We're two marketers navigating the "real world" after getting our degrees from Loyola University Chicago. The two of us met while Ploy was a senior and Donais was a sophomore studying at Loyola. At that time, Ploy began mentoring Donais, aiding her with course selections and term papers.
At this point in time, Ploy works for a media company in their interactive marketing division, in New York while Donais works for a marketing analytics company in Chicago. This blog is a way for us to keep in touch, explore our many interests and share any cool discoveries that we find. What will you find during your time here? The 5Fs. What are they? Family, friends, food, fashion, and footie (football -- the one with the round ball).
Family -- We'll probably talk about our crazy families (Donais' mom is basically a hippie) and how much we love them.
Friends -- Like a second family to us, they're the pillar of our experience at Loyola and life in general.
Food -- While Ploy's parents are chefs (she knows she's spoiled) we both love to cook. You'll see tons of different recipes that we've tried and love.
Fashion -- Ploy's obsessed with menswear fashion. Don't ask her why, she doesn't know. Donais is a Europhile Fashionista.
Football -- Ploy's a massive Arsenal fan as well as a supporter of the French national team. Donais is all things Spain. Spanish national team and Atlético de Madrid (we both abhor Real Madrid with the exception of Xabi Alonso and Iker Casillas).
We should also mention that we're massive geeks. We love marketing analysis, thanks to our former marketing professor, Stacy Neier. We actually enjoy sitting in front of the computer staring at charts on Google Analytics, or in Ploy's case Twitter's analytics, and try to make sense of all the data. Why? We like understanding people. For us, the best way for us to do our job is to know who we're talking to. Pretty much our professional lives revolve around finding the best way to connect with everyone.
We hope that we'll make you laugh, cry (in the best ways, hopefully from so much laughing) and think a little bit here and there.
All the best -- Ploy & Donais
