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i*Collaborator: ETI's Customer Relationship Management System
How ETI's CRM system evolved.
Almost from the beginning of ETI's outbound telemarketing service (1987), we observed that while we consistently delivered high quality prospects to our clients, salespersons did not convert enough prospects to customers. Sales pipelines were non-existent or ill managed. Follow through was inconsistent. Feedback was infrequent. Leads were mishandled. Many were lost. We soon concluded it essential for ETI to become more involved in clients' sales problems. There was a need to help sales management organize the control of their precious sales leads more efficiently. In fact, we would need to offer support to clients and their salespersons - to ensure more leads would be converted to sales - and more new customers acquired. We had to change our mission from making effective phone calls to helping clients maximize sales and increase the number of customers. Such a mission would more profitably impact the clients' bottom line. And, by no means incidentally, ours too.
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Our first automated program - Sales Lead Management - came on stream in 1990. Followed rapidly by additional applications such as Lead Tracking, Distribution and Control, Appointment Scheduling, Relational Databased Marketing. 'To Do' scheduling and 'Just-in-Time' delivery of sales leads into an organized sales pipeline were added before long.
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ETI continues to incorporate client needs and recommendations. Seeking, by upgrading and innovation, to meet clients' needs and challenges by continually evolving it's system. To the extent that today i*collaborator comprehensively supports special applications such as . .
- Sales Lead Generation and Qualification
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- Customer Relationship Management
- Partnership Relationship Solutions
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- Registrations and Events Management.
- Closed Loop Relational Databased Marketing
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i*Collaborator can be used by senior management, direct or indirect sales forces, telesales, field sales, accounting, customer service, technical support, business partners, resellers- whomever is connected. i*Collaborator is a very effective sales opportunity management system.
It helps separate suspects from prospects and rates qualified prospects for prioritized follow through.
It enables the sales force to excel at making more sales,easier, faster and more economically. It allows sales management to organize and track all information relevant to each sales opportunity. i*Collaborator empowers approved salespersons to access data relating to their assigned leads. It also helps companies retain existing customers and to maximize repeat business from this important, highly cost-effective, market segment.
Enhanced business intelligence
i*Collaborator programs include a set of comprehensive management,lead management, lead tracking, and lead distribution tools. The underlying database it produces is comprehensive and fully relational. It permits multi-client and multi-project applications and provides greater user flexibility and cooperation.
Even though different departments/groups use the system for differing purposes, all operations are carried out on the same platform. This underlying principle permits all data to be available to all system users in real-time. Clients can monitor,access and exert direct managerial control over all aspects of sales productivity. The customer database generated greatly aids the planning and production of your customer cultivation and loyalty programs. Its regular use leads to an unprecedented level of shared, in-company business intelligence. i*Collaborator has been extremely well received by ETI clients.
For the past several years we have seen abundant evidence of its ability to help increase sales productivity and bottom line performance for our clients. (Increasingly hi-end, hi-tech.)
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Here is a by-no-means-complete summary of i*Collaborator capabilities:
Sales Opportunity Management - 7 Applications
- Manages and controls your pipeline of sales lead opportunities
- Allows viewing of all contact and sales activity/inactivity for every customer and prospect
- Qualifies prospects in terms of propensity to purchase
- Provides fast access to all relationally linked data
- Expedites recording and fast retrieval of open-ended comments
- Provides ever-ready ability to add and change prospect profiles and related information
- Permits response analysis of all information in fixed fields, by any combination of fixed fields.
Closed Loop Marketing - 7 Applications
- Builds and maintains a fully relational customer and prospect database.
- Manages and tracks progress on every sales lead in the pipeline from receipt and distribution, to final result.
- Qualifies prospects in terms of propensity to purchase.
- Rates and prioritizes qualified sales opportunities for sales force or channel follow up.
- Instantly retrieves dynamic accumulation of statistical results.
- Encourages competitivecomparisons.
- Records prices and quotes.
Media Management - 6 Applications
- Manages media schedules
- Analyzes response from all media
- Organizes on-line interactive call guides and unlimited branching for in-house telemarketing (outbound/inbound)
- Provides utilities for bulk fax and e-mail communications
- Controls individual,personalized fulfillment
- Prepares mailing lists for targeted direct mail, e-mail or fax
Inquiry and Registration Management - 3 Applications
- Manages sales-centered inquiries from every medium
- Manages all sales centered email inquiries and web registrations
- Manages seminar, exhibition and convention registrations
Outbound Telemarketing - 5 Applications
- Manages the outbound telemarketing operation
- Facilitates unlimited branching for both outbound and inbound telemarketing
- Controls the operation of on-line interactive call guides
- Records all sales and orders received
- Controls personalized fulfillment in support of media and telemarketing campaigns.
Operational Benefits - 7 Applications
- Same day installation.
- Requires no compatibility with your current hardware.
- Can be used by disparate individuals, groups, departments, divisions, anytime, from anywhere.
- Provides a common platform for inter and intra company collaboration.
- Multi-project, multi-client.
- Minimal training needed.
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Let me tell you about my experience at the Temecula Valley Wine & Balloon Festival sponsored by Toyota Latino #LetsGoPlaces #VayamosJuntos…A huge thank you to Toyota Latino (check them out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram ) for hosting me and Lito on this amazing weekend getaway and giving me the opportunity to review the Prius Four! Please see my disclosure for details on why I post articles like this on MizMeliz.com. It was my pleasure to share my experience with you, all opinions are entirely my own (with some input from Lito.)
It was time for a romantic weekend getaway! Lito and I have lived in Southern California all our lives. We have been married twenty-five years. Can you believe we have never been to the Temecula Valley? It is just a short three hour drive from our home in Los Angeles (depending on traffic) and we have heard about how amazing it is, but we had not been there. So, when we got a chance to get away for the weekend and check out the 34th Annual Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival, it sounded like a dream!
The Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival is the perfect combination of many of my favorite things. Lito and I had a great time there! I felt like a kid when I walked through the gates! It was like a fairytale.
Taking the drive in the 2017 Toyota Prius Four was magical from the start. I had fun driving it. Lito took the pictures and we posted on Snapchat along the way. After a long day of doing errands around town, stopping at the dentist – which happened to be the only thing we couldn't reschedule that day, grabbing lunch and making our way to Temecula, we finally were on the road to the festival. It was a long and windy road. (giggles) It was! Imagine it, a beautiful sunny and warm day, great music, a fun car to drive, my hunny by side and I am on my way to enjoy the best wine, listen to live bands (Bush, The Gin Blossoms) and see giant helium balloons light up the night!! It was a dream for me!
If you have a chance to go to the annual Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival, I highly recommend it. There is plenty to do there, even camping by Lake Skinner within walking distance. (Actual walking distance, the same as you would do from the parking lot – not hiking or having to take a shuttle, the campgrounds are right there.) I mention this because I wouldn't have thought of a Balloon Festival/wine event as a family outing at first. However, there is plenty to do for the whole family. The festival part did not disappoint. The food and entertainment, craft fair booths, live music, and of course The BALLOONS would keep the kids happy and occupied while you taste wine and beer from the region to your heart's content. Everything was clean, beautiful, well controlled, and very well organised.
There are two stages with bands playing almost non-stop over the three days of the festival. There are balloon ride packages available. There are wine tasting packages or you can have a single taste, all purchased separate from the admission ticket. There are plenty of options for meals. Make sure you have cash! Although most of the booths and vendors accept credit cards, the remote location has some limitations with internet connection. This made it difficult for the card readers to work, and the ATM machines also could not function in some spots.
I have to admit, I'm not that in to wine these days. In our younger days Lito and I did our fair share of wine tasting and enjoyed learning about wine. I can't drink a lot of wine now because of dietary restrictions, or shall we say…lifestyle choices. I found it very easy to have a single taste while at the festival and there were volunteer stewards there to help me choose just the right thing. For my celebratory selection, I went with a peach champagne. It was c'est magnifique! If you are a wine aficionado, this would be a great place to try all the wines of the region in one location. Every winery in the area was represented. It was impressive. Check out the website for more details.
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I was so excited to have the opportunity to experience the Prius Four – with an EPA-estimated 54/50 MPG. With advanced materials, an innovative design, Prius promised to deliver the perfect drive. It turned out to deliver much more!
Even though I had driven the Prius all day on the way to the festival, it was on the way out of the parking lot that I really got acquainted with all the features this model has to offer. We sat in the car for over two hours as the thousands of automobiles were slowly ushered out of the multiple parking areas through that one windy road we came in on. We looked at it as a positive since we had a great vehicle that was equipped for this kind of thing, we were actually charging the battery as we sat listening to music, reading the manuals, and playing with all the buttons and dials! We didn't have to worry about turning off the engine, wasting fuel, or putting out emissions. It was pretty cool.
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Toyota thought of everything when they treated us to this little getaway. We stayed at the Pala Casino Spa and Resort.
After all the driving, balloons, and wine tasting, we were ready for some rest and relaxation! I've heard of some other Indian Reservation casinos in the Temecula Valley area before but I was not familiar with Pala. It was off the highway a bit, but that added to the adventure. It is a smallish hotel and casino and reminded me a little of "old Las Vegas." Lito and I got some ice cream and walked around the gaming tables and slot machines after we got back from the wine and balloon festival. We thought about trying our luck. We ended up not playing because we really feel like winners already! We were very lucky to have this fun weekend together with all the activities, transportation, and lodging provided. We felt truly blessed. I didn't want to risk losing any of that!
In the morning we walked around the beautifully landscaped grounds of the resort. We checked out the pool and cabanas. We took a little peak in the spa gift shop. I did a Facebook Live tour (see below) to share the experience. It was a very nice morning. I enjoyed my stay and would return to Pala anytime. The room was luxurious and spacious. Next time, I will try the spa services!
They have live bands perform in the center of the resort, as you can see them setting up in the video. This would be a great all inclusive destination for any occasion. It is especially nice because it is close to the Temecula Valley wine country and Oceanside, which is a beautiful seaside town in North San Diego County. We ended our trip with brunch in Oceanside and took some beautiful photos with the pier in the background. It was a great day!
Listening to '80s music all the way home, played on Sirrus XM by Richard Blade, brought us back to our younger days for sure. The entire weekend in Temecula, with Toyota, gave us just the tranquility we needed to recharge our battery and enjoy the fun summer ahead!
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A huge thank you to Toyota Latino (check them out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram ) for hosting me and Lito on this amazing weekend getaway and giving me the opportunity to review the Prius Four! Please see my disclosure for details on why I post articles like this on MizMeliz.com. It was my pleasure to share my experience with you, all opinions are entirely my own (with some input from Lito.) I was under no requirement or obligation to post this on my blog, nor did I receive any compensation for doing so. I was invited to drive the 2017 Toyota Prius Four for one week. We were treated to an overnight stay at the Pala Spa and Casino Resort, received a gift of $150 in Visa gift cards for gas and expenditures and two (2) general admission tickets to The Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival. #ToyotaLatino #Prius #VayamosJuntos #LetsGoPlaces
Sometimes the stars align and I am in the right place at the right time! There may be hope for me yet, perhaps I won't ALWAYS be A Day Late and a Dollar Short! In fact, life has been pretty good lately and it seems I have been doing a lot of cool things. I don't believe in luck. I also believe my stars have always been lined up just right. The fact is, I am ready for this. It is my year to rock this – My Year in Bloom! I am my happiest, healthiest, and best self – so that means I get to do the things I love doing!
I present to you one of those things. Celebrations.
LOS ANGELES, May 3, 2017 — Live.me, the live broadcasting app, celebrated it's one year anniversary with an award celebration in a swanky Bel-Air mansion on Saturday April 29th in Los Angeles. Hundreds of Live.me broadcasters were in attendance at the invite-only event which also included appearances by recording artist Kesha, FaZe Banks, FaZe Nikans, RiceGum, Macy Kate, Diego Navarette(Diegosaurs), Nick Bean, Sam and Rosa Pottorff, Andrew Fontenot, and dozens of other social media stars.
The highlight of the event for me was seeing this great Los Angeles band, Ocean Park Standoff. The lead singers may seem familiar to you because they have been in the headlines in recent years and are now in the hottest new band making their rounds on TV shows. They performed on NBCs Live Today on February 22nd and on May 2nd on CBS' Late Late Show with James Corden. Soon they will be on my show! I interviewed them for Bubblr Media and will show you the video exclusively on Last Night's Show with Miz Meliz!
Ocean Park Standoff, the latest need-to-know LA pop rock band led by Ethan Thompson, Samantha Ronson, and Pete Nappi, performed a handful of songs live, including the hit single "Good News."
Touring this summer with a few of my favorite bands, Third Eye Blind and Silversun Pickups, Ocean Park Standoff is taking flight! Super stardom is in the works as the band's new EP is being released this week. It will definitely be my favorite music to take me into the summer months!!
Ethan Thompson looked so familiar to me and I realized when I met him that it was from watching him on American Idol in 2014. He sang his original songs on Idol and has always been known for writing songs with a positive message. (Yeah, my kind of guy!) DJ/Singer-songwriter Samantha Ronson is a well-known musician on the Hollywood scene known for her video and music talent along with her brother Mark Ronson. Pete Nappi, the band's producer and drummer is best known as a writer, producer, composer and artist who specializes in pop writing/production and film scoring. (Is that all?)
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Contortionist and America's Got Talent finalist Sofi Dossi performed a routine which included shooting a bow and arrow using only her feet. @sofiedossi
I was floored by the amazing performance by Sofie Dossi! She is self taught! Can you believe that? Well, you wouldn't believe it if you saw what she did on that stage! I will show you the video on my show so be sure to check it out on Last Night's Show with Miz Meliz on BubbrMedia!
Live.me has celebrated many successes in its first year, including becoming the highest grossing live broadcasting app in the US, recognized a handful of broadcasters for achieving various milestones throughout the year. The list of winners includes:
"A year ago, it was hard to imagine Live.me would break through in the way it has, but it's a testament to our strong community of live broadcasters and how much the live video format has been embraced by all types of creators," said Khudor Annous, Head of Marketing & Partnerships for Live.me. "We've got some exciting surprises in store for this next year and big plans to continue to reshape the future of mobile broadcasting."
The party included sponsors Heineken and Hint Water, and music by DJ William Lifestyle, co-founder of the charity HashtagLunchbag. To recap the first year of activities and broadcasters, a brand new video was debuted and can be seen on Live.me's YouTube page:
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Live.me is the fastest and highest grossing live broadcasting platform in the U.S. The app has been downloaded by more than 21 million people, including creators of all formats and interests, to connect with others and earn virtual goods that can be exchanged for prizes, rewards, and cash. More than 200,000 hours of live video are broadcast daily on Live.me.
I was lucky to have this opportunity! I wasn't compensated to attend the event or post about it on my blog. All opinions are my own. Please see my disclosure for info on why I write posts like this.
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SOCIAL MEDIA: www.legendoftarzan.comOPENING DATE: Fri., 7/1/16 – in theaters nationwide (and also in 3D and IMAX)RUN TIME: 109 mins. (tent.)MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, some sensuality and brief rude dialogue.SYNOPSIS: From Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures comes the action adventure "The Legend of Tarzan," starring Alexander Skarsgård (HBO's "True Blood") as the legendary character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.The film also stars Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson ("Pulp Fiction," the "Captain America" films), Margot Robbie("The Wolf of Wall Street," "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"), Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou ("Blood Diamond," "Gladiator"), with Oscar winner Jim Broadbent ("Iris"), and two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds," "Django Unchained").It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane (Robbie) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Leon Rom (Waltz). But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash.David Yates (the final four "Harry Potter" films, upcoming "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them") directed "The Legend of Tarzan" from a screenplay by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer, story by Brewer and Cozad based on the Tarzan stories created by Burroughs. Legendary producer Jerry Weintraub ("Behind the Candelabra," the "Ocean's" trilogy) produced the film, together with David Barron (the "Harry Potter" films, "Cinderella"), Alan Riche ("Southpaw") and Tony Ludwig ("Starsky & Hutch"). Susan Ekins, Nikolas Korda, Keith Goldberg, David Yates, Mike Richardson and Bruce Berman served as executive producers.The behind-the-scenes creative team included director of photography Henry Braham ("The Golden Compass"), Oscar-winning production designer Stuart Craig ("Dangerous Liaisons," "The English Patient," the "Harry Potter" films), editor Mark Day ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 & 2"), and Oscar-nominated costume designer Ruth Myers ("Emma," "Unknown"). The music is composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams ("Grown Ups")."The Legend of Tarzan" was shot at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, as well as on location around the UK.
I have to admit, I get kind of bummed sometimes about my kids growing up.
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My youngest son is now the tallest in our family. My kids have grown and I have to think of new ways to connect with them. I get jealous of the boys' relationship with their Dad. I am grateful that they are so close and my husband has developed a great relationship with each of our sons. I wonder how can I stay involved with my teenaged sons? I decided to try and include them in some the fun things I get to do as a blogger. They don't always get to come along and it's not always a good fit, but recently my son and I had a blast living "the Hollywood life!"
Being a Total Rock Star
I always strive to be my best self and shine brightly to others. I call that being a "total rockstar." I believe life is like being on movie set at times. We are always "in production" and trying hard to impress others. No matter what our role is, performing on stage or behind the scenes, if you bring your rockstar attitude and enjoy yourself as you are doing your best work – it will show.
Living in Hollywood
I live near Hollywood, CA. It is a major tourist attraction. I love taking friends to Hollywood and I love going on tours. I always learn something new. Old Hollywood and new Hollywood – it's a crazy business! Living near Hollywood is great because I get lots of opportunities to attend events and even see some stars. Lately, I've been able to interview some TV and movie stars for my blog. I even went to a red carpet premiere of a film at the world famous Chinese Theater. It was thrilling! So, when I was asked to review a few Hollywood-related things recently, I decided to take my son as my "plus one."
Being "Cool" is a State of Mind.
Admit it! At some point in your life you were either proud to be a cool kid or you wished you were one of the cool kids. Have you ever been surprised to find out that someone you know now considers you to be cool? Has anyone ever said to you, "I bet you were really cool in high school!" This always shocks me.
Me, cool? No way!
I equate being cool with being popular. Even though I knew a lot of kids in my school, I was not one of the popular kids. Yet, I have always been fascinated with being cool. What makes someone cool? What makes someone a star? Is it about having a winning attitude? Is about having a "bad" attitude? Why can't everyone be cool?
I try to explain this to my kids. I think they are cool. Of course, I get an answer like, "Ah, Mom!" Because I wouldn't know what makes a kid cool these days. But I know. I really do know. Because no one ever thinks they are cool. There is always someone else to emulate. There is always an idea that if you only had this or that, could do this or that, knew him or her…..that you would be really cool. And what we never realize is that other people see what we have, what we do , who we know, and think, wow – that's cool!
My point is that I think Hollywood is cool. I think sightseeing is cool. I think meeting movie stars and interviewing them is cool. I think taking my kid with me on a TMZ Hollywood Tour bus is totally cool!
Okay. So, my son didn't think going to breakfast at the Hard Rock Cafe or going on a TMZ tour bus in Hollywood for the afternoon would be fun or cool. He thought it would be boring. He thinks being a hipster is cool. I am not really sure what it takes to be a hipster. So, it must be cool! I am the mom, I am not supposed to know these things. But I do know. I really do know what is fun. So, I made him come with me. In a nice way. I encouraged and prodded. He is a good kid and was willing to go with me, but he was open about not really wanting to go. I tried to downplay it as much as I could. I said it's for my blog, and I promised I would try it out. I don't want to go alone. Blah blah blah. That's probably what he heard me say. "Blah blah blah blaaaaah." I had a feeling we would like it and we did!
Love it, Rock it, and Have Fun!
When you want your fourteen year old to come with you to a "work thing" be sure to tell him there will be free food. That worked for going to the Hard Rock Cafe Kids Breakfast. I was invited to attend this event by the folks at the Hard Rock Cafe at Universal City Walk. Disclosure. When you want your teen to come with you on a bus tour, promise him candy! We stopped by Sweet! Hollywood, the biggest candy store I have ever been to, and bought some snacks for our bus trip. It was a hit. @sweetstorela was totally Sweet, they have everything to satisfy your sweet tooth and a lot of fun novelty items. Shopping there was the perfect way to spend time while waiting for our tour, it's just around the corner from the Starline Tours waiting area.
I hope they continue to have this event or something like it at the Hard Rock Cafe, because it was a lot of fun! We hung out with some big name celebrities. Cinderella was there, and Iron Man! The little kids loved it! I loved it. My teenager? He enjoyed himself! Who wouldn't? It's the Hard Rock Cafe!!
Our next stop was the TMZ Hollywood Tour. I booked this through Tours4Fun.com it was a little confusing finding our vouchers and figuring out where to go and what bus to get on, but once we were on the tour – it was a blast! I highly recommend taking a bus tour of Hollywood (or any city) when you get the chance. The tour guides are knowledgeable and funny. I always learn something new. And guess what! I saw Iron Man on Hollywood Blvd. Do you think he was following me?
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My favorite part of attending a conference is meeting people. I also like learning about new things and seeing the latest offerings at the expo booths. I guess I like all there is about conferences because I also love to travel, eat out, and experience new things. But the best part is meeting people and making connections. Some people have asked me, what happens after the conference? Well, networking is fun, but pointless if you don't use the resources and reach out to the people you meet. Right? That is what you want them to do when you give them your business card, correct? Here is how I do it…
As a blogger and podcaster, I meet tons of people online. Meeting someone online and following them via social media is like watching a TV show. You get to know their character and feel like you know them. If you are lucky, they interact with you and follow you back, so you become like a super fan. I get all "fan girl" when meeting some of my favorite online personalities in person. I ask for a selfie and I post it to Instagram. I can't wait to tell everyone how nice he or she was IRL (in real life!) Most people, even your traditional Hollywood celebrities, are so much easier to access and meet now than ever before. I love the internet for that! But, I don't have to explain to you – you are here! You know! So, I will get on with my point.
Let me give you just a little history first. This is a New Media Tale…there was a man named Dino Dogan who was quite popular in my social media circles. He is one of the creators of Triberr. (I love Triberr. That is a story for another day.) Last year at NMX2014, my goal was to meet Dino and ask for an interview. That was my primary mission. Oh, and to push my book and brand and learn all I could about the technology needed for my blog and what I needed to do to become a better "content creator."
More than anything, I wanted to meet Dino and get "face time" with him. It took me all week, some near misses, some bold direct Tweets, and a little stalking, but I finally did meet him on the last day. I ran in to him in the middle of a long aisle on the expo floor. Right there and then, I got my selfies, asked my questions, and got the interview booked. I was silly happy. Within a few weeks, we did a Skype interview about Building Community.
The post with that interview got the highest amount of page views on my blog last year. That was super cool, but more importantly to me – that Skype interview was so amazing to do! I loved it so much that I went on to doing more online interviews. I am more confident about reaching out to people and asking for an interview. I also feel much more comfortable contacting Dino if I have a question or just to say, "Hello!" Because of this experience, I became a podcaster and have my own interview show on You Tube called, Ten Minutes in Tinsel Town. (Please SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel HERE.)
This year my mission was to connect with people and really get to know them better. I also wanted to establish myself in the podcasting community as a podcaster. NMX2015 was the perfect place for both of my objectives. In Vernon Ross' presentation he actually discussed the idea of networking and really knowing the person – not just arbitrarily throwing out names and cutting and pasting messages to "engage" with "friends" on social media. *Say "Hi" to Vernon @RossPR He is very nice!
…And now, here is what you have been waiting for! I would like to shout out to the people I connected with at NMX2015. These folks were so nice, encouraging, and extraordinary to meet. I plan to forge real lasting relationships with the "new media family." I will take the time to follow up and with these people and companies and hopefully, interview them on my show!
Have you heard of Momfluential? Listen to your Mother? Hashtracking? This is the woman who is behind it all! Meet her @momfluential @hashtracking @LTYM. I attended a performance of Listen to Your Mother Sunday 4-26-15 in Orange County. I never would have had that opportunity if I didn't sit down and take the time to get to know Ciaran. See my post about "Listen to Your Mother" here.
It was wonderful being invited to lunch to meet up with the members of one of my Facebook Groups that was well represented at NMX2015. The Women of Midlife is the newest group I have joined and it is amazing. I am dealing with pre-menopause and it is difficult for me since my mother, sister, and aunts have all passed on. I don't really have a person I feel comfortable asking for advice on the subject. (I know,TMI!) But, this group is a very supportive and lively group. Many of the women are now bloggers and podcasters. They all have fascinating backgrounds as professionals and many were authors and journalists. Their writing is high quality and meaningful. I love the sharing threads and I love all of their blogs They also have the time (many are in retirement) to get involved in their community and do wonderful service to those people most in need. It was an honor to meet all of these women, but I was most impressed with the connection that I made with one lady in particular…
You can meet her @rebeccaforstadt and you may be surprised with her extensive notoriety in the voice talent world. Rebecca has made an impact in voice acting and has a name for herself in the Comic and Anime world. She is quite the celebrity! Of course, I didn't know how much this connection would mean when I first spoke to Rebecca. It was at the party after the Podcast Awards and she was one of those people who was easy to approach. Then, she was at lunch with this group and as you can see in the picture above, we sat across from each other. Later I looked up her IMDB filmography and I recognized a few of her shows. Mainly, Robotech. This is one of my husband's all time favorites. In fact, it is a family favorite and I have watched tons of episodes with my kids and husband. Lito's brother is an anime collector and Robotech is his passion. It turns out that my WOM friend is the voice of one of the main characters. She has a great podcast, too. (Two Boomer Broads is a hoot!) In fact one of the shows she did was an interview with Denny Tedesco, creator of the newly released film, The Wrecking Crew. My friend from elementary school, Damon Tedesco, is Denny's brother. It's a small world indeed! I have so many questions for Rebecca and all the women in this group. They welcomed me warmly and inspire me greatly. Expect to see them on my show and on my blog as I take the time to learn all about each of them. They have so much to share!
Attending the 10th Annual Podcast Awards was a thrill! I had been looking forward to it for a long time. Now that I am interested in making my podcast the most awesome one out there – I wanted to be fully immersed in the community of podcasters at NMX. It turns out that many of the best, biggest, and award nominated podcasters were also presenters at the conference. That made a nice opportunity to learn from them, get to "know" them, and meet up for a selfie. I must say that no one was as motivated to meet content creators and all attendees of NMX2015 as exuberantly as The Success Freaks hosts, R. Mordant Mahon and Charles McFall. After all, they are the co-hosts of "a comedic motivational talk radio show designed to motivate and make you smile." (They have a real knack for bringing on those big smiles, just look at the photo!) I talked to "R" a few times throughout the week. He was super nice and his infectious smile and energy is still with me. He and Charles went through a lot to be speakers and on panels at the conference. They set the example for trying until you succeed. And, they give great hugs!
When it comes to telling it like it is, my favorite speaker is Marcy Massura. I have seen her at the Entertainment New Media Network conference, and now at NMX2015. She gives a blogger's (pardon me – – influencer's) perspective on the social media climate and how to adjust to the atmosphere. She is in PR so she gives great advice on what brands are looking for and need. She is pretty awesome! (I am obviously not trying to win any points for writing at this moment, I really just want to say hello and that I am officially a fan.) You can be a fan, too, just follow her @marcymassura and tell her Miz Meliz says "Hello!"
Using resources like Facebook Groups and Tribes come in handy when you need a roomie or a ride – or both! I connected with Jennifer Priest that way and found a new friend in the blogosphere. Jennifer is a seasoned blogger and instructor in the craft business and has an amazing blog called Just JP. Connect with her for consulting and coaching as well. She gives great advice. I have a feeling I will be seeing her speaking at more conferences soon. We had a few glitches on the trip with accommodations, but all in all, Jennifer was a great travel buddy. Weirdest thing that happened during our five days together – – we both got calls from our husbands that our sons were taken to ER for injuries on the same day. How weird is that? A mother's nightmare, that call about going to the emergency room. Luckily for both of us – our boys were okay. Her's had a sprain and mine got a few stitches. They were miles apart and never met each other – but the experience was shared for our two families. Oh, and her husband makes a great breakfast! Her family was nice enough to put me up on the first night. Wow, that's special.
So, it is the last day and we checked out of our hotel (ick! no recommendations will be listed here for that place) and we were early to the expo and sessions at the convention center. Jennifer and I drank our coffee and ate our Starbucks breakfast while we waited for things to start. I was making a mental list of the booths I wanted to visit before leaving Vegas. Jennifer was planning her day. A stylish looking lady with a broad smile and a big cup of tea sat on the bench near us and we began to chat with her. She was remarkable. Her name is Gisele Roman, Creative Director of Bullwhip Films, and she was attending the expo to get ideas for her upcoming project. It was quite remarkable that both Jennifer and I connected deeply and found many things in common with Gisele. She was open to listening to what we had to say and learning about our reasons for being there. She was genuinely interested in what we do as content creators, infuencers, and social media engagers. We exchanged contact information and took photos. I have emailed and texted with Gisele multiple times since the conference. I feel like I have a new friend. Guess what! She…this is hard to write…Gisele is not on social media. Can you believe it? I made friends with the one person at NMX2015 who doesn't have a Twitter account and has never been on Facebook. Lucky for me she texts! Come to think of it, she may have been the best conversationalist I had the pleasure of speaking with this entire year. That goes to show you, engaging with people and making lasting friendships matters. That is why I am moving to interviewing on my podcast show in addition to writing. Communicating verbally and expressing yourself with words and actions is vital to relationships. Smile. Hug. Shout out and shine!
In my next post about NMX2015, I will introduce you to some of the best booths I visited and tell you about their brands, services, plug ins and aps.
I learned about some great new tools on the Expo Floor and I plan to integrate them into my plans for the blog and podcast.
Sooo Exciting!


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No Lord Byron Award this week, but there's love in the air. Pauly D meets a girl from Israel who may turn out to be more than he bargained for. Snooki falls for a an Irish guido Cowboy (picture left), whose southern droll in Seaside Heights sticks out like dueling banjos in the projects. And The Situation's sister (we'll call her Minor Situation) sneaks downstairs in the middle of the night, like a junior high-schooler in love, to snuggle up next to Vinny.
Snooki makes a noble but misguided effort to draw the aloof Ronnie and Sammi back into the group by urging a "family meeting" after returning from the club. She is subsequently thrown under the bus by the others, who deny any problem with this disgusting and aggravating relationship, thus exposing Snooki to verbal lashing by Sammi (she lashes sweetly though). Ronnie follows suit.
The Situation possibly has sex in the hot tub. Vinny and his date observe from the hammock.
Ronnie, Sammi, off. On.
Best Quotes
5. "Delvecchio. That's gonna be your last name." - Pauly D (when Israeli girl attempts to pronounce his last name, reading it off his DJ business card)
4. "Come on Snick, before I yank the duck out the fucking wall." - Ronnie (eager to start the ill-advised "family meeting")
3. "Jenni and Snooki hate on us. Like shut your fucking face, you're jealous." - Sammi (astutely observing as usual that most world events stem from her intense love affair)
2. "That's not what your sister thinks." - Vinny (when Situation tells him he has no game)
1. "It's only a matter of time before she (Sammi) is gonna pull the Eject button." - The Situation (he says while pulling the imaginary Eject button)
Honorable Mentions
"I don't have a passport. Plus they don't like me, I have a cross on my arm." - Pauly D (when Israeli girl suggests he visits her homeland)
"She said she was a model, so I'm like all right. Cool." - Vinny
Diss-honorable Mentions
"I pulled the robbery move on him." - The Situation (when he seduces Vinny's girl while he's in bathroom)
Lifetime Achievement Award
This week Snooki secures the Lifetimer independently, proving that she can hold her own spotlight even when competing with outrageous personalities like The Situation. Bonus point for dissing Darth Sammi. Several bonus points for sharing the second-best Exchange with Keith the Irish Cowboy. Triple word score for her quick recovery from some harsh and unwarranted ridicule, swiftly returning to her ditzy, adorable and self-deprecating baseline
In the past I've ridiculed the cast for their absence of self-awareness, but it occurs to me that of all the characters on the show she is the most in touch with her insecurity and vulnerability, and consequently she breathes just a little humanness to this small bubble of hedonism. Call me a softee, but this girl is a gem. The Situation is also a gem, but a different kind of gem. Anyway:
"I was kinda like getting annoyed with Sammi because like, the way like she like talks sometimes like, she can be a real bitch." - Snooki
"But he's Irish. He talks like a cowboy. I normally go for Italians, so it's like weird for me to like him." - Snooki
"I fucking, like, save animals." - Snooki
"I've been with goats, sheep, cows, horses... that's all." - Snooki
"But if I had to have sex with one person here, it would probably be him, because I know he's a nice guy. He's gotta be clean." - Snooki
"I do want to have sex with him. I'm saving myself for Cowboy." - Snooki
"I'm going to pop my A.C. cherry." - Snooki
"Cheers everyone." - Snooki (toasting champagne to an empty hot tub in AC hotel)
Best Exchange
Second place goes to Snooki and her new love interest.
Snooki: "I delivered a friggin calf from a cow"
Keith, the Irish Cowboy: "I praise you for that, I mean how many guidos can do that?"
Snooki: "I'm not a guido I'm a guidette"
Situation: "I like my clothes like I like my women. Options."
Pauly D: "You like your clothes like you like your underwear. Dirty."
Cultural Awareness Award (new)
Best Guest Quote
Goes to Tanya, the older woman Vinny inadvertently stole from his boss in Episode 5.
"I gotta stop watching that shit because it's turning me on." - Tanya (from hammock, with Vinny, referring to Situation and girl having sex in hot tub)
Famous Last Words Award
Goes to the Danielle the Israeli Girl but with a huge assist from Pauly D's bug-eyed facial reaction (photo forthcoming).
"We're not supposed to have sex until we get married." - Danielle
*All photos courtesy of mtv.com.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Best Quotes from MTV's Jersey Shore - Episode 7
Posted by James Cooney at 5:19 PM
Labels: humor, Jersey Shore, miscellany
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Jersey Shore is over, but the mammaries live on… Check out "Jersey Shore (A Love/Hate Song)" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNq7LyJ5dAc
- January 29, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Bruce and Ross:
That was beautiful. I'm misty eyed!!!
Reposting your amazing parody here.
For those of you who recognize the sweet tune, that would be "Jersey Girl" written by Tom Waits, made popular by Bruce Springsteen.
- January 30, 2010 at 10:37 AM
- Amanda said...
Hey you! Long time no read and having skimmed this bit I can honestly say I think Jersey shore will be one to miss if it ever ventures this side of the pond!
- February 5, 2010 at 7:25 AM
jersey shore is f****** amazing!!!!!! poor pauly:)
- March 7, 2012 at 8:26 PM
welcome to jersey shore b****!!!
- March 7, 2012 at 8:28 PM
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I'd been here before with a fiend and enjoyed a really lovely lunch so when we planned to meet people in Brecon we thought this would be the place. However, despite to web site still being active, the place was very closed - in fact...More
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OKLAHOMA CITY — On June 4, Bob Gallagher, the owner and CEO of Good Will Publishers, received the news that he had been praying for: His family company, along with the hundreds of other Catholic employers that joined a class-action lawsuit against the federal Health and Human Services' mandate, had obtained relief from a U.S. district court in Oklahoma City.
The class-action lawsuit was brought by the Catholic Benefits Association (CBA), an umbrella group for Catholic employers with either group health insurance or self-funded health plans that are morally compliant with Catholic teaching.
In his 21-page ruling that provided injunctive relief, U.S. district court Judge David Russell found that the for-profit and nonprofit Catholic plaintiffs would likely win on the merits of their claim that the HHS mandate violated their free-exercise rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. He barred the federal government "from any effort to apply or enforce" the law against the 459 Catholic employers and 1,953 parishes that are members of the Catholic Benefits Association.
Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, the president of the board of the Catholic Benefits Association, applauded the ruling as a first step in a promising new initiative that is designed both to provide affordable health insurance that complies with Church teaching and to defend the right of Catholic employers to choose plans in accord with their moral beliefs.
"We formed the Catholic Benefits Association to support Catholic employers in providing quality, cost-competitive, morally compliant health-care benefits for their employees. Yesterday's decision makes this a reality," said Archbishop Lori in a statement released after the ruling.
In an interview with the Register, Archbishop Lori explained that the Catholic Benefits Association "owns the Catholic Insurance Co., which provides claims administration and stop-loss coverage for Catholic employers of self-funded plans."
He said that the Catholic Benefits Association opened its doors in February and quickly attracted a flood of members. Archbishops Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, Charles Chaput of Philadelphia and Peter Sartain of Seattle are also on the board.
"Catholic employers are coming together, yoking our buying power to work through a third-party administrator and to do so in a way that is morally compliant," he said.
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Filed in March, the class-action lawsuit brought by the Catholic Benefits Association represents three groups of plaintiffs: "exempted" dioceses and archdioceses, Catholic nonprofits that received an "accommodation" from the White House that the U.S. bishops have deemed to be unacceptable and for-profit family companies that received no relief from the government.
Judge Russell rejected the government's argument that the CBA lacked standing to represent all its members in the lawsuit. The court found that "because the CBA's members are so uniform in their beliefs — particularly their beliefs that contraceptives are objectionable — the court finds that the CBA can properly present its members' claims in this case such that the participation of the individual members of the CBA is not required."
Martin Nussbaum, general counsel for the Catholic Benefits Association, emphasized that the ruling was especially important because it advanced an urgent broader mission to provide solutions for Catholic business owners like Bob Gallagher, who have run out of options for affordable, morally compliant health insurance.
"This opinion establishes that the Catholic Benefits Association has associational standing to bring claims on behalf of its hundreds of member employers, each of whom now enjoys the freedom to provide health-care benefits to employees consistent with their Catholic values — unless another court overturns that decision," Nussbaum told the Register.
But the legal victory also points to a second, equally promising advance for Catholic employers like Gallagher, who lives in North Carolina — one of 30 states that require employers to provide contraception in their employee health plans.
Russell's ruling does not formally affect North Carolina's contraceptive mandate, but it gives Gallagher a path for dealing with it, said Nussbaum. Now, with the establishment of the Catholic Benefits Association and the Catholic Insurance Co., Good Will Publishing can participate in a self-funded plan that will not be subject to the state mandate. Group insurance is subject to state and federal mandates, but self-funded plans are not.
In short, said Nussbaum, CBA litigants get an exemption from the federal mandate, while self-funded plans obtained through the Catholic Insurance Co. shield Catholic employers from compliance with state mandates.
Government Arguments Rejected
In his ruling, Russell did not address the likely impact of his decision on the Catholic Benefits Association and its future mission. Rather, he focused on the technical issue of standing and then turned to the merits of the plaintiffs' argument that the HHS mandate violated their free-exercise rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
Citing legal precedent — including decisions in favor of Hobby Lobby's legal challenge to the mandate, now awaiting a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court — the judge essentially agreed with the plaintiffs and rejected the government's argument that a temporary injunction would undermine the public-health goals of the federal mandate and result in harm to the plaintiffs' employees.
"Defendants contend that there is inherent harm in prohibiting them from enforcing the challenged regulations against these plaintiffs. Yet defendants have already exempted health plans covering millions of others, including those plans of many religious organizations," stated Russell in his decision, which expressed skepticism about the government's argument.
"By comparison, the harm posed to these plaintiffs absent relief is quite tangible — they will either face severe monetary penalties or be required to violate their religious beliefs."
However, Russell rejected a similar claim from a number of dioceses and archdioceses that had joined the lawsuit. They had argued that the federal law burdened their religious freedom, in part, by effectively creating a two-tier health-insurance system for exempted places of worship and non-exempted charities and schools. But the judge did not agree with this claim and simply noted that dioceses were exempt from compliance with the mandate.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act directs the government to enact laws that do not burden the free exercise of religion without a compelling state interest. Once that threshold has been met, the government must choose the least burdensome means of advancing its interests.
'Ideal Vehicle for Us'
Gallagher, the CEO of Good Will Publishing, which owns Saint Benedict Press, is waiting to see if the government appeals Russell's decision. But for now, he is relieved to have a favorable decision — and to have an affordable health-insurance plan that reflects his beliefs.
"We have been very active on this issue for a number of years," said Gallagher, who added that when his last plan had unexpectedly added abortion services, Good Will had been forced to change to a much more expensive plan.
"The CBA is the ideal vehicle for us," he concluded. "When I heard about it, I said, 'Wow, this is what I have been saying needed to be done for a long time.'"
Joan Frawley Desmond is the Register's senior editor.
I'm frankly mystified about why this vitally important issue is discussed in relation to 'Obama' rather than others in his Administration directly responsible for health legislation. Frankly, I'm sick of the attacks on him. They smack of racism.
Of course it's possible that the President has anti-Catholic views. Many church-going Protestants do. Sectarianism is old. Divisions among world major religions, anchored in different beliefs about right and wrong, are also very old. They go back to well before the time of Christ!
A long time ago Mr Obama said that abortion was a 'divisive' issue. It is. In general, religious people oppose it and argue that since life begins at the moment of conception, we human beings do not have the right to take the life of a newly conceived infant. Alas: since so many poor single women—especially, today, women of colour—become pregnant, and do not want to be single mothers, the President is in Catch 22. He deeply understands their plight.
It would be nice if those of us who oppose abortion, and I do, were kinder to women who choose to 'terminate' a pregnancy. As it happens, I have two adult children who were perfect 'cases' for abortion, given the usual arguments in favour of it. Through the Right to Life movement we adopted our kids as young infants—one in NZ (early 1976) and and one (late 1977) in Australia. Our 5th grandchild is on the way.
I was encouraged to read about this ruling. I pray that our government will cease in it's attempt to nullify religious freedom in the United States.
anon, "sympathy" isn't what is sought. Constitutional justice is. This first ever "affirmative action" President is destroying the best health care system ever created, along with the Democratic Party and at least half of the Catholics who endorse them with their name and support, including the clergy who are registered to vote. Your closing sentence sounds like you are describing Democrat politicians.
If I could trust English speaking news information sources were not trying to manipulate public opinion for third party profit, using conservative so called Christian values as a tool to increase public anger in order to increase profits I would be more sympathetic. Example—Raymond Arroyo apparent support of the religious right seems more about his networking his was into a new corporate job with more money. Under the cover of religion using issues such as this healthcare debate good people will elect bad people that have no real purpose or interest other than creating more profit.
"By comparison, the harm posed to these Plaintiffs absent relief is quite tangible — they will either face severe monetary penalties or be required to violate their religious beliefs."
Which is a violation of The Eighth Amendment principle of proportionality, and our First Amendment Right to witness to our Faith in private as well as in public.


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We survived the weekend with my parents, grandparents, and uncle, and now I'm home, trying to clean and prepare for Jim's mom to fly in tonight for her two week marathon of a visit. Not sure if my snarky northern sensibilities will survive two minutes, let alone two weeks, of her deep fried southern personality. Not to mention my fear of being criticized on the way I'm raising Natalie. Afterall, this is the woman who told us we had to take her to a chiropractor when she was a week old.
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