Friday, February 5, 2010
Calendars.com boosts sales by 12% in 2009
"2009 was the year of new things for e-retailer Calendar Holdings LLC, operator of Calendars.com and DogBreedStore.com, including an information technology platform, a customer service interface and an e-commerce director..."
Calendars.com boosts sales by 12% in 2009
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Advertising and Marketing Jobs 2-3-10
Software Engineer - Journey Education Marketing - Austin, TX
Director of Marketing - Lance Armstrong Foundation - Austin, TX
Director, E-commerce Product Management - Sears Holdings Corporation - Chicago Area
Senior Director of Partner Marketing and Business Development - Gilt Groupe - NYC
Monday, February 1, 2010
2010 Austin ADDYs - Here's the info!
WHAT
The 2010 Austin ADDY Awards Show hosted by the Austin Advertising Federation
WHY
Austin is a red hot creative community, and the Austin ADDY Awards are the regional gateway to the ad industry’s largest and most competitive creative competition, the national ADDY Awards, which draw over 60,000 entries nationwide.
WHEN
Friday, February 12th, 7 pm
WHERE
The historic and iconic Seaholm Power Plant (www.seaholm.info) at 214 West Avenue is the cornerstone in an edgy redevelopment to unite a piece of Austin’s unique history with its vibrant future.
BACKGROUND
The 2010 Austin ADDYs will showcase Austin’s best creative advertising work, and applaud the winners who go on to regional and national glory.
Over 500 industry pros are expected as well as industry luminaries and powerhouses like McGarrah/Jessee and GSD&M. In recent years Austin has done exceptionally well in national ADDY competition, three times placing second only to New York City.
This year’s party will be at the picturesque Seaholm Power Plant, kicking off with a cocktail mixer and gallery showing of this year’s submissions, featuring multiple plasma screens to display broadcast and interactive entries.
Winning submissions will be announced during the brief awards show followed by a congratulatory, get-your-grove-on after-party.
DJ
With el john Selector, known for his amazing collaborations with Thievery Corporation, controlling the pulse of the party, along with a full-service cash bar and onsite ATM and free valet parking ensure that a good time will be had by all.
JUDGES
Matt Ian, Creative Director of BBH New York in New York City
Kevin Lynch, SVP and Creative Lead of Proximity Chicago in Chicago, IL
David Deroma, Senior Art Director of CP+P in Boulder, CO
Robert Clifton, Jr., Creative Director of Campbell Mithun in Minneapolis, MN
TICKETS
Tickets are available in advance for $55/Professionals and $35/Students and can be purchased online at www.austinaddys.com/show.html. For more information, contact Thom Gehring at (512) 474-2882/addys@austinadfed.com.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Awesome Twitter Background
http://twitter.com/contentmotion
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Bazaarvoice an Aid to Rubbermaid
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Social Media How-To Lunch - Austin 1-28-10
Austin Ad Fed presents...
How to Setup, Launch and Manage a Social Media Campaign with 60 Second Marketer Jamie Turner
By the time you get around to reading up on the latest social media trend, everybody’s already tweeting about how it’s old news. If you know anything about social media, you know you have a lot more to learn. That’s why we’re presenting ‘How to Setup, Launch and Manage a Social Media Campaign.’ Jamie Turner, known for his blog The 60 Second Marketer, will tell you about the latest social media trends. Before they’re out of date. More importantly, he’ll show you the attitudes and mindsets that are crucial to making a social media campaign relevant even as technology changes.
* Threadgills, 301 West Riverside Drive
* Thursday, January 28, 2010
* 12:00 p.m. Networking FaceTime, 12:30 Lunch
* Ticket price: $20, which includes a buffet lunch
*Purchase tickets at: http://tiny.cc/HRFY6
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