San Diego Restaurant Week: 7 Tips for Restaurant Owners

San Diego Restaurant Week

San Diego Restaurant Week kicks off January 13th – 18th with over 180 participating restaurants in 12 unique regions across San Diego. It’s the perfect opportunity for  guests to discover new restaurants around town and indulge in the art of dining with discounted prix fixe menus for lunch and/or dinner. Now if you’re a restaurant [...]

First Day of the New Year Hike

New Year Hike

I’ve always been superstitious when it comes to celebrating the new year. Growing up, my mom established the tradition that our family had to wear stripes or polkadots on New Year’s Eve because it would attract good luck and wealth. She also stressed the importance of being around family and loved ones because that would symbolize [...]

Be a Part of Ad 2 San Diego Cause Marketing Night 2012

Every year, Ad 2 San Diego selects a local non-profit organization that is making an impact to our community and offers pro-bono integrated  marketing campaigns. We’ve done everything from radio ads, television commercials to a full website redesign to meet our client’s goals and objectives. Last year, to fund our marketing initiatives, we hosted our [...]

Social Media Club San Diego presents The Social Hour

Social Media Club San Diego

You’re invited to “The Social Hour”! Social Media Club San Diego is launching The Social Hour every third Wednesday of the month at Co-Merge at 6pm. It’s the perfect opportunity to stay on top of trends and changes in the social media landscape in under 60 minutes. This month Social Media Club San Diego will [...]

Memecube: Get a Taste of the Super Optimized Conference Experience

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This year I’ve been fortunate to attend a number of marketing and industry related conferences. And while the content tracks differ, the underlying struggle as an attendee has been fundamentally the same across the board: What do I do when there are two equally mind-blowing sessions going on at the same time?  Normally, I ask [...]

Twitter Charity Run 2012: Tweet – Give – Run

Twitter Charity Run

This year I’ll be participating in my first virtual charity run created by Jeff & Tamara the creators behind WeRRunners.com. The purpose of the event is to take the amount you would normally pay for a race registration ($30 – $150) and donate those funds to your support your favorite charity. The event takes place [...]

10 Content Marketing Tips to Launch Your Business from Michael Stelzner

Social Media Club San Diego with Michael Stelzner

Last week Social Media Club San Diego (SMCSD) hosted an event with Michael Stelzner, founder of Social Media Examiner and author of Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition. At the event, Stelzner shared his Elevation Principle — a blueprint on how to launch a businesses by developing a solid content strategy. He [...]

Ad 2 San Diego Cause Marketing Night 2011 Event Recap

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Since 1947, Ad 2 has been a group of people passionate about helping others. From personal to professional growth, in bettering our communities, Ad 2 is a group of young, passionate, forward thinking and community leaders making a difference. As a national non-profit organization, we pride ourselves in being active and die hard advertising addicts blazing our way [...]

Ad 2 San Diego Cause Marketing Night and Charity Art Auction

Cause Marketing Night 2011 is Ad 2 San Diego’s fundraising event for their public service client, My Girlfriend’s Closet. The event will be held at the FIDM San Diego campaus and feature a Canvas Art Auction and guest speaker Brian P. Hawkins, co-founder and Vice President of Catalyst Marketing, Inc. Over 20 paintings by San [...]

Mari Smith 10 Facebook Do’s and Don’ts Event Recap

Facebook Do's and Don'ts

Last night Social Media Club San Diego (SMCSD) hosted a Facebook themed event with Mari Smith, renowned thought leader in the social media space and author of the new book, “The New Relationship Marketing.” Dubbed by FastCompany.com as “The Pied Piper of the Online World,” Mari Smith shared 10 Facebook Do’s and Don’ts to a [...]