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TheSpew – Episode 1

2009-03-19

TheSpew Episode #1 is now under our belts. Coming in at a little over an hour after two Pamela Fails. (We dare you to find them!) I (@missyward) moderated this week with panelists: Connie Berg (@connieberg), Head Bird in Charge of FlamingoWorld.com Lisa Picarille (@lisap), Media junkie, social media lover, former Editor-in-Chief Revenue Magazine Karen White (@KarenWhite_LV), former Managing Director of Squirt Gun Media Wendy Piersall (@emom), Founder & CEO of Sparkplugging.com was our special guest this week. Show Notes: Karen White’s surprising announcement Missy’s PubCon and SXSW trip to Austin – “Brand Moi and Zero Signs of Recession” Loren Feldman is a nice guy, no matter what he says. Peter Shankman better get in touch with Missy re: skydiving for Save the Ta-Ta’s RackSpace Cloud SXSW Lounge Party: Hookahs, hummus, henna and Missy Loves Loves Rocky Barbanica, Scoble’s Producer Hangin’ with the DIYThemes guys (Brian Clark and Chris Pearson) and all the cool stuff coming for ThesisAffiliates.com Rise of women-owned internet marketing businesses. How being an “online woman” has changed through the years The 3 “Most Stand-Up” guys we know (in today’s episode): Chris Brogan, Shawn Collins, Joe Morin Affiliate managers must use Twitter. Period. How Wendy Piersall got into the Mommy-Blogging business

Busy Travel Year, Indeed

2009-02-03

I get a lot of requests from folks asking me what conferences I recommend to folks that are into affiliate marketing, search marketing and social media. There’s certainly a lot to choose from and since every dollar counts these days, I decided to put a list together of conference and tradeshows that I personally recommend and plan on attending this year. If I run out of steam based on this schedule, my wonderful business partner Shawn will be there in my place. PubCon South – March 11-13 – Austin SXSW Interactive Show – March 13-18 – Austin, TX Search Engine Strategies – March 23-27 – New York Ad:Tech – April 21-23 – San Francisco SOBCon – May 1-3 – Chicago Affiliate Summit Unconference – May TBA – East Coast* New Marketing Summit – May 27-28 – Dallas Internet Retailer – June 15-18 Boston Linkshare Symposium East – June 22-23 – New York BlogHer – July 24-25 – Chicago. Affiliate Summit East 2009 – August 9-11 – NYC*

This Blog is on Vacation

2008-03-10

I am headed off to vacation, somewhere in Punta Cana this week. My husband actually arranged for the entire trip and I found out the destination, only yesterday. The resort however, remains a mystery. In exchange for my hubby planning the entire holiday, he has asked that I limit my “online time” to 30 minutes Read More