Tag: social media
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Profiles in Business: Ted Rubin of Collective Bias
(via Ted Rubin) I’ve realized one drawback to doing these interviews- the fact I cannot always take a picture of the person. This, as well as others in the future I’m sure, is not my photography work. It IS my interview though. I met Ted Rubin IRL when he was in Mountain View last year.…
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Profiles in Business: Melanie Spring of Sisarina
Recently, Melanie Spring (from Sisarina) was in San Francisco on her #brandtour. We met up one night and chatted- I am working on “rebooting” these interviews I’ve done over the years into something I could compile later. She graciously agreed to talk to me and share some of her wisdom. Joe: How did you business…
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Private Shopping at Myrtle Dove Vintage
Right before Jules and I left to go to California, we were both invited (along with my buddy Zach) to attend a tweetup/private shopping experience at Myrtle Dove Vintage in Baltimore.
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Windows Phone Launch Event in Baltimore
This week I was fortunate enough to attend one of the Windows Phone launch events in Baltimore, MD. Held at the Pratt St. Alehouse (a place I have previously visited), this event was a gathering of the Windows Phone marketing crew showing off their new phones and the features of the newly released Mango operating…
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Driscoll’s Moments Food Tasting Session
This past Friday, my fiancé Jules and I had some friends over to taste some homemade berry themed dishes that we could make again for Thanksgiving. The event was put on by WineTwits (a Twitter account that I follow) and Driscoll, who graciously supplied us with a very cool supply pack for the event. We…
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How to sell yourself on the Internet
Recently I have gotten a few requests to advise on social media strategy and how to promote yourself or your business on the internet. Here is a basic primer that I mentioned to a couple of my interns, who have different interests and goals. Both of them are in college and will be soon entering…
Joe Sterne
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“Where was I when the Rockets came to life…”* (Become a Pilot Day 2011)
Around the time that Jules and I attended the Air Show at Andrews AFB, I saw a tweet to enter a contest sponsored by the Smithsonian to be a VIP attendee for a “Pilot Day” in late June. I entered all my information in the form and submitted my entry not thinking much of it.…
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Take Back Our Yard game with the Baltimore Buzz Brigade (and Jules)!
Jules and I attended the “Take Back Our Yard” event May 18th with members of the Buzz Brigade. Take Back Our Yard, or TBOY as it said on our shirts, is a grassroots movement to increase attendance during “prime” games such as the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. Since the stadium prices are…
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B3 trip to McFadden’s Art Glass/Glass Grill
This past week, fellow Baltimore Buzz Brigade members met up at the McFadden Art Glass/Glass Grill for a meet and greet with fellow Visit Baltimore members. This event allowed the paying members of Visit Baltimore to meet the social media arm in person. The event was held at McFadden’s Art Glass (which is a glass…
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Cirque De Soleil’s TOTEM review
I take my seat and the lights go down. The tent seems bigger on the inside that I expected. Suddenly music booms. A spotlight illuminates a man descending slowly on a wire in a silver glitter suit (a raindrop perhaps?) towards a massive turtle shell in the center of the tent. Suddenly, the turtle shell…
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Food Tasting at Camden Yards
Last week I was invited (as part of Baltimore’s Buzz Brigade) to sample some of the new fair that will be hitting Camden Yards this year. The new vendor Delaware North Cos. Services had an impressive spread of sample food choices in the Camden Club at Camden Yards. Various members of the press and local news…
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Cherry Blossoms Shoot with Liz Glomb
This weekend I was lucky enough to shoot my friend Liz Glomb during the opening weekend of the Cherry Blossom Festival. Liz and I met through a Sisarina tweetup over a year ago and she is one of the major players in the Washington, DC social media scene. We follow each other on twitter and…
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A year in review
Exactly one year ago, I started this blog. It was originally started to chronicle my 2010 epic road trip with Ryan online. During that week of our road trip, I had a crash course in blogging, specifically using the WordPress.com platform. Based on the blog’s initial popularity (1,000 hits in a week), I decided to…
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Profiles in Social Media: Preeti Kaur on International Relations and Keeping In Touch
Preeti Kaur For this edition of Profiles in Social Media, I interviewed my friend and coworker Preeti Kaur. She uses social media heavily as an affordable way to keep in touch with her family and friends all over the globe. I was very curious how she went about keeping in touch while dealing with the time…
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10 Reasons Using Twitter Will Boost Your Happiness
I (ironically enough) just came across this great article on Twitter from the blog The Happiness Project. While I do think this is somewhat a one-sided view of using Twitter, the article is still a great article on how the “social” part of Social Media can improve your life. Ten Reason Using Twitter Will Boost…
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Marcy makes the paper!
About half a year ago ( in June of 2010- how time flies) I wrote about my ongoing experiment with Social Media involving my dog Marcy. Marcy has been my constant companion throughout my senior year of college, a transition to the real world, a break-up, my ongoing battle with depression, and was there with the…
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Popchips with Klout!
[Please read this first] Recently I got to participate in an innovative marketing campaign for Popchips that involved social media. Popchips partnered with a twitter metric website called Klout to offer influential Twitter users free samples. Their hope was to generate buzz by the recipients talking about the product and being able to send 5 friends the same sample box. …
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High Five Week of September 13th
Welcome to this week’s High Five. Each week I will post my 5 favorite articles that I have read that for your enjoyment. These links are from the various blogs that I frequent. Spray On Fabric (from Wired‘s gadget lab) The ability to mass customize a product is a big deal. Mass customization usually comes…
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