By Renee Martinez
First – ignore the construction on the blog – I created a nice new header that I seem to be having trouble loading up.
New Header - what do you think?
Second, they started construction on my street. While this is a good thing for several reasons (new less bumpy road, entertainment for my children) the noise is making me a bit worried. Honestly, if the noise is as early and as loud as i think it might be – I’m in trouble.
Princess needs her sleep.
Of course, I could make a positive out of early rising. Perhaps a nice run or morning swim? No, sleep is better. No doubt.
What terrible luck I have. On our last day of school, when I just started looking forward to a few extra zzz’s tomorrow, the big trucks arrive. I suppose I could put the air conditioning on to prevent some of the noise from coming in. But truly, who am I kidding? These trucks are lining my sleepy street. One truck would be loud – add three more and you’ve got some serious noise.
So what’s my plan? Definitely using this as entertainment. We can sit and watch the trucks and our tax dollars work for us. I think since I’ve come to loathe mornings, I should use this as an opportunity to reconnect with the wee hours. School, getting ready and the stress – yikes. I thought I was about to get a break, but instead I’ll be up at the crack of dawn. Without a schedule to adhere to, I will try to go running. Maybe husband can hang out with the boys before work while I get my exercise in. After all, I need to whip myself into shape since I’ve decided to run the Toronto half marathon in September so I better get going on that.
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 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).
