being a woman who juggles a lot.  The blog was simple to create thanks to the Blogger program.  Backgrounds and lists were simple to post thanks to the program.  After the class is over, my audience might shift a bit because my professor will move on to new blogs and my classmates will focus on their own creations.  At the end of the day, I am reminded that I can do anything I put my mind to even if the though scares me.  WonderWoman strikes again!