Comments on: What Are You Doing This For? http://altitudebranding.com/2008/10/what-are-you-doing-this-for/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth Hannan http://altitudebranding.com/2008/10/what-are-you-doing-this-for/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Elizabeth Hannan Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:44:19 +0000 http://altitudebranding.com/?p=180#comment-451 Excellent post Amber! It really touches on the human connection and why are in this industry all together. MarketingProfs was my first time meeting individuals I've been twittering with for months and it was a grand experience to put faces to the 140 characters of text. I could not have asked to meet a better group of people. I laughed so hard I cried:) To answer your questions: 1>I work my butt off on a daily basis because our actions change the world we live in small increments. Its my great pleasure to be apart of such a revolutionary industry. The industry is changing so quickly its like re-learning the wheel is "Round" & it "Rolls". 2>Everyday, I learn there is a new challenge to evolve S.M. strategies to meet the ever-changing desires of the market. What a fabulous time we live in 3>Success to me is defined as what you feel inside at the end of the day when you start to winding down for the evening. Do you have a warm fuzzy feeling or a feeling of "ick"? You are a success if you are proud of your actions at the end of the day, have no regrets and eagerly await the challenges the next day will bring. Looking forward to our next meeting! -Elizabeth Hannan @ElizabethHannan Ps. Its always your Birthday! (lol) Excellent post Amber! It really touches on the human connection and why are in this industry all together. MarketingProfs was my first time meeting individuals I’ve been twittering with for months and it was a grand experience to put faces to the 140 characters of text. I could not have asked to meet a better group of people. I laughed so hard I cried:)

To answer your questions:
1>I work my butt off on a daily basis because our actions change the world we live in small increments. Its my great pleasure to be apart of such a revolutionary industry. The industry is changing so quickly its like re-learning the wheel is “Round” & it “Rolls”.

2>Everyday, I learn there is a new challenge to evolve S.M. strategies to meet the ever-changing desires of the market. What a fabulous time we live in

3>Success to me is defined as what you feel inside at the end of the day when you start to winding down for the evening. Do you have a warm fuzzy feeling or a feeling of “ick”? You are a success if you are proud of your actions at the end of the day, have no regrets and eagerly await the challenges the next day will bring.

Looking forward to our next meeting!

-Elizabeth Hannan
@ElizabethHannan

Ps. Its always your Birthday! (lol)

]]> By: Jason Baer http://altitudebranding.com/2008/10/what-are-you-doing-this-for/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Jason Baer Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:31:10 +0000 http://altitudebranding.com/?p=180#comment-436 The people that love social media are the same people that used to join Ad Club and AMA and Rotary and Lion's Club and were on student council. We just don't have time for that stuff anymore, so we connect online. If you're going to be a social media professional, you better like people A LOT because as you adroitly point out, that's the ENTIRE point - using our ability to connect to help humanize companies that aren't as adept. Two reasons why it's so cool to meet other people in this industry (like last week at Profs): 1. The "avatar come to life" phenomenon is very fun. You feel like you know people based largely on 140 characters, and there they are in 3 dimensions. It has a bit of that Andrew McCarthy movie "Mannequin" about it. 2. Pretty much without fail, people that have dedicated themselves professionally to social media are very welcoming and engaging. Again, because that's pretty much the job description. I've been in digital marketing for 15 years, since pre-Netscape and I can honestly say I'm more fired up about the future now than I have been since the big boom in 1998. Something HUGE is happening. We can all feel it. Excited to know people like you and see this story unfold together. Keep up the good posts! JASON BAER Convince & Convert @jaybaer The people that love social media are the same people that used to join Ad Club and AMA and Rotary and Lion’s Club and were on student council. We just don’t have time for that stuff anymore, so we connect online.

If you’re going to be a social media professional, you better like people A LOT because as you adroitly point out, that’s the ENTIRE point – using our ability to connect to help humanize companies that aren’t as adept.

Two reasons why it’s so cool to meet other people in this industry (like last week at Profs):

1. The “avatar come to life” phenomenon is very fun. You feel like you know people based largely on 140 characters, and there they are in 3 dimensions. It has a bit of that Andrew McCarthy movie “Mannequin” about it.

2. Pretty much without fail, people that have dedicated themselves professionally to social media are very welcoming and engaging. Again, because that’s pretty much the job description.

I’ve been in digital marketing for 15 years, since pre-Netscape and I can honestly say I’m more fired up about the future now than I have been since the big boom in 1998. Something HUGE is happening. We can all feel it. Excited to know people like you and see this story unfold together.

Keep up the good posts!

JASON BAER
Convince & Convert
@jaybaer

]]> By: Larissa Fair http://altitudebranding.com/2008/10/what-are-you-doing-this-for/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Larissa Fair Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:07:49 +0000 http://altitudebranding.com/?p=180#comment-434 Great post Amber - I know many of those people as well and they are all wonderful. I hope to meet you out and about one day too. :) We can all get annoyed by the day to day checking of e-mail, Twitter, FB, etc. - but it makes it that much happier when you have great (and fun) interactions with good friends - from both on and offline. ~ Larissa @LYF108 Great post Amber – I know many of those people as well and they are all wonderful. I hope to meet you out and about one day too. :)

We can all get annoyed by the day to day checking of e-mail, Twitter, FB, etc. – but it makes it that much happier when you have great (and fun) interactions with good friends – from both on and offline.

~ Larissa
@LYF108

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