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Chapter One.
Taina Kelly.
2 Years Earlier
Taina Kelly allowed herself to sink even lower down into her warm bath water. The water swished around a little, relaxing her muscles. She couldn't remember how many times she had taken these bubble baths after her nightly beatings.
She held a cigarette between two of her fingers, her right arm hanging over the side of the tub. She brought the cigarette to her lips and took a long drag before slowly exhaling. Flashbacks from her latest beating reminded her to never buy anything without him knowing. All she could see were his angry eyes, all she could feel were the imprints his fingers had left all over her skin. Sometimes she wished he would just drown her in the tub. She didn't have anything worth living for; No family, no friends, and no money. He had made sure she never had anything.
"What's taking so fucking long, bitch?" She heard him yelling from their joint bedroom down the hall. "Hurry up and make me dinner." She didn't move from her spot for a moment. Taina didn't want to get up and make him a dinner that she wouldn't be allowed to eat. She just wanted to soak and smoke away her sorrow.
Taina got out of the tub anyway pulling the stopper out, taking a second to watch as the bubbles drained out of the tub. She envied the bubbles, it was so easy for them to disappear. Most times all she ever wanted to do was disappear.
She dried herself with her towel quickly and slipped on a pair of panties and a cami. Taina walked down the hall to the kitchen and bent over to look into the refrigerator. A gallon of milk, a carton of eggs, a half drunk can of Sprite, sausage, and a few old Lunchables were all that adorned the fridge.
"I guess I'm making breakfast." She murmured to herself. She quickly got to work, cracking the eggs on the edge of the pot and boiling water. She slaved over the stove for the next 20 minutes. Whens she was done she put all of the food onto the plate and took it down the hall to him.
"Here." Taina mumbled shortly dropping the plate into his lap.
He snatched her arm up quickly and brought her to his side.
"You want to try that shit again?" He more so told her than asked.
She picked the plate up from his lap before placing it on the bedside table.
"That's what I thought. You know better than to try that disrespectful shit with me." She rolled her eyes and walked around to her side of the bed. She climbed into the bed, turning over on her side so she wouldn't have to face him.
"T…" He trailed off. She closed her eyes and pretended she was asleep.
"Taina." She continued to pretend she couldn't hear him until she felt herself being snatched up again.
"Oww, oww, oww…" She cried out at the awkward position her arm was in.
"Get your fucking ass up and take this plate to the kitchen!" She scrambled to get the plate and rushed down the hall right after. She had already taken her beating for the night, she didn't want anymore.
Present Time.
Bree Lovett.
I brushed my long straight jet black hair as the rain landed onto the window pane. It's been raining nonstop even since the incident. The rain mocked me; every single rain drop reminded me of the bloodshed. I was a murderer. My mother didn't make anything better. I killed the one man she loved. The man who would kick around her as if she was a stranded puppy. Petty females andtheir feelings. If he hadn't touched me, he'd still be living. Heh. Bree is so naïve, so weak, she can't fend for herself. I laughed aloud as the lightning flashed within the dark skies. I sat the brush on my dresser and reached inside its wooden draws. My hand fidgeted around through the pile of panties and bras until it felt its handle. I pulled out the gorgeous piece of artwork, my infamous blade. I loved her. My tongue slid across her polished steel.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Marcus mouthed while pulling the belt out of his pants' loops.
He removed his shirt which revealed his bulky arm muscles and threw it on the floor. The rain drops fitted nicely on his chocolate toned skin, his body made my hormones run wild. My sex life was a total bore, I've haven't been touched in months.
"Do I have to ask you again?"
I put the blade back into place and faced him.
"Then what were you doing with that knife?"
"I was just admiring her."
"Oh yeah? You weren't planning on using her, were you?" He whispered into my ear.
His hot breath dwelled on the skin of my neck.
"No." I murmured.
"Good, I'd hate to fuck your pretty little face up." He chuckled.
Not if I fuck you up first, you pig.
"Remember I was the one who got you out of trouble.. You owe me, Bree, you promised. You're my property." His words trailed off as he left the bedroom.
It was true. He was the one who got me out of trouble and I promised to do everything he wanted me to. I didn't want to stay in jail, that place gave me the shivers. Marcus was a drug dealer; he was infamous in these streets. Marcus would let me weigh the drugs and put them into tiny zip lock bags. He would then go out to sell them. He didn't trust too many, but he kept me by his side since I was his little slave.
"Bree! Come here!" Marcus yelled from the kitchen.
My feet paddled against the wooden floor, which made it creak with every step I took. It would be impossible to kill someone in this house. I made my way into the kitchen.
"Come cook this chicken for me."
His eyes were glued to the middle of my chest. Eh, pig. He would always have chicken for dinner, he didn't know how to even shop for groceries. I rolled my eyes and nodded. I went to the stove and turned on the fryer. He watched me as I seasoned the chicken and put them in flour. He always watched me, no matter what I did. Trust Issues I suppose. He came from behind me and wrapped his muscular arms around my thin waist.
"Your nipples are hard, why?" He asked nibbling on my earlobe.
I shrugged. "I'm cold?"
"Nah, I don't think that's it." He said.
He put his hand under my shirt, squeezed on one of my small breast and fingered my nipple. Even though I stayed with the man, I never thought about having sex with him. I always pictured someone else, but with his body. I removed his hand from my shirt and readjusted my tank top.
"The fryer is ready." I said.
As I was released from his grip, I laid the pieces of chicken into the hot grease.
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So now that I've done the INTRO POST, today I want to say, "CHA: Day One".
There was only
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Sooooo . . . "CHA: First Part of THE Day." See? Doesn't sound as impressive. Oh well. Here we go.
On CHA Day, I woke up at 3:30am. It was like I was 8 and it was Christmas morning. I did need to get up early but that was RUH-DIK. I left my house at 5:20, prepped with a full tank of gas and a large coffee. There were some very good omens that signaled a great day. When I turned my car on in the morning, the radio was playing the beginning of a Journey song. Dude. So awesome. {If you're new here, I'm obsessed with JOURNEY}. And I got to watch the sun rise over Santa Barbara.
Later, as I drove through Hollywood, on the other side of the freeway there was a cascade of bougainvillea hanging over the tall cement wall, like these.
And they were in a heart shape :) {I'm so obsessed with HEARTS, they also have their own Pinterest board}.
Yeah, I felt like it was going to be a very good day indeed.
I arrived in Anaheim around 9:30. The convention center is right by Disneyland and normally I would've been SO sad that I couldn't join all the people going there. But, hey, I was going to Scrapbooking Disneyland and that's even better! I was so excited that I totally forgot which direction the parking lot lady said to go so I went straight and it all worked out. Phew! After parking (again, still so excited I forgot to note which section I was in = regret later), I asked the guy entering the stairwell before me, "Which way do we go, up or down?" and he said, "I always just follow the light so that means up." I thought that was a good match for my feelings of the day: I was going toward the light. {The sound of angels singing}. I was about to enter scrappy heaven!
The conference center lobby is huge so I just followed people who looked like craftsy types, LOL. Lots of people had brought rolling tote bags, which is wicked smart. I only had my purse and, like a dummy, I had even downsized it so it would be lighter. {I would later regret this, too}. I checked in which you don't even have to talk to a real person for! The week before CHA, they e-mail you a QR entry code and, using the CHA app, you just hold it up to the machine. I got my badge, checked out the big board, loving how everything was so bright and cheerful and the scene was buzzing!
Note: I'm apologizing now. Most of my photos were taken with my iPhone because I was having camera problems. The photo quality is not great; I realize that and I'm sorry! But like I said in my LAST ENTRY, there are TONS of great CHA photos and videos online. My goal is to share photos that illustrate my day and so I can reference scrapbook products I'm commenting on. I hope that's not too much of a bummer!
I stopped to take a few pics as I walked into CHA for the very first (and hopefully not last) time! And who was there, front and center??? MARTHA, of course! It's always Martha, Martha, Martha!
First, I decided to take a cruise around and get the lay of the land, and note the booths I wanted to go back to.
Okay, I'm going to stop photos here for now. As you can see, the place is massive. All these scrapbooking companies are interspersed with other crafts – beads, sewing, yarn, paints, etc. You get a workout, that's for sure! I made use of that charging station area because my iPhone died and, as I was counting on it to be my camera, that was NOT acceptable, LOL! There were plenty of food vendors right in the CHA area; I got a fruit cup for $5 but they had lots of good-looking hot food, too. I got an Aquafina from a vending machine for $2.50 (just giving you an idea of prices for when YOU go :). I was surprised that the Fancy Pants booth was so small but it was cute!
Okay, I'll have more "quick look" photos next time, then we'll start getting in depth with specific companies in the posts after that. Talk soon!
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What a fun post- plenty of us would love to go one day so your fresh approach is just what we need to read.Reply
So, so much fun!!!Reply
Scrapbooking is not dead!Reply
Wow, looks fun!Reply
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Hi Erika! I chuckled and smiled and felt I was right along for the ride in your intro paragraphs! Love all the photos. I, too, am surprised at Fancy Pants?! Hmm. Oh, well, I just bought their new line Be.Loved and love it, so all is well :) Very endearing your describing the little things where you knew it would be a good day :) Can't wait for more from you!Reply
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Thanks so much for sharing your show photos — I feel like I was there with you!Reply
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Awesome!! Can't wait to see more posts.Reply
I am thoroughly enjoying reading your first hand account of CHA. Thanks. Looking forward to the next installationReply
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Hi Erika – I love how you write! Makes me feel like I'm right there with you. "Follow the light" – I'll always remember that now! Love your photos because it gives me an overall feel of the place. The Jillibean booth looks so cute! Now I'm looking forward to your next post. Thanks!Reply


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I had a very difficult time choosing just one song to comment on from this album. They are all so amazing, really. In my dilemma, I made the obvious choice: the first single.
On that note, I think I will begin by actually speaking of the album itself. This album came out in a time when I was really struggling with my drug addiction. Upon purchasing the album and realizing what relief I could find in this collection of soul-songs, I quickly delved into intensive listening, with the album quickly climbing to the top of my "most listened." Within its hallowed lyrics, I have found much inspiration, insight, and relation to the suffering, growth, and self-honesty herein.
I have followed this band for some time, and it is amazing to see the progression of their lyrics and composition, both (front man side project Broken Bells, included). It is curious to watch the progression of a band who stays together for an appreciable time. It helps me to remember that these bands are made of people. Real. Fucking. People. Not high-and-lofty poets secluded away with the muses, but PEOPLE. WITH LIVES.
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In your opinion, Are there any sure-fire ways to cure a headache? If so, what works best?
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Hi there, you mentioned you get servere headaches lasting more than day , a day at the least.
I do suffer from them too, and it was diagnosed as migraine for me. It starts as a dull throb on the right side of the head, over the right eye or at the back of head and then increases. Also my vision blurrs if the headache increases ,and even hearing is well, affected, as in , its all hazy and muffled... if the headache is very severe . If these are the symtoms, may be you wanna cehck with the doctor once, to confirm its migraine and take appropriate diet precautions.
I was suggested to avoid a few thngs in my diet , like chocolates, fizzy drinks and fast food, like burgers and Pizzas.... I do eat by in very minimal quantities... next to none.
Do drink a lot of water.... it really helps... it works for me always... a sure shot ... way! Keep drinking water... on and off...
Also , a good nights sleep and take care not to oversleep, coz that affects your diet routine.
Make sure you eat at regular intervals and are never hungry for too long.
As for the hot and cold napkin, which ever gives a instant relief. I use a hot napkin on my head , when it is severe and it really helps... ebb the pain!
Hope that helps...
Coz for me taking care of these.... I have been able to control the headaches , but nevertheless when I do get... I jus apply some balm and sleep ...
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The Detroit Red Wings fell into the Boston Bruins trap in Game Two, which knocked them off their game and Boston took advantage.
The Bruins jumped on Detroit early and capitalized off of a mistake by the Red Wings' power play, which put Detroit into an early hole.
Jimmy Howard has never been a great puck playing goaltender, but in Game One he made two impressive plays. Unfortunately for Detroit, his plays from Game One did not transfer over well to Game Two. To be fair to Howard, his team did not set him up for success on this play.
Brendan Smith was moving up to play the puck, but as Riley Sheahan was heading off the ice he knocked the put backwards and past Smith. Smith was going to move back to play the puck, but saw Howard coming out of his net to play it and moved to the boards. Howard tried to play the puck to Smith on the boards, but the puck hit Smith's shin and landed on Justin Florek's stick.
There was a communication breakdown for the Detroit Red Wings on this play and it cost them an early goal, while giving Boston a momentum boost.
Despite the large amount of negatives in this game, there were still some positives for Detroit.
The first one being, Luke Glendening's first NHL Playoff goal and Detroit's only goal of the game.
Darren Helm made a great move on Iginla to get a better shot on net and shot the puck low on Rask for a rebound opportunity. The rebound came off Rash and because Glendening crashed the net and was rewarded with a goal.
Glendening was not the only Detroit Red Wing to skate directly to the net to screen Rask or look for a rebound, but it was not a common occurrence for Detroit in Game Two.
The Red Wings need to get bodies in front of Tuukka Rask and score dirty goals in Game Three to win because Pavel Datsyuk is not going to be able to make incredible saves every night.
Another good aspect of the game for the Red Wings is they showed Boston they are not afraid to be physical and get into a scrum with Boston's big players. It ended up playing n Boston's favor in Game Two, but it could work out for Detroit in the long run.
Tomas Tatar got into it with Brad Marchand in front of Jimmy Howard near the end of the second period, but Brendan Smith getting in Zdeno Chara's face is much more well-known.
It might not have been the most even fight, although Chara is not a great fighter and Smith might have had a decent chance, but just seeing Smith and the Red Wings step up to the "big bad Bruins" is a positive for Detroit.
They will have to be more composed in Game Three and cut out the shenanigans after the whistle, but keep playing strong between the whistles.
Detroit needed to split the games in Boston and they achieved it, they have a lot to do to recover from the Game Two loss.
The Detroit Red Wings face-off against the Boston Bruins in Joe Louis on Tuesday, April 22th at 7:30 p.m. Eastern. For the full schedule visit our Playoff Schedule Page. For the best deals on Red Wings playoff tickets visit TiqIQ.com
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These Canadian alt-country vets put into practice one of that scene's most worthwhile suppositions: that there's fertile creative territory to be tilled by mating vintage country's twang with more modern sounds. In the Junkies' case, it's the slurred, appropriately druggy atmospherics of the Velvet Underground; the cover of "Sweet Jane" that anchors their 1988 classic The Trinity Session draws a line from Hank Williams' heartbreak to Lou Reed's headache. On One Soul Now, the Junkies' ninth studio album, singer Margo Timmins continues to make regret sound like a very sexy experience, while her guitarist brother Michael matches her moan for moan.


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I just spent four days at the Social Media Symposium for Tourism in Huntsville, AL. Four days with some of the world's brightest minds in social media and tourism. Four days of meeting fellow colleagues in the tourism industry. Four days of Huntsville Hospitality - and I only learned one thing.
Normally when I go to conferences, I aim to walk away with 3-5 new ideas that I can implement in my or my co-worker's daily performance, but not this time. This time I came with one thing, and here it is…
Brands need to give up control and give it to their communities.
As a marketer by day, I can attest to the fact that we as brands no longer own our brand identity. Despite all the research we do as a destination, our visitors are what define us as a destination. Our brand is no longer what we've manufactured behind our boardroom doors, but it is now what the visitor has either heard about us or experienced with us, no more no less.
While relinquishing control of the brand can be scary, allowing visitors (fans) to control your brand actually arms you with a large sales force. A sales force that you don't have to pay. A sales force that works nights and weekends. A sales force that is honest and shares insight into aspects of your brand that you haven't even thought of. A sales force that is viewed as more reliable than you - the brand itself.
So, while I walked with one thing, it was a big one thing. I'm going to challenge myself to develop marketing concepts that put our visitors in control of our destination, and then we as the DMO (Destination Marketing Organization) move from marketing our destination to managing our destination.
Here's to the challenge!
THE DMO OF THE FUTURE: Should They Hire Event Planners?
Every now and then, I like to sit back and think about what the future holds for the travel & tourism industry – specifically for DMOs and CVBs. Although I've only been in this industry for a short period of time, one thing that I have noticed is that there seems to be a lack of vision within our industry. And when I say lack of vision, I'm talking about where is the DMO/CVB going to be 10 years from now? What will the role of the DMO/CVB be in 2025? And how do we start to lay the groundwork now for that transition?
Maybe we can shed some light on that topic through this series of posts, titled "The DMO of the Future". I like sharing my thoughts and I like looking to the future, so why not write it down and share with you? With that said, here is my first installment, and it is posed as a question: Should DMOs/CVBs hire event planners?
Let's look at the definition of an event planner: An event planner is someone who manages the process of a project such as a meeting, convention, trade show, ceremony, team building activity or party. They handle budgeting, timelines, selection of event sites, food planning, transportation, theme development and contingency plans.
HERE'S A SCENARIO. How resourceful would an event planner be to every meeting planner who is planning their meeting in your destination? Not only would the DMO/CVB Event Planner serve as an extension of the organization, but they would become a valuable resource to the meeting planner or organization that lacks resources for a successful meeting (i.e. Small Meetings). Most planners hire event companies through destinations anyway, so why not just bring that outsourced work under the umbrella of the DMO/CVB? If you couple this with your Destination Services team, you've got a strong package to deliver to the meeting planner and their organization.
HERE'S ANOTHER SCENARIO. When the DMO/CVB sales staff travels to other cities to recruit visitors via trade shows festivals and/or fairs, how valuable does the DMO/CVB Event Planner become in arranging an event/activity on behalf of the destination? They find the venue, create the theme, arrange the food and transportation, and now all your sales staff has to do is what you hired them to do – sell.
HERE'S ONE MORE SCENARIO. Does your destination lack in having adequate festivals and events? The DMO/CVB Event Planner could be the lead project manager in developing a festival or event for your destination that brings in visitors from all over the world. Developing a festival with the organizational backing of the DMO/CVB is vital to its success.
Having someone on your staff, solely dedicated to planning events for sales activities and for booked business would be an interesting shift in how DMOs/CVBs recruit and retain visitors. Think of having a mobile wedding reception at your disposal anytime you wanted, but the person who plans it actually works with you. Do you think this would work?
Right on time to kick-off 2013, I made a list of 13 things that I think destinations need to be prepared for. DISCLAIMER: These are not sure-fire predictions. Think of these more as tiny morsels of information to keep in your brain.
1. The evolving role of communications/marketing staff. Press releases, story pitches and travel writers are no longer the main focus of marketing communications departments. Now we've got social media, website management, in-house graphic design and creative direction, just to name a few, that our communications departments are responsible for. In this ever-changing media world look for more staff members to become chameleons.
2. Consumer confidence increase. By all reports I'm reading, everyone is predicting that 2013 could be a record travel year. Consumers are feeling more confident now, and are willing to make that trip. Whether that trip is out of town or a staycation, the good thing here, is that they are spending money again – money that you want spent in your destination.
3. Government meetings decrease. Despite other market segments of travel seeing a rise, the government market segment is heavily scrutinized for its spending. Expect to see lesser government meetings in your neck of the woods. This now opens the door for you to pursue another market segment that you may have been neglecting.
4. Mobile takes over the travel experience. If you can remember one thing, it's this, "Mobile is the needle. Social is the thread." Our lives, in particular our travel experiences, are woven together by the use of social media, and mobile is the tool that starts and ends the process. Mobile usage is on the rise, and will continue to be so in 2013.
5. Your website is your life and blood. How many times are we going to experience the wrath of Edgerank on Facebook, privacy setting changes or the complete shutdown of a social network site to understand that we don't own that land. Don't allow outside networks to influence your marketing success - it's only rented property. Build up the assets that you do own, and that is your website.
6. iPads are the new black. We live in a time-strapped society, where our sales people only have a small window to influence a planner or tour operator to book the destination. iPads have breathed new life into sales presentations, that don't require Wi-Fi, plugs or a screen. Make sure you've got your sales materials loaded on the iPads in an easy-to-use interface for your staff so that they can effectively sell the destination.
7. Get personal with your visitors. In the marketing world, we are so inundated with mass communications, that no one takes the time to write us a personal note. Ditch the mass e-blasts and try one-on-one communications again – we've seen great success in it, with the ability to connect to our potential visitors in a more personal way.
8. RTOs are worth a shot. Regional Tourism Organizations are a great way to bring a collective group of people together to promote a niche market that everyone can benefit from. Look around and see what you share with other communities within your state/region and develop a plan to capitalize on that experience so that you can dominate that segment of the market.
9. DMOs need to be the expert. While we are the tourism expert for our respective destinations, DMOs need to go one step further, and become the expert in particular fields. Our hospitality partners need our support and providing them with expertise in terms of marketing, planning or some other business aspect will result a team-wide effort to win business for the destination.
10. Don't create, curate. Social media has opened the door to allow anyone to become a content creator, so odds are, what destinations want to create someone else has already beaten you to it. Just because DMOs are the authority on the destination, doesn't make them the authority on destination content. Some of the best stories are told by those who have no affiliation to the DMO, so reach out to those people and use what they have instead of reinventing the wheel.
11. Local bloggers are the new media. If your local bloggers are not on your media list, then you are missing the boat. Bloggers are just as credible, if not more credible, than your traditional journalists nowadays. And given the importance of reach and social media, bloggers have wide networks that allow for your message to be seen by more than just the local media.
12. Direct mail is not a bad thing. Snail mail is back on the rise I tell ya! Because of the increased number of digital communications options consumers have a hard time sifting through which emails to read and delete. Take the time and craft a direct mail campaign that allows the end user to touch and interact with your message for your destination. Go one step further and make it personal, and I guarantee you it'll be a great sales lead.
13. Niche can make you rich. Every destination has a story, and every destination has something unique. A niche marketing strategy is specific to one product. As the DMO, your goal is to uncover that one thing and market the hell out of it. In turn, that niche market can lead you to rich content that makes you a "top places to visit".
Are any of these things are your list to do for 2013?
The best way to encourage and persuade travelers to come visit your destination is through advertising. Nothing tugs at the heartstrings more of potential buyers than to be able to see the product that they are about to purchase, and in this case, nothing is more important than for the traveler to be able to see themselves in your destination. We all can use a little guidance as we continually develop new advertising strategies, and for that reason, I have decided to share with you five reasons why your destination advertising sucks. (For the context of this post, we'll refer to advertising as just TV, radio, print and digital – no social.)
Your skyline is your advertisement. How many destination/travel publications have you read, where the ad used by the destination is a beautiful shot of their skyline? Too many to name I'm sure. BREAKING NEWS – people can get a skyline shot anywhere! In this day of technology, skyline photographs are easy to come by, so odds are that if travelers see the same shot in your advertisement as they have seen on your digital properties, it won't be enough to keep their attention. Use a hero image that is indicative of the traveler's experience, as you cannot visit a skyline.
Your copy is not compelling. Surely there is a list somewhere of the "most overly used" words in destination ad copy. Words like 'experience', 'unique' and 'ideal location' are used all the time. Read your copy, and if you feel like you can insert Anytown, USA into the ad, you have a problem. Let your ad tell the story of your destination that leads the reader to research it a little further on your website where you can convert them into a visitor.
Your creative doesn't match across platforms. There is nothing worse in the world of advertising than when your ads do not match across multiple forms of media. Between print, TV, radio and digital, there should be some cohesiveness to the look and feel of your ads. There may also be times where you have changed the creative design of your print advertisements, but haven't changed the creative design of your website. No worries, as that happens…your simple solution here is to create landing pages within your website that reflect the current ads you are running, and integrate them seamlessly into the skin of your website.
You are in the wrong publications. As a destination, it is imperative to know your story and know who you are for in order to reach the right people – and I'm talking beyond the women 25-54 segment. Audience segmentation is key, so make sure that your ads align with the right forms of media to get your message to the right audience at the right time in the right place.
Your agency does it all, and you just say ok. I'm all about teamwork, heck, "teamwork makes the dream work" (I just had to say it.) I truly believe that the best ideas are born out of collaboration, no isolation. Don't allow your advertising agency to isolate you so far from the marketing process that the only input you give is a 'yes' or 'no'. You should know more about your brand than they do, so it is critical for you to lead the strategy planning of how and where your messages go.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA PYRAMID: Three (tions) of social media
How are you gauging your brand presence on social media? I'm not talking about the likes, followers, fans, etc, but more about your actions on social media – actions that are broad enough for us to understand, but yet narrow enough for us to focus on.
Let's look at a pyramid real quick. Pyramids are triangular in shape, with sides that converge to a single point at the top, with the majority of the weight at the base, which is the foundation. Strong foundations are the main reason why pyramids are still standing today, and have lasted since ancient civilization.
We can take this same pyramid, and use it as an analogy for social media. There are three action levels in the social media pyramid for brands, and quite frankly there are three social networks that align perfectly with each of these strategies. While some of us are at different levels, we should all strive to be doing all three – to get us to the top.
This is your base, and probably the greatest strength of social media. Information is key, right? We already know what a simple internet search will provide us with, but social media is now giving us that same information without having to search for it. We can open up any number of social networks now and get breaking news, current affairs and other updates. Consumers are spending so much time on social networks that brands need to understand the importance of sharing information as opposed to waiting for a consumer to search for it. So at a minimum, you should be sharing information.
BEST TOOL: Facebook
What brands like the most about social media is using it as a way to converse with consumers – and by all means, they are correct. It's one thing for you to share information, but it's another thing for you to have conversation. At level two is where most brands fail, as they forget how to communicate with people. How many times do brands forget to respond to comments – both positive and negative? That is a killer. Conversations lead to prospects, prospects lead to purchases, and purchases make them customers. I always tell people to follow the 80:20 rule, 80 percent communication, 20 percent information. If you follow it, it forces you to have conversation.
BEST TOOL: Twitter
Now we are at the top, and this is the newest phase of social media – one that is taking off rather quickly. If you've figured out the art of sharing information, and mastered the craft of conversation, then inspiration is where you can get consumers to make that purchase. Social purchases are still not widely adopted, as consumers still make that final purchase in the store or at another time on an e-commerce website. But, I believe those times are changing with the rapid adoption of sites like Pinterest and Gentlemint that are built around inspiration – which in turn can easily link to a transaction page on your website. The group-buying sites Groupon and Living Social are good at this, and pretty soon brands will figure out a way to do it too.
BEST TOOL: Pinterest
Where are you at in the pyramid of social media?
Is Foursquare the New Travel Guide?
So I'm in on vacation this week in Destin, FL, experiencing sunshine, the beach, the family and a little sunburn. One of my biggest joys about vacation and traveling, is getting out and exploring my surroundings. So when I was looking for places to eat and things to do, I ditched the visitors guide, and went straight to Foursquare!
Because I work in marketing at a tourism organization, my goal of introducing Foursquare to our social media mix was to be an extension of our visitors guide. Being able to connect and communicate with people exploring our city in real time is key, and being able to give them recommendations and tips makes the experience even better.
So back to Destin… I've been to several new restaurants and attractions in my week here all based solely on what I found through Foursquare. I will admit that I used Twitter and Urbanspoon to reinforce my decisions, but Foursquare is where it all began.
The new updates in Foursquare, under the 'explore' tab have a wealth of information. From places offering specials to food and nightlife, Foursquare became my mobile visitors guide. And to make the experience even better, when I checked in to places and posted it via Twitter, surrounding businesses decided to strike up a conversation with me.
So I guess to answer my own question, yes, Foursquare is the new visitors guide…at least that's my opinion, what do you think?
As companies continue to explore ways to capitalize on the use of social media, especially location-based social networking sites, other companies have already figured it out. I'm an avid social media user, borderline "social media junkie", and I play around with several location-based social networking sites, i.e. Foursquare, Gowalla and Whrrl. On my recent trip to Chicago, I experienced something I've never experienced before.
And it went a little something like this:
Gathan D. Borden (@GathanDBorden)
Pretty fancy rooms now, they've upgraded since I was here last time. (@ Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago) whrrl.com/e/jzkAs
Hyatt Reg Chicago (@HyattChicago)
@GathanDBorden good call on the upgrade! We just completed a $90M guestroom renovation revinate.me/3AR Welcome to the hotel Gathan.
Look at that! Within 45 minutes, I had a response from the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Not only did they respond and acknowledge my tweet, but they also added a link via YouTube, which was a video of the hotel renovation process that included the Hotel General Manager talking about the renovation. And what they did was simple…follow the basic rules of social media.
Be responsive. Join in the conversation folks. Half the battle with social media is just listening. Don't allow your brand to be discussed and you not have any say. Be it positive or negative, you should be monitoring what others are saying about you. Respond in a timely and positive manner, and bring something of value to the conversation.
Be personal. Cut the corporate speak. Make sure that your social media tone matches your brand voice. Talk to people as if you were at a party, and discussing your brand over drinks. The less formal, the better. Know who you're talking to by calling them by their name, it adds more of a personal touch.
Be open. Allow people who are talking about your brand to really know what's going on. Bring them into your world and make them feel a part of your social circle. Ask questions, post videos and showcase photos. Be comfortable enough, to leave the social door open, so that people can make suggestions and comments to you.
That about covers it. Next time you're in Chicago, I recommend you stay at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Along with the newly upgraded rooms, when you check-in (socially, that is) you'll get a friendly welcome.
Remember, there is no such thing as a social media guru…my thoughts are simply that, MY THOUGHTS! What works for some, doesn't work for others. It's all about exercise and execution.
Every Super Bowl Sunday, the world watches in anticipation of the next great television ad to hit the tube. As a marketer, I love this aspect of the Super Bowl, and it's so big now that people refer to it as "The Brand Bowl". But there is always that one commercial that resonates with you and makes you think outside of its product message, and Chrysler's Super Bowl Ad did just that for me. Not only do I like Eminem and his craft, but I've had a soft spot in my heart for the city of Detroit and all it has been through over the past years. High unemployment, vacated buildings and lots and increased crime, just to name a few. So from this commercial, I came across three messages that are applicable to destinations and the tourism community.
KNOW YOUR STORY, AND EMBRACE IT. There's an old adage that says "History repeats itself." As a destination, it is vital that you know the history of where you are, but also now the vision of where you're going. And when I say history, I don't mean the late-1500s, I'm talking about recent history, about 50 years ago. Cities tend to develop in cycles. At one point, the emphasis is on downtown, and then people migrate out to the suburbs and downtown suffers, and then people begin to migrate back downtown, and the downtown is revitalized with new attractions, hotels and restaurants – history repeats itself. Every city in America has dealt with these issues, but it's the stories of how your destination chooses to rebound that will get people interested in what you're doing. That story of being knocked down and getting back up resonates with everyone in America. And it's that fortitude to get back up that can create the brand of your destination.
KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHO YOU AREN'T. How do you define your destination? It's always easy to compare ourselves to others, or simply mimic what see other do. If you are a Tier 2 or Tier 3 city, you won't have the mass appeal to compete with a tier 1 city… it is what it is. But that doesn't mean you can't win in the tourism game. If you constantly compare yourself against, and imitate other destinations that are not in your competitive set, then your resources become stretched and no goals get accomplished. Tourists continue to look for those unique, off-the-beaten-path excursions, and if you can deliver them an experience that is unique to you and only you, you are steps ahead of the game. If you're hurting in trying to define your destination, try these things: (1) Determine your goals. (2) Think about how far your destination has come and what has changed. (3) How do you react and respond with tourists, and lastly (4) Make a list of new initiatives that match with steps 1 thru 3.
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, AND WHO YOU'RE FOR. While this may sound similar to the previous statements above, this one is more about what products your destination offers and who's buying. Unique dining, original cuisine, one-of-a-kind attractions is what will set destinations apart. But you have to be realistic in determining (1) Who is going to come visit me?, and (2) How will they get here? Make sure you are reaching out to right people for your destination. Instead of the typical demographic: Female, 35+, Married w/ kids, College-educated with a HHI of $75k+, let's expand it, or drill down further, because in this case, it sounds like only women travel. What about men, bachelors, artists & musicians, senior citizens on motor coach buses, etc.? Is your destination a drive-market or a fly-market? If you are a drive-market destination, it doesn't make much sense to focus your efforts around the fly-market and vice versa. We always like to talk about Las Vegas in the tourism world, and if you search for trips to Las Vegas, the majority of your searches are about flights, because they are a fly-market, they know who they are and who they're for.
As I was writing this, it dawned on me that these same headings of "KNOW YOUR STORY, AND EMBRACE IT", "KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHO YOU AREN'T" and "KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, AND WHO YOU'RE FOR" are applicable to our everyday lives outside of our destinations. Great destinations are made by great people and great experiences. Remember, my thoughts are simply that, MY THOUGHTS! What works for some, doesn't work for others. It's all about exercise and execution.


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Breaking the silence: Politics, Dictorships and ignorance VS the Web
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I try to avoid talking about politics. I think most politicians represent the worst of the general populous.
Throughout history history the human race has proven time and time again that we're our own worse enemies. We fear the things we don't know or understand, persecute each other and those that dare question or step outside the norm. We are a destructive group of beings.
Perhaps our greatest flaw is our estranged disillusion of the illusion of control. That didn't make sense to me the first time I said it in my head but I'm sure it's what I mean. We're always trying to control things, people and even time.
We like to experiment, and for very brief moments in each era the experiment starts to look to be successful. We appear to be in control (this is where the illusion of control sits). But every so often, every now and again, a little piece of our frankenstein contraption falls off. That is when we realize we're not really in control. And the disillusion begins and at the strike of reality we become estranged to control. Read more of this post


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ARLINGTON -- Boxes filled with everything from cases of bottled water to diapers to canned goods lined the center field entryway at Rangers Ballpark on Tuesday morning.Texas Rangers employees, players' wives and former outfielder Kevin Mench loaded a truck with fans' donations to help the relief efforts in West, the town of 2,800 about 70 miles south of Fort Worth that is in recovery mode after last week's explosion at a fertilizer plant.The Rangers said the donations filled two large meeting rooms. They also received thousands in gift cards and $40,000 in cash from fans, employees and the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation to aid the victims.For Mench, the explosion hit close to home. His wife, Shana, is from the area and still has family there. She is the sister of big-leaguer Scott Podsednik, arguably the town's most famous son."It's a close-knit community, everybody knows everybody down there," Mench said. "If anybody has driven through there, they've stopped at The Czech Stop for kolaches. Bush's Chicken is there and the Pizza House and everything else. ... It's its own little community, but at the same time it's a big part of Texas itself."Mench said his in-laws were not directly affected by the explosion, but certainly felt it, comparing it to a "plane crash.""They felt the blast," he said. "You know how God works, I think they were downtown 20 minutes before that and the plant isn't too far from downtown. It's kind of scary to think about that, but at the same time they were safe enough to get out. Everybody there has rallied around and is helping the community get back on its feet."The explosion, which happened April 17 at West Fertilizer Co., killed 15 people and injured more than 200 and destroyed dozens of houses, an apartment complex and nursing home.Jordan Gentry, wife of Rangers outfielder Craig Gentry, was one of three Rangers wives, along with Brittany Ross, wife of reliever Robbie Ross, and JoAnne Moore, wife of bench coach Jackie Moore, on hand to help load the truck that departed for the West Fairgrounds around noon."I think it's a part of the players' jobs because people look up to them and they're always in the spotlight, so they need to set an example," Jordan Gentry said. "I'm just here to support Craig and help however I can. If we don't help each other in times such as this, who will? It's important and it's something I grew up doing in my church."
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The government construction worker may now have money to spend, but what about the people who are taxed to pay his salary? Those people now have an equal amount
to spend. So the economy isn't being "moved" any faster when the government creates jobs.
Joe there is something in economics called
a multiplier effect.
So the effect is not one to one. Those construction workers would have a higher income and they would pay taxes on that and they spend more money on lunches at work and transportation, work clothes, beer and tips at their local bar.
So not only does the construction worker now have more disposable income, the restaurant owners and waitresses have a little bit more, the gas station owner has a little bit more and the clothing store owner and the bartender has a little bit more disposable income.
The real job losses in this current recession has been state and local workers. The private sector has created over 4.5 million jobs since unemployment bottomed in Jan 2010, however government jobs (which usually keep pace with population growth) have not only not kept pace, but are a down over a million jobs since Obama took office.
What's the effect of that?
This estimate says with the multiplier effect
roughly 0.67 private sector jobs are lost for every public sector job cut. This means that the public sector being down 1.1 million jobs has likely cost the private sector 751,000 jobs (1.1 million*0.67).
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Restoring hoops order in the Triangle
Steve Shelton rattles off the names of talents from the past, area players making an impact now and those who will enter the scene in a few years.
He pauses at times as he recalls the name of another stellar kid from an upcoming recruiting class — an athlete too young to vote or even drive.
It's difficult to track them all, but it's clear that the local pipeline is packed with studs.
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North Carolina overcame a slow start to race past 10th-ranked Lehigh 16-7 in the first round of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse tournament Saturday at Fetzer Field. Eleven different Tar Heels scored in the game as UNC rung up its largest margin of victory in an NCAA game since 1990 when current head coach Joe Breschi served as the senior captain for the Carolina team.
ACC champion North Carolina improved to 13-3 on the campaign, its most wins in a season since 2010 to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals for the third time in Breschi's five years as head coach, but first time in three years.
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We're a little behind here seeing as basketball season has been over for a little over a month now, but it's never a bad thing to go back and reflect. And reflect we will. After each season, Roy Williams sits down with each of his players and grades them based on their play and I thought, what a perfect opportunity we have for us at KIH to do the same. And so between now and summer ball, we will go through each player and give them a report card from our view. Let's start with the upper classman shall we?
Dexter will go down as one of the more controversial players in Tar Heel history. He was criticized by some and loved by others. I tend to fall in the latter group personally and am truly sad that Dexter will no longer be an active player on the team because he brought a lot to the table including great leadership.


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No one is safe, not even the disabled child. Unless a kid snaps & commits a crime or gets physically violent, either in school or out...no one can do anything for fear of violating the rights of the disabled child. We watch this potential red flag population as they matriculate K-12th grades. Many wreck havoc in the classrooms. Many are heavily medicated. Many are silent...like Lanza. PL 94-142 had good intentions but these kids now hold schools hostage & some parents are in denial about their ADHD kids. This federal law gave bad behavior a pass & mandates systemic insanity in schools. No amount of federal funding will turn regular schools into clinical treatment facilities for disturbed children.


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text: Comment February 25, 2013 Issue State of the (G.O.P.) Union By Hendrik Hertzberg Table of Contents Credit Tom Bachtell Something there is about the experience of being the leader of the free world that can drive a man to paint. Dwight D. Eisenhower's homely canvases of barns and the like weren't that bad, an opinion the artist did not share. "Let's get something straight here, Cohen," the great man told Richard Cohen, now a Washington Post columnist but then, in 1967, a wire-service cub. "They would have burned this shit a long time ago if I weren't the President of the United States." Jimmy Carter's folkloric watercolors of home-town scenes sell for respectable sums to benefit the Carter Center. What you won't find in the oeuvres of Ike and Jimmy are any nude self-portraits. But, as the wired world has learned, courtesy of an unscrupulous hacker, the works of W include two. George W. Bush may be technically less adept than his White House predecessors, but his subject matter—while perfectly SFW, in his rendering—is far more challenging. It's worse painting, but it's better art. In one picture, we see him in the bathtub from his own perspective, his knees and toes poking out of the soapy bathwater. In the other, he's in the shower with his back to us, visible from the waist up. In a round shaving mirror that hangs from the showerhead, his reflected face looks out at us. Maybe Bush was thinking of a fragment of John Ashbery's poem "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror": How many people came and stayed a certain time, Uttered light or dark speech that became part of you Like light behind windblown fog and sand Filtered and influenced by it, until no part Remains that is surely you. On the other hand, maybe not. But Republicans have been doing a lot of looking in the mirror lately, trying to work out who they surely are and why they went so surely wrong last November, and they're seeing double. Was it the message, or merely the messengers? Too far right, or not far enough? Bad policies, or just bad politics? They saw double last week, when President Obama's State of the Union address was followed by not one but two prepackaged Republican "responses"—two speeches, one light (especially on substance) and one dark (especially in its fiscal doomsaying). Marco Rubio, freshly anointed the Party's savior on the cover of Time, gave the official, authorized one; Rand Paul gave the unofficial, unauthorized one, which was as much a response to Rubio as to Obama. Rubio's, of course, will be remembered longer for what went into the speaker's mouth than for what came out of it. Are the biggest moments of his otherwise smooth ascent destined to be spoiled by aquatic fiascos? At last summer's Republican National Convention, where his keynote address was the fanfare for Mitt Romney's acceptance speech, Rubio was preceded by an actor lecturing an empty chair. Approaching the lectern, he paused to wet his whistle. "Thank you, thank you," he told the applauding crowd. "I think I just drank Clint Eastwood's water." Just so. What Rubio offered last Tuesday evening was a dry—very dry—compendium of orthodox "conservative" banalities spanning the good (free enterprise, the Second Amendment, coal), the bad (government, taxes, Obamacare), and the ugly (a coded suggestion that wishing to do something about climate change is equivalent to believing that "government" can "control the weather"). His sole heresies were an avowal that "both Republicans and Democrats love America" and a daring penultimate line: "May God bless our President." Rand Paul eschewed any such grace notes. Instead, he delivered amped-up versions of Rubio's anti-government bromides, added some libertarian extras (such as abolishing progressive taxation and turning public education into a voucher system), and threw in a denunciation of "both parties" for "backroom deals." This is the third year that the Republicans' Tea Party faction has elbowed its way into the post-SOTU spotlight. Its previous spokespersons, Representative Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain, the pizza mini-mogul, were marginal cranks. Rand Paul, though a crank, is not so marginal: like Rubio, he is a member of the United States Senate, nominally subject to the disciplines of that august body's Republican caucus. In the wake of November's Democratic sweep of the popular vote—White House, Senate, House of Representatives—the G.O.P. is turning on itself. Karl Rove's Super PAC, American Crossroads, has started a pest-control subsidiary called the Conservative Victory Project, tasked with delousing the Party of hard-to-elect Senate hopefuls like Representative Steve King, the gay-baiting Iowa birther, and Representative Paul Broun, of Georgia, who regards evolution, embryology, and the Big Bang theory as "lies from the pit of Hell." Fox News appears to be on board, but much of the "base" is not. "This is war," Michelle Malkin, the popular blogger, wrote. "The civil war has begun," David Bossie, the president of Citizens United (the group behind the case), announced. Underlying such skirmishes are intimations of crackup in the Reagan-forged alliance of the economic-royalist right and the social-Christianist right. Both are trying to slough off the political dead weight of anti-immigrant nativism, which, anyhow, is not central to the core ideology of either. Abortion is different. The Party is rife with politicians who, whatever their private views, have spent four decades demanding its recriminalization. They could get away with it because it was understood that, thanks to the Supreme Court, their own wives, daughters, and friends would not be inconvenienced. But, with the Court just one Justice away from reversing Roe v. Wade, and with the blurring of the border between hostility to abortion and hostility to contraception, the political cost of "pro-life" posturing has been mounting. Railing against gay marriage used to be an easy call. As recently as 2004, three-fifths of the public rejected it. Now the wedge cuts the other way. More than half are in favor, including three-quarters of the under-thirty set and, among Republicans under forty-five, about half. What still holds the Party together is its implacable opposition to Obama and all he stands for—and the apparent willingness of its congressional cohort to thwart him by any means, fair or (more often) foul. At the emotional climax of his address, the President repeatedly called on Congress to bring his gun-control proposals to a vote. He wasn't even asking that they be passed. ("If you want to vote no, that's your choice.") He was simply asking—demanding? begging?—that they at least be considered in what was once, with very rare exceptions, the customary manner. He was also preparing the public for the likelihood that the gun-control proposals—and, by extension, the rest of his legislative recommendations—will be gutted or simply buried. In the Senate, the Republican minority wields the filibuster with unprecedented frequency and ferocity. 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