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Hurricane Earl Projected to Hit Hampton Roads Friday at 120 MPH
Wow. Earl could be a good one. Details here from weather.com.
Why can’t HRVA have the business mindset of DC Metro?
While strolling through my regular feed reading this morning over coffee, I pulled up to a post by Ted Leonsis, one of favorite bloggers and CEOs. If you don’t know Ted, read about him here. He’s a fascinating individual. Ted’s post was titled, Edge City. You can see a partial reprint below but essentially Ted [...]
Telework!VA Conference – Will encouraging teleworking help Hampton Roads traffic gridlock?
Will encouraging teleworking help Hampton Roads traffic gridlock? We will see. I am at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel & Conference Center this morning attending a Telework!VA conference to see what our state and non-profit programs have to say about teleworking. JASE is the perfect case study for how teleworking can be successful. Can teleworking work [...]
Let’s Talk on Video Blogging for Business
I will be speaking next week to a group of Hampton Roads professionals, hosted by Realty Executives, on the use of video for their business. Of the many topics we will touch on are: Should video be used as a part of your toolset. How video should and can be used in your daily activities. How video can be [...]
#HRVA Snow Storm Jan 2010 [video]
Nicole and I took Reggie for a long walk around our neighborhood on the Lafayette River in Norfolk during the height of the weekend snow storm. Fun! It’s a little hard to tell in the video but the snow was falling steady, the wind was blowing about 20 MPH, and it was about 25 degrees [...]
February Schedule for Coffee with the CEO #cwtc
Be sure to register for these cool social media events at coffeewiththeceo.eventbrite.com so we can allow our hosts to plan for crowds. February 2nd location: Panera Bread 300 Constitution Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23462 February 9th location: Bean There Cafe 733 Eden Way Chesapeake, VA 23320 February 16th location: Aromas Coffee 706 Towne Center Drive Newport [...]
Weather in Hampton Roads is so jacked!
If you’ve never been to Hampton Roads, this is all you need to know about the weather. 60 degrees today. 30 degrees lower tomorrow. Then snow on Saturday. Yeah right! I actually feel sorry for the meteorologists that try to work in this area. RSS and Facebook readers: click here to view and enter comments. [...]
Social Media for Business comes to Norfolk
On Tuesday a group of professionals will gather over coffee to discuss business strategies, new media tactics, how inbound marketing can help small businesses in Hampton Roads, and many other hot topics. Come out to Fair Grounds Coffee off Colley Avenue in Norfolk and join us in this open discussion. No agenda. No sales. Just sharing and [...]
October Hampton Roads Tweetup a Success
About 50 or so like-minded business professionals attended last evening’s Hampton Roads Tweetup. The tweetup was organized by the Hampton Roads Internet Marketing & Technology Group and sponsored and hosted by the Surf Club Ocean Grille in Virginia Beach. The success of the meetup is positive proof that social media is alive and well in [...]
Let’s Celebrate Social Media at the Beach – New Media Conventions
New Media Conventions April 2010 Hampton Roads, VA Come join us in April for social media at the beach! April brings beautiful weather to the Virginia Beach area. The wider area around “the Beach” is known collectively as Hampton Roads, which makes up Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Williamsburg, Hampton, Newport News, and Va Beach. If you’re [...]
Coffee with the CEO: Awesome Group of Professionals Talking Social Media!
A group of business professionals from Hampton Roads gathered at Panera Bread in Ghent, Norfolk, VA to talk social media, new media, SEO, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, website designs, Southside Hampton Roads & Peninsula meetups, New Media Conventions, business strategies, video sharing, photo sharing, social bookmarking, marketing strategies, internet advertising, inbound marketing, email marketing and many [...]
How to Fail with Advertising
I found myself this afternoon driving around Town Center in Virginia Beach looking for a parking space before a lunch meeting at Gordon Biersch. For those of you that do not live in Virginia Beach, Town Center is ‘the’ business mecca in Southside Hampton Roads. In front of me at a stop light was this [...]
Virginian-Pilot Covers Hampton Roads Tweetup
Twitter users get a little face time at Va. Beach ‘tweetup’ By Patrick Wilson The Virginian-Pilot © October 1, 2009 VIRGINIA BEACH So, you know all those people who spend so much time talking to each other on Twitter? They also like to meet in person, as they did Wednesday evening at a “tweetup.” More [...]
THE Social Media Buzz Event in Hampton Roads
New Media Conventions Friday, September 18, 2009, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Cavalier Golf & Yacht Club, 1052 Cardinal Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, (757) 428-3131 * Wi-fi is free and available during the event * Gourmet Lunch is free and included in ticket price * 2 beverage tickets for after-event mixer are included in [...]
THE Social Media Buzz Event in Hampton Roads
New Media Conventions Friday, September 18, 2009, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Cavalier Golf & Yacht Club, 1052 Cardinal Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, (757) 428-3131 * Event limited to 230 people * Wi-fi is free and available during the event * Gourmet Lunch is free and included in ticket price * 2 beverage tickets [...]
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