Do you hate commercials? So do I, and so do your potential customers. That’s why I’m attending Got Social Media? in Houston on January 24th. Technology allows marketers such as myself to communicate more closely to our audiences than ever before. “Got Social Media?” covers topics such as buzz marketing, web 3.0, designing for the [...]
Entries from December 2007
Got Social Media? Learn the Ropes from Marketing Industry Experts
December 30th, 2007 · View Comments · Events I've Attended
Tags:advertising web 2.0·Cool Stuff·design web 2.0·erica o'grady·got social media·learn to podcast·marketing web 2.0·Michelle Greer·Michellesblog·new marketing workshop·pr web 2.0·Previous Events·social media workshop·web 2.0 workshop
OMG! FREAK OUT! It’s MICHELLE’S FAVORITE SITES 2007!
December 28th, 2007 · View Comments · Blogs
In honor of all of the goofy women who go bonkers for a flatscreen TV on Oprah’s Favorite Things, I am compiling a list of my favorite sites for 2007. These aren’t my favorite sites per se; they are just cool ones I found this year. Please fight the urge to feel ungrateful that some [...]
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So Maybe I Should Be More Careful With the Company I Keep…
December 26th, 2007 · View Comments · Events I've Attended
OK, so I don’t have the greatest taste in men… Hopefully you all had a restful and rewarding holiday break. I’m looking forward to 2008!
Tags:Cool Stuff·LilMichelle·Michelle Greer·Michelle Greer Christmas·Michellesblog·Social Networking Austin
Solidarity in Peas: Celebrate Frozen Pea Friday
December 21st, 2007 · View Comments · Blogs, Social Media for Social Good
I read a Duncan Riley article in Techcrunch that well regarded blogger Susan Reynolds is undergoing surgery today for breast cancer. Although I am not familiar with Susan or her blog, I remember what it was like to go through my own sister’s cancer experience and I wish her and her family the best during [...]
Tags:Cool Stuff·Frozen Pea Friday·Online Networking·Pea Avatar·Susan Reynolds·Twitter
Drinking Beer, Dodging Poop at Gingerman with Austin’s WordPress Group
December 19th, 2007 · View Comments · Events I've Attended
Yesterday I met with the folks in my WordPress Meetup group as well as some folks at Refresh for a couple of beers on the Gingerman patio. Although I think the birds hanging out at Gingerman eat too much leftover Roppolo’s pizza, The company of other web professionals was much appreciated. Do you blog, code, [...]
Tags:Austin Wordpress Group·Gingerman·Meet People in Austin·Previous Events·Refresh Austin·Social Media Austin
Would Making Cars More Fuel Efficient Be More Hassle Than its Worth? The Numbers Say No
December 16th, 2007 · View Comments · Politics and Current Events
The Senate just passed a bill that will require all vehicle makes to average 35 miles to the gallon by 2020. U.S. automakers in traditional fashion are opposed to the bill. Chrysler put the cost of meeting these standards at $6700 per vehicle. The question is, should we care? Let’s do the math. According to [...]
Tags:Cool Stuff·Fuel Economy Bill·Future Hybrid Cars·Improving Gas Mileage·New Hybrid Cars
Austin Phizzpop Design Challenge: Microsoft Goes Arty
December 15th, 2007 · View Comments · Events I've Attended
Ok, so this isn’t my logo and I might end up having to take it down because the people at Microsoft paid someone to create it. I still challenge any designer (you know who you are) to either create a sweet template for my blog or at least pick out a sweet template for WordPress. [...]
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I Don’t Want to Burst Your Web 2.0 Bubble, But…
December 11th, 2007 · View Comments · Other Social Networks, Social Media and Society
Mark Zuckerberg is five years younger than me and is a billionaire on paper. A billionaire because he helps a bunch of kids throw their pictures to their friends. Marketers go gaga with the prospects of hocking all the latest goodies at the young ones. These young ones will only get older, but I can’t [...]
Tags:Bubble Video·Bubble Video Taken Down·Online Social Networking·Social Web·Web 2.0 Bubble
Wow…I will never leave my computer screen again
December 6th, 2007 · View Comments · Other Social Networks
Will Ferrell is an online video freak, and posted a site of his favorite videos with all his friends: http://www.funnyordie.com Hopefully this is not too good, because then I will deteriorate into a lazy pile of mush sitting in front of a computer screen. Apparently, Ferrell is teaming with guys like Dimitri Martin on a [...]
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Austin Pubcrawl 2007
December 2nd, 2007 · View Comments · Events I've Attended
I went to a great event on Saturday called the 2007 Ho Ho Ho Pub Crawl. There were more Dirty Santas, Disco Santas, Pimp Santas and elves than you could shake a stick at and it all started from a friend of a friend of mine’s simple evite. For those of you who missed the [...]
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