Constant Contacts to the Rescue

   Now that I have the feel of my new class schedule I have finally worked out times and days to work at AmeriCheer. Though I can only work there two days a week, I know I will still learn a lot and get a great experience.
   This week I learned some new things and also got to put my skills that I had to work. I learned Tuesday how to work with Constant Contacts. Which is a website online that allows you to save all the contacts you want in different categories. For instance say you want to send an email to 10 of your 50 contacts; instead of typing out all of their addresses in an email, Constant Contacts allows you to make a list with those addresses and allows you to create a email blast for that list. So if I want to create a thank you email blast to all the cheerleading teams that competed in last weeks competition I would add the addresses in a separate list, create a design using their templates, add words and pictures and then schedule to when I want it sent out. It's that easy!
   I never heard of such a website that allows you to keep organize like that. It was interesting to learn and was super easy! The templates are easy to work with and I was able to change just about anything.
  The other thing I learned this week was how to properly put in scores from the competitions into an excel sheet; an excel sheet that would later get passed onto the next level. I had to put in scores from the AmeriCheer Competition that was held last weekend and also scores from a AmeriDance competition.
   The other thing I did this week was I finished creating the 2013 summer camp check list for campers. I made it in InDesign, incorporated the AmeriCheer logo, the Eastern logo, the dates of the camp, the list of things and the college where it will be held that.The list will be found online and it will help the girls when they are packing for cheer camp.