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I’m a speaker at Blog Marketing Demystified!

Lisa — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:08:42 +0000

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings - A day in the life of a busy mom . . .

As many of you know, I am heading out to Orlando next week for Izeafest. However, the day before Izeafest, I will be a panel speaker at the Doterati event Blog Marketing Demystified! We will be discussing how bloggers can gain a better understanding of how to fit into the traditional marketing plan while marketers learn how to incorporate blogging into their overall approach. Since I’ve been on both sides of the table, I have a great understanding of this.

Sounds pretty cool, huh? If you’re going to be in Florida next weekend, come check it out:

Who should attend?

Bloggers (Beginner to Advanced)

Marketers, Communications, and Agency Professionals

When:

Thursday Oct 1

1 pm to 4 pm – Panel Discussion

4 pm to 5:30 pm – Cocktails

Cost

$39 for Doterati Members, Orlando Ad Fed Members & AMA Members

$49 for Non-Members

Attendees receive one free drink ticket.

Where:

SeaWorld Orlando Renaissance

6677 Sea Harbor Drive

Orlando, FL 32821

Hope to see you there!

You can register here.

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Wednesday’s Hero

Lisa — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:54:18 +0000

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings - A day in the life of a busy mom . . .

Lt. John Madea

Lt. John Madea holds his daughter as she is baptized with holy water from the ship’s bell of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46). This is the fourth person baptized aboard Tortuga since the ship’s christening in 1988, and her name will be inscribed inside the bell as a tradition of the U.S. Navy.

Photo Courtesy U.S. Navy
Taken By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Geronimo Aquino

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

Fox News! Thanks again!

Lisa — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:14:20 +0000

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings - A day in the life of a busy mom . . .

Nancy Loo is the most awesome anchor in Chicago. Seriously, she is. I’m just saying that, because I actually got to meet her in person (and she is tiny). It was really cool that they invited a bunch of bloggers to see what they do behind the scenes. Here’s all of us behind the news desk:

It was super awesome. However, I was floored when I came across Nancy Loo‘s post thanking all of us for our insight. (and somebody tell me if I didn’t post about this, because seriously Fox was beyond awesome!)

Crazy, crazy world

Lisa — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:56:10 +0000

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings - A day in the life of a busy mom . . .

I am trying to get all my work done, because we are going away this weekend. That’s a lot easier said than done. We are still working on the potty training. I let Will go diaperless yesterday morning, and he peed on my floor 3 times before noon. Needless to say, we won’t be trying that again. He is interested in sitting on the potty, so we’ll just have to keep doing that. I’ve got a ton of great reviews coming up over at Lisa Reviews. That’s what my goal is to get done today — write about 20 reviews to get caught up and have great giveaways for my readers. My problem is that I swear I am ADD or ADHD. I get easily distracted by shiny things like Twitter. At a minimum, I am hoping to get enough reviews written to post through the weekend, and I’ll start trying to catch up again next week.

I’ve already started packing for another weekend in Green Bay. Yes, we were there last weekend. However, that was for a boys camping trip. This weekend we will be going to my family reunion and my cousin’s graduation party. It’s kinda funny — last weekend, I packed jeans and sweatshirts. This weekend it’s suppose to be 95! I’m get sick of this crazy weather.

Well, off to get some work done. Have a great weekend!

Who’s going to Izeafest??? YOU!!!!

Lisa — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:02:52 +0000

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings - A day in the life of a busy mom . . .

This contest is now over. The winners are Anne and Rob! Congrats and I’ll be contacting them shortly!

As many of you know, I have gone to several conferences over the years (and you’ve all seen the pictures). Now, this will be my third year going to Izeafest, and I want to see you there! Yes, you! If you don’t come, you’ll be missing:

Speakers like Ted Murphy, Aaron Brazell, Arleen Anderson, Brett Bumeter, Brian Clark, Chris Brogan, Chris Heuer, David Binkowski, George Smith, Joseph Jaffe, Julia Roy, Lucretia Pruitt, Michael Gray, Rae Hoffman, Sarah Austin, Sarah Evans, Warren Whitlock, Wendy Piersall, and Zena Weist.
Learning how to blog better at the sessions that are offered like developing your brand and traffic strategies.
Awesome parties and food. (now this shouldn’t be the only reason you go to a conference, but it sure is a good one!)
Swag (need I say more?)
A free ticket to Howl O Scream at Busch Gardens for Thursday night
A free ticket to SeaWorld on Sunday

According to what I’ve been told, you need to pack flip-flops, sunscreen, a laptop, and…oh yeah…your fanciest coconut top. Now, I’ve managed without the coconut top, so you may survive without it. That being said, do you want to go to this conference?

If so, it takes place on October 1 – 4, and I can help you get there! I am giving away 2 tickets (each ticket valued at $229) to the Izeafest conference. You will need to get your own hotel and airfare (I highly recommend Southwest and special rates are being given at Renaissance Hotel.) but I can hook you up to get in.

Here’s what you need to do:

Leave a comment on this post. Look over my blog tell me something you learned like my kids ages for example. Also, I want to know why you want to win one of these tickets! You must do both for your entry to be valid.

Each of these gives you one additional entry:

1. Twitter about this contest. Please leave me your username so I can verify. Or use something like this:

RT @blm03 is giving away 2 Izeafest tickets! http://mythoughtsideasandramblings.com/2009/08/04/whos-going-to-izeafest-you/

2. Stumble this post and add this post to other social media sites like Digg, Kirtsy, Blogging Zoom, Reddit, Propeller, Etc. (1 entry for each social network).

Each of these gives you 5 additional entries:

1. Blog about this on your blog. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.

2. Add this to any forums you belong too. Please give me the URL, so I can verify.

3. Subscribe to this blog using either my email or RSS feed

4. Add my badge to your sidebar:

If this isn’t working, please let me know. For some reason, WordPress seems to be eating the code up when I post.

This will give you 10 additional entries:

1. Join my Spark E Crew at Social Spark. Click here to find out how to sign up. If you are on my crew, please leave your social spark ID, so I can verify it.

This contest will end at August 18nd at noon CST! Good Luck and I hope to see you there!!!!!