Ad 2 San Diego offers Pro-bono Marketing Services for Non-Profits

June 17, 2011 Events

AD 2 SAN DIEGO IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2011-2012 PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN San Diego, CA (June 2011) – Ad 2 San Diego (Ad2SD), the young professionals division of the American Advertising Federation, is looking for the next nonprofit organization that is ready to receive an exciting marketing campaign at no cost to the [...]

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What Skydiving Taught Me as a Corporate Trainer

June 13, 2011 Events

View more presentations from Stephanie Garcia Late January of 2010, I did something that had always scared me – something that I never thought I could do. I jumped out of a perfectly good plane 30,000 feet above ground and lived to tell about it. I’ll spare you the details leading up to the jump; [...]

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San Diego Bucket List takes on P2K Shooting Range

June 10, 2011 Events

When TheDailySave sent an email blast to their subscribers last month that featured $20 for 1-Hour Range Time and Gun Rental for 2 People at the P2K Range, my friends and I were all over it. I’ve personally never fired a gun before and have always wanted to try it and with this deal it [...]

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The Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge: ROC Race 5K

June 10, 2011 Events

The Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge also known as the ROC Race was inspired by WipeOut, the American reality show competition featuring ridiculous obstacle challenges and American Gladiators. The 5K course around the historic Del Mar Fairgrounds made its debut last month with over 6,000 participants! According to CNN, Millennium Events the producers of the event, are making [...]

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ADMERICA is Coming…and so are the After Parties!

May 25, 2011 Events

  Wednesday June 1, 2011 – Opening Happy Hour: Welcome to ADMERICA! 2011 Kick off ADMERICA with a celebratory happy hour! Join Ad2 at Jolt’n Joes at 7:30pm and mingle with fellow attendees. The event is free, so network to your hearts content! Come as you are and kick off ADMERICA in style. Network and [...]

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Four Tips to Land Your Dream Job

May 11, 2011 Events

As the Communications Chair for Ad 2 San Diego, I regularly meet new members at our events that are eager to connect in hopes of landing their dream job but only a handful are able to close the deal. It used to be that if you had a rock solid resume with proven work experience [...]

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Four Keys to Unleash the Hidden Power of Your Customers

May 8, 2011 Highlights
Four Keys to Unleash the Hidden Power of Your Customers

Three years ago, I was invited to speak at a Becky Carroll’s Marketing via New Media class at UCSD Extension to speak on behalf of Brickfish, a social media advertising company based in San Diego. Since then, I’ve been a fan of Becky Carroll on Twitter and her blog CustomersRocket.net where she shares her passion about social [...]

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Tutorial: How to Add an Event to Yelp

April 12, 2011 Events
How to Create an Event on Yelp

It’s been a while since I’ve created a video tutorial and wanted to jump back into it again. With that said, here’s a quick 4 minute tutorial on how to add an event to Yelp. Click on the ‘Expand’ icon on the bottom right hand corner of the video player for a larger view. Unable [...]

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Social Media Camp: San Diego at Sony on April 30th 2011

April 5, 2011 Events
Social Media Club San Diego

Social Media Club San Diego (#SMCSD) is pleased to announce Social Media Camp: San Diego (#SMCampSD), a one-day event hosted at Sony Electronics’ magnificent LEED certified building in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo) on Saturday, April 30th from 9am-5pm. Social Media Camp: San Diego will feature sessions from local social media professionals such as: Becky Carroll [...]

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Check out the Google +1 Button

April 4, 2011 Technology
Google +1

Just heard about the new Google +1 Button and wanted to share the news on how this new feature can help you find what you need faster and how you can join in on the experiment. At a glance, the Google +1 Button encourages word of mouth marketing as it allows people to recommend content [...]

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