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Monterey

Michael Stumpf having fun with his iPhone

Michael Stumpf taking a photo of the boats at Fisherman\'s Wharf

Seems that everyone I know who has an iPhone is fanatical about it. I don’t have one because I use U.S. Cellular and they don’t offer them (note to self: ask my friend Jim Holmes at U.S. Cellular if and when they will offer iPhones.)

This is a photo of my friend Michael Stumpf who owns Stumpf and Associates from Doylestown, Pennsylvania taking a photo last Friday night on Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey before we went in to have dinner at Domenico’s on the Wharf. The calamari appetizer there was unbelievable, as were the fresh California artichokes. Continue reading

Learning more about social media on the Monterey Peninsula

Here I am near the beautiful purple \"ice plants\' along the coast in Monterey. Near Pebble Beach in Monterey

 

I took these photos along the shoreline near Pebble Beach last Thursday before my bike ‘encounter’ with the door of a Mercedes Benz. Not sure how the door fared, but I was pretty shook up and bruised (and still am!)  I was in too much of a daze after it happened to see if the door was damaged or not. At least that’s replaceable but my head is not!

Regardless, Monterey is a beautiful part of the country and it was a beautiful setting to learn about social media from Brett Giles and Andrew Bagley out of Sitewire in Tempe, Arizona.  They work on all aspects of search marketing for national clients like Olive Garden and Red Lobster. This field of social media and search marketing is evolving so quickly and there are so many different ways of getting involved with it that I find it extremely stimulating and fun. Continue reading

My big California crash

I spent five days in California this past week. It was a combination of business and fun.  Sometimes fun isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

I had flown into Monterey on Wednesday and stayed with a good friend, Betsy Shea, in Carmel Valley. She owns Shea Campbell, a marketing communications agency which is part of my national agency network, called the Alliance of Marketing Communication Agencies. Continue reading