Lauren+Krolls+Big+Project


 * Lauren Kroll**
 * EL Tee's**
 * http://www.eltees.com/**
 * @ELTees**


 * Week 1:**

Talked with Jerome, the founder of EL Tee's, about working with his company for our social media "big" project. He said he was interested and that he basically only uses Facebook to get the word out about his company but has his Facebook linked to a Twitter page as well. I talked with him about the company and basically he told me that he graduated last year from MSU and wanted to get involved with a starter company bringing cool T-shirts to MSU students. He posts new graphics every couple of months and works with a vendor that sells American Apparel shirts, which are the type of shirts he sells. He updated me on how his St. Patty's day T-shirt sales went, he bought 800 and was only left with about 20-30 shirts in the end so he made a profit. He is in the process of getting new graphics for his website and will be posting them soon.




 * Week 2:**

Continued talking with Jerome of EL Tee's however he has not been able to meet with me this week because of his busy schedule and him going on vacation. I did however try to sign up for Yelp but because there is no physical office or business space for the company I was not able to in the end sign up. I am working with him as based on my mind map to better his social media efforts, ie: updating more frequently and sharing with him some of the stats we have learned about in this class about optimal posting time and how to get the word out on the company with not only just using Facebook. We have discussed possibly doing a blog since I am getting experience in that and have been with running my magazine this past year. We will discuss that next week though over google docs because he is unable to meet in person.

Also we have discussed looking into making a new logo but he is unsure because he made the original one himself. I will try and talk with him about the beneficial aspects about maybe doing this, or at the very least reworking the website itself. He also is working with designers to create a new batch of images and T-shirts for his clientele and inventory that will be out in the next month or so.


 * Week 3:**


 * LinkedIn Profile Page:** http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=hb_tab_pro_top

I'm having issues with my company, I have been trying to work with them getting pictures but there is no actual office space because it is such a small starter-up company. The owner of EL Tee's works two other jobs and only devotes side time to the company. Maybe you can help me with some insight into this Karl? Any help would be great since I feel like I am in a stagnate position right now with this project.


 * Week 4:**