Thursday, June 30, 2011

Happy Social Media Day! http://ping.fm/nHjJB
Morning. "A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love."

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Morning. "Some times we all need help to fill our bags."

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Write Down Your Achievements.
Morning. "In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others." -Menander

Monday, June 27, 2011

Wrapped up my midterm. Pleased with my performance & ability to recall & apply persuasion theories. Score for me. Should be a good grade.
Workforce Solutions is Putting the Unemployed Back to Work
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Morning. "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one." -Elbert Hubbard

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Glad to be back home.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Just left Rivers End Nursery & Farm with a nice treat - Blanc Du Boise Grapes http://ping.fm/2SUrv

Friday, June 24, 2011

oh my its humid. I'm sweating like a whore at Sunday Mass.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Opened up some windows & sliding door. Enjoying the freshness of the rain, the smell &sounds. Getting some pos. energy flowing.
Morning. "He who has learned how to obey will know how to command." -Solon

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Morning. "Our life's a stage, a comedy: either learn to play and take it lightly, or bear its troubles patiently." -Palladas

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

So @luisrocks and I will be going to see Erasure in Austin, Tx on Sep. 23 @ACLLive venue.
Morning. Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do." -Menander

Sunday, June 19, 2011

RT @krgv: Tips to Avoid Heat Related Deaths http://bit.ly/lbP96y

Friday, June 17, 2011

That was yum.
http://ping.fm/vjAJ3
Morning. "It is in me that I find strength & conviction. I am formidable & with that knowledge must act accordingly. It is my will

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Morning. "Let him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself." -Thomas Carlyle

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Morning. "There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will." - Epictetus

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Shared some great info and tips during out meeting tonight. @smcrgv Topic was mobile advertising.
wrapping up @smcrgv at Cornerstone Grill
smartphones are more than just angry birds @smcrgv
over 40% of hispanics are comparing prices via mobile @smcrgv
hispanic marketing should involve personal touches and allow your audience to feel they are connecting to you - word of mouth and person to person is occuring @smcrgv
Online video heavily assists in reaching hispanic target market. Convert your shopper to a buyer by readily having info available in various formats including video @smcrgv
Online video heavily assists in reaching hispanic target market. Convert your shopper to a buyer by readily having info available in various formats including video @smcrgv
using video online as a sales tool is not an ad it is about product demo and audience engagement @smcrgv
video often drives online purchases @smcrgv
94% of US hispanics who watch online video visit YouTube @smcrgv
video is social activity %57 of hispanics share videos @smcrgv
hispanics watch a variety of videos online and engage with longer form content @smcrgv
64% hispanics visit video sites more often vs 50% of the general population
Hispanics are social media shoppers. @smcrgv
86% of hispanics online have broadband @smcrgv
93$ of US hispanics are @Google users as primary search engine
78% of hispanics rely on the internet @smcrgv
taking a turn from mobile adv to hispanic marketing from @shaine at @smcrgv meeting
82% of smartphones users notice ads on their mobiles @smcrgv
The key is to provide as much info as possible via various mediums and have cst easily connect w. you @smcrgv
mobile advertising and the use of smartphones requires an integrated marketing strategy @smcrgv
61% of users find out about product via word of mouth & 27% via mobile ads
shoppers roughly spent $300 on smarthphone purchases in past year
discussing mobile offers and discounts using services like foursquare, google places and google local at the @smcrgv meeting
"Mobile phone users around the world are turning in their 'talk-and-text' devices for smartphones as these devices allow users to perform daily tasks like shopping and banking from anywhere."
Nearly all local information seekers take action within a day. smcmcallen smcrgv
Translating awareness campaigns into action encourage you place your phone no. as a call to action @smcrgv
95% of smartphone users have looked for local information - local information seekers are ready to buy thinkmobile with google @smcrgv
59% of actions taken from search results translate to discussion @smcrgv
9/10 mobile searchers take action from info found - are you using this to your advantage? @smcrgv
49% of smartphone searchers look for entertainment related data @smcrgv
51% of people search for restaurant info and 57% for news - mobile search marketing is key for some industries
"The number of U.S. consumers who owned a smartphone during the three-month period grew 13 percent for a total of 74.6 million."
What are you willing to give up for your smartphone? Beer, chocolate, superbowl tickets, high heels or cable tv @smcrgv
35% of Android and iPhone owners in the U.S. fire up mobile apps before getting out of bed, according to a survey by Ericsson ConsumerLab @smcrgv
smartphone is the always-on companion allowing biz to target consumers @smcrgv
@smcrgv 89% of smartphone users use device throughout day - "IDC forecasts worldwide smartphone market to grow 55% year over year in 2011"
@shaine @smcrgv research on advertising and the smartphone market for biz
thinkmobile with google, the mobile movement presented by @shaine
remember tonight @smcrgv meeting come out. Topic is smartphones & your biz.
"Never underestimate the power of a sincere apology." Feel it. Empower it. Bring it around.
Morning. "It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them." Work with your situation.

Monday, June 13, 2011

I long for my bed.
Out of class, waiting on
yuri to get out of work so we can head home.
Lil' young man from Walgreens don't be embarrassed about buying condoms. It really is rather quite PC. http://bit.ly/j3GK3c
Glad to be home even if only for a few. Class at 6.
Morning. "The most depraved type of human being is the man without a purpose."-Ayn Rand

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Off to bed. Good night. Tomorrow I continue to work on the layout for the GS handbook.
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2 : adequate to evoke a response or ind
su·pra·lim·i·nal
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threshold of consciousness
A couple of errands and maybe a movie
Wow I slept in. Morning/Afternoon

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Friday, June 10, 2011

Twas nice to catch up with a good friend after a splendid evening outing.
I want to adopt my pizza hut waiter Ramsey as he is as Obsessed with  Sasuke Uchiha as I am, Tat n hair
I want to adopt my pizza hut waiter Ramsey as he is as Obsessed with
Sasuke Uchiha as I am, Tat n hair
Most wonderful surprise
Most wonderful surprise
Maldito charangero it was unsweetened tea not putrid sweet.
Morning. "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." -Winston Churchill

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Morning. "Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Off to bed. Good night.
Soon out of the office
Morning. Know that "Heaven never helps the man who will not act." -Sophocles

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Wrapping up reading and hitting the sack. I'm beat.
Post workout high
On the road
Morning. "Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities." -Aldous Huxley

Monday, June 6, 2011

Morning. "Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." -Doug Firebaugh

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Glad to be back home. It was nice a weekend.
Good morning. If it pleases me, sin or not, shouldn't I be true to myself?

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Has been a great mini-sabbatical.


Beach day has been loads of fun - glad we came out.

Grabbing a BOB
Good morning. Me thinks we are now SPI bound.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Heading to Mission HS Commencement Ceremony
Hungry hungry hippo chomp chomp chomp
choose.
Morning. I relinquish my chains as I accept my truths, faults and forgive myself. My condition was caused by me - I am responsible. I will make it what I

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Morning. It is in my power to accomplish and succeed. I am. I am. I do.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Going through the day
Good mornig. "You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one." -Thoreau