Our online identities are complex…we post our frustration with Comcast on our blogs, videos of our kids playing Kinect on YouTube, proclaim our love for Johnny Rockets on twitter and help Coca Cola reach 22 million likes on Facebook. Despite our exhibitionist nature with brands online, when it comes to advertisers tracking our behavior to… [Read more…]
I recently had the exciting opportunity to steal 30 minutes with Bob Muglia, President of Server and Tools Business (STB) at Microsoft. I asked Bob some questions on his business and professional development for young women at Microsoft. Bob graciously agreed to let me include some parts of our conversation in this blog! The conversation started… [Read more…]
While at a Cold Pavement networking event this week I learned about two interesting bits of technology, the first a little gadget you carry with you (think kitschy USB Flash Drive), it has all your contact/social media info on it and when you find someone has another little gadget you bump them together and tada, next… [Read more…]
Ever feel like you should have never started something because you don’t quite have it figured out? You can’t do it well enough or other people are doing it so much better? That’s how I feel about this blog, I don’t update it enough, I always think about what to write for too long and… [Read more…]
I know these have been running for some time, but every time I see one I still feel annoyed. Does anyone else watch those Miracle Whip ads and think: “who associates their identity with a type of sandwich spread?” I mean honestly, who wants to self proclaim themselves as a fatty white substance? Of all the consumer packaged… [Read more…]
I noticed today that I get irrationally excited every time I drink out of a FIJI water bottle. That special feeling rises when I reach into the refrigerator and flicking my wrist whip out the bottle. Despite the fact the container is no longer filled from a ‘natural artisan well’ but instead with water from my… [Read more…]
Why has no one written a Wikipedia article for Mich Mathews yet? Am I the only one who wants to know where Mich went to school, how she became the SVP for the MS Central Marketing Group, previous experience, is she married, does she have kids? As a young woman trying to move my way up in the… [Read more…]
I have heard a lot of twitter bashing recently. But this is why I think students and young professionals especially should take advantage of Twitter: A lot of professionals have Twitter, if they are there you should be too Twitter is an easy was to establish your personal brand and show people you are knowledgeable… [Read more…]
With my time at Publicis coming to a close, I am currently hunting for a spring internship (the 4th and final one of my college career) in marketing, pr, advertising or communications. I thought I would share a few of the question that have come up on my quest to find that perfect internship: Paid… [Read more…]
Finally decided to start a blog. Hope to provide helpful content for people searching for jobs right out of school, also just a forum to talk about what I am learning in the wonderful world of tech and marketing! More to come soon, enjoy.
February 25, 2011
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