Many of the services mentioned let you tag your information so that people can find it easier. This is similar to bookmarking sites like delicious. It's good to find people in large social networks like facebook. It's also worthwhile to build your own group in smaller but active turfs.
]]>o Reston-Based Clarabridge Lands $12 Million in Third Round
o Report: Verizon Reaches Deal to Bring FIOS to DC
o Google: $1 Billion AOL Investment "May Be Impaired"
o Barack Obama to Announce VP Candidate Via Email, Text Message
o Chesapeake-Based Harris Connect to be Acquired by The Wicks Group
o Mitch Arnowitz’s Tuvel Partners With Strategic Communications Group
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o Briefly Noted: Interactive Advertising Bureau, Smiths Detection, MobileAccess, Parature
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o Mitch Arnowitz’s Tuvel Partners With Strategic Communications Group
Silver Spring, Md. -- Silver Spring-based public relations agency Strategic Communications Group, said that it has partnered with Rockville-based online communications firm Tuvel Communications, a company run by online marketing pioneer Mitch Arnowitz. Under the deal, the companies will offer lead generation, sales cycle marketing and social media programs to technology, software, telecommunications, security and healthcare clients. “They (Strategic Communications Group) understand the paradigm shift that’s taking place in the communications industry,” said Arnowitz, who was part of the founding team of the Morino Institute’s Netpreneur Program. Last month, Strategic Communications Group announced a similar partnership with web marketing firm Market Wise.
http://gotostrategic.com/site/index.php/site/news_single/strategic_and_tuvel_ink_partnership/
http://www.tuvel.com/
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I would really appreciate any referrals or pointers.
]]>Once signed-in, take a look at people that follow us and the people that we're following or our 'friends'. Here, you'll see a smattering of techies and bloggers that we follow. Again, clicking on someone's alias or name brings up their twitter stream or more info. about them. Typically, the way Twitter works is that someone will 'follow' you when they receive notice that you are 'following' them. To follow someone, click on the 'follow' button found under their photo on their Twitter page.
Once you get the hang of Twitter, consider posting to our account. To do this, type a message (of 140 characters or less) in the box at the top of the page that reads "What are you doing?" When you hit the 'update' button, our followers will see the message. Twitter is an interesting tool that allows you to customize a list of only those conversations and people that you want to follow. The marketing twist is of course, those followers that pass your message along to those that are following them!
]]>Hi everyone--
A couple of weeks back, I posted the following question to my LinkedIn
network. Following are the responses received and who made the referral. I received many more answers from the wider LinkedIn Network but posted only those that responded from my circle of friends.
Hope this helps and thanks again! Mitch
]]> Question Details:We're looking for someone, with experience, that can *write* for stand
alone e-mailings and possible e-mail newsletter.
Please let me know if you know anyone. If response warrants, I'll send
a summary back. Thanks! Mitch
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Referrals:
Deborah Brody www.deborahbrody.com (Sara Cormeny)
Monica Varner varner2@cox.net (Women in Technology)
Southard Nowak [southard@southardnowak.com] (Charlotte Pelliccia)
Sohini Baliga [sohinibaliga@gmail.com]
Laura Brown (Jamey Harvey)
Judy Fairchild [judydrew@aol.com] (Lisa Aramony)
Robt W Bly (Bob) rwbly@bly.com (Mark Amtower)
David Page www.DependableDavidPage.com davidpage@comcast.net (Debbie
Kaplan)
Sarah Gilbert Fox http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahgilbertfox (Miles
Fawcett)
Gabe Goldberg [gabe@gabegold.com]
Mary McCall CubaMMc@aol.com (Scott Green)
]]>Nick ONeill runs The Social Times blog. If you're RSS feed isn't picking this blog up, it should! He also runs the allfacebook blog- the unofficial facebook blog
Nick had an interesting post this morning:
What's the Future of D.C. Technology?
Nick's overall tone is positive and says that WDC is well on the way but... that the tech community is still missing a few things. Included: positive press, funding, a culture of risk.
At the sake of throwing kerosene on this fire, I'll ask our old friend Shannon Henry to comment if appropriate. Shannon's been gone from the area for awhile but I know many AdMarketers recall Shannon's stint with WaPo + TechCapital. Heck, she probably even wrote about many of your companies!
]]>You know that you're spending to much time at the hospital when...
]]> strangers know your name.You're not
You even think of giving an accident victim a hard time for cutting in line.
You actually think the police care about your illegally parked car while a medivac helicopter is landing.
You instinctively sit by the outlet in case you run out of juice for devices.
The guard lets you back in the emergency room without checking in.
The cashier in the cafe knows you by name.
You can swap personal stories with the emergency room staff- at any hr!
]]>Saturday was more nerve wracking. Turns out that my dad turned off the heat in the middle of the night. I noticed this but not until the next morning. Why do older people wait for you to find things out instead of telling you? And, when they tell you, there's always a story to go along with. After awile, the stories don't really matter.
Of course, temps outside are sub-freezing and dear old dad is walking around without a shirt. That might not sound so bad but the temps inside are way below normal and dad has flu like symptoms and problems to go along with it. All's well that begins well with the heat (of course) and my heartbeat returning in time for Sunday football.
]]>Tomorrow, we're off to the Dr. in between client calls.
]]>Now, I realize that there's just no other way but to do what you have to do. I've also leaned, along the way, a hell of alot more about time management. I've also learned how important MY family is (more on that later).
On the good news front, it seems that my dad has Polychondritis. Why is this good? Because it sure beats the alternatives mentioned!
The other nice thing is that people are starting to mention this blog in conversation and relate similar experiences of their own. More on that later as well.
]]>Everyone does what's right for them and there are all types of circumstances but... I've always thought that family was an indicator & foundation that people were built on.
For myself, lately I've been humming Rubberband Man, a 70's hit (?) from the Spinners.
]]>As we await more test results, I dispense 16 different meds and now give my dad insulin shots twice a day. And, all of this comes from a kid that used to cry at the sight of a needle.
Getting my parents on the same track to assisted living continues to be mision impossible.
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