By Renee Martinez, Founder of Raising Boys World
As a mother of all boys, I can already see the writing on the wall.
As I walk into my son’s bathroom this morning, the odor of urine overwhelms me. It smells like a swamp! I glance at the toilet and see unflushed urine…again. My 8 year-old. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve reminded him to flush the toilet, but to him, it must be optional. Honestly, I can live with a toilet seat up, I can’t live with the swamp smell. Is this a girl vs. boy issue? As the only woman in the house, then I’ll never win. I certainly don’t mind reminding him every morning, noon and night, but when will the time come when I don’t have to?
This seems like a chance though, to really teach the boys manners. Teaching manners is really important. It teaches respect and frankly, it makes them more likable. I expect my boys to respect themselves, their family and friends, so now I’m going to remind them more (than I already do) of the importance of manners. I’d like to hear your stories!!
About the Author: Renee Martinez consults and speaks professionally on social media marketing, integrated marketing communications, public relations and branding. She is the president of Ruby Marketing Communications (www.rubymarcom.com), a boutique marketing communications company that specializes in providing branding, social media strategy and integration, and creative services. Her blog (www.lisac95.sg-host.com), provides resources on everything marketing and social media for her active audience.
Renee has contributed as a featured monthly columnist in the monthly jewelry industry publication, JCK, on matters related to internet marketing as well as in InStore Magazine as a featured blogger where she writes about developing effective marketing strategies for the jewelry industry using social media. She is the founder of: Social Media Biz Summit (www.socialmediabizsummit.com), the first large-scale SM conference to come to Buffalo, NY; #jewelrychat, a weekly twitter chat for the jewelry industry and www.RaisingBoysWorld.com. Renee teaches social marketing courses at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY for the business school as well as offers small group social media marketing training and educational seminars for businesses in Western New York and beyond.
Renee has dabbled in the internet marketing arena since the early 90′s and is not ashamed to call herself a “marketing geek”. From chatting in AOL, “sharing” music on Napster, and teaching HTML classes before it was considered “cool” to developing comprehensive social media strategies, effective public relations campaigns and managing online communities (most recently Chevy Girls Buffalo).
She enjoys being able to help people find their voice online and to create buzz about their product or service that will give them the results they desire.
Renee can be found on Twitter (@reneemmartinez) and Facebook (http:/www.facebook.com/RubyMarCom).
