Long story short: 200 nominees and 15 judges later, Constructive Grumpiness has announced the Mentors crowned with the very first 30 Under 30 Tweeters and guess who is one of them!
Surprisingly enough, I only recognize two other people DShan of 20sb and Julia Roy. I look forward to connecting with the other mentors. Being given the title of mentor makes me feel like I should offer up some sort of twitter advice — all I’ve got for you is be who you are in real life (IRL). If you read fun articles and like to share them … do that. If you love ridiculous youtube videos … share those. If you respond to people when they talk to you … I might recommend that as well 
.
I actually spoke for the DFW Social Media group back in May about Utilizing Twitter for Small Business (be warned the presentation was 1 hour long and this video is unedited). If you are involved in marketing, PR, do freelance work or just want to know more about networking, or perhaps growing your blog, through twitter feel free to leave a comment or shoot me an email. I’m always happy to help!
If you’re on twitter and want to follow me, I’m @elysa. To follow along with the discussion watch the hashtag #30u30t. New to twitter and want to know about hashtags?
Thank you to the judges of 30 under 30!
On my flight today back home from the New Marketing Summit in the Boston area I was browsing through American Way Magazine. An interesting headline caught my attention “Red, White, Blue and Pink.” I knew this must have something to do with breast cancer since it’s October.
The first paragraph of the article:
“I’m guessing that one of the things that leaps to mind when thinking of American Airlines is the distinctive look of our airplanes: the gleaming metal combined with our signature red, white, and blue stripes. We’re proud of our colors, but we’re also proud that a select group of American Airlines and American Eagle aircraft, we added a flash of pink to the mix. Specifically, eight airlines now sport fuselage-length versions of the iconic pink ribbon of Susan G. Komsn for the cure.”
I love it when big companies stand behind causes. And as the daughter of a cancer survivor and the neice of a recently diagnosed breast cancer woman I am an advocate for as much cancer research as we can get.
Things I did not already know that I learned in this article:
- AA has pledge to raise $1 million a year for 8 years for Koman as the first Lifetime Promise Partner.
- The eight planes are notable that 1 out of every 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime.
- The 5 year survival rate for women with breast cancer (that’s caught before it spreads) is 98%, up from 74% in 1982.
- During the last quarter century (our lifetime), the amount of money spent by US government on breast cancer research has increased THIRTYfold!
Miles for the Cure donations can be made at http://www.aa.com/komen and AAdvantage members earn 5 miles for every dollar donated ($25 minimum). Again so very cool!
disclaimer: I apologize for the lack of formating and lack of links in this post. This was written on the iPhone on my flight from Boston to DFW.
Reader input REQUESTED! I have two questions related to podcasts. So first of all, in case you don’t know what a podcast is (I’m learning that not everyone is as much of an internet nerd as I am):
podcast n. a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar programme, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player. via What is a Podcast
Essentially it’s like little mini audio (or video) blogs you can set to download and listen to whenever you like. I have an iPhone so I like to listen to them while I’m working or sometimes on the road.
So my first question is, do you listen to any podcasts? I’m looking for some new ones to add to my mix – links requested. After some researching and hopefully a great deal of reader input I will update you on which ones I decide to start listening to. I currently have quite a few designery/business ones.
Question #2 is – should I start a podcast? I thought this might be something fun and from what I can find there are very very very few twentysomething ones.
PS: Jersey Girl, it would be cool to know you in real life too! And many people on your list 
Time Magazine has put together 50 Top 10 Lists of 2007 so I thought I’d pick a few of my favorites from their top 10 lists. But I came to find out my opinion of their top lists kept me from picking favorites.
- Of the movies on the top 10 lists I have either a) not seen them or b) would not consider it to be top 10 for the year. Good thing they didn’t ask me.
- #1 Song – Rehab by Amy Winehouse — really?
- Top 10 New TV Series – no thanks to all of them
- From top websites I would agree with Goodreads.com & Wink.com
#4 from Top 10 T-shirt Worthy Slogans – made me laugh - Sorry TIME I still can not be convinced to sport the big chunky bangs. I look 12 with bangs.
I must now run crying from the sight of Mischa in very very high waisted pants (#3 Fashion Must-Haves).
I found a great post today through sk*rt of The Magical List of Outstanding Women Bloggers. I am always excited to find new blogs to feed my addiction (and my reader), especially women bloggers.
There are over 150 women bloggers listed. One issue I had with this thorough list – it’s not categorized and there is no way to know what each blog is without visiting each one individually. I guess that’s two issues. So …
Here is the continuance of the outstanding women bloggers list, with blog descriptions. I look forward to making my way through these new blogs.
(more…)
People are talkin’