This nifty chart can help those who suffer from not knowing which social networking site to post to. In a social media experiment, I posted this image to ALL of my social networking site and received the most interactions on the Facebook (by far) and the second most from Google+. I am gonna make a judgement call that this chat is not entirely accurat, though it is freaking funny! Thanks Melissa Crain (of New Skin Media) for showing me the way!
If someone asked me at the age of eight what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have had one of three different responses: A lawyer, a teacher or the person who writes commercials. The third dream of mine is the one that I ended up pursuing and even though my dream was crushed by the decline in TV advertising, I knew even at a young age that the marketing world was the world for me. Good thing the world of internet advertising allows for more creative thinking and versatility than the in-the-box model of the TV advertisement.
Over the years many people have told me that I would make a great teacher, that I have a commanding voice (I think they mean loud) and now it is official – I am breaking out the glasses, the khaki pants and a plain blue blouse (memories of Mr. Murdock and Mr. Kaufman my two favorite teachers in high school) because I am going to start teaching social media classes for the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau.
I just discovered a cute new viral promotion on where you can customize and email a cupcake to your friends and kitchen appliance company Electrolux will give one dollar for each cupcake to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
I am not a fan of Electrolux’s Kelly Ripa campagin (because she kinda drives me crazy) but anything that has to do with cupcakes and giving money to ovarian cancer research , I am all for! I would like to note that if you try to send a cupcake from their website you have to sign up and give them your information, but the Facebook application you don’t.
I have been “tagged” multiple times on Facebook with this Myspace inspired spam called 25 Random Things about you. Inspired by David LeBovitz’s blog post “89 random things about me” I decided to also post mine on my blog, mainly because it explains a lot about me and the reasoning behind this blog.
1. I am not sure how to start off these random notes about me. I know I am going to over think everything, get self conscious and start over….
2. I only rewrote five of them and I decided to keep one at the last moment and it is the fact that I love sauerkraut and am craving it right now.
3. Sparkling wine from any region is my drink of choice, though it gives me the worst hangover.
4. I became a vegetarian at age 12; right after the McDonald’s opened in my town.
5. At 16, I worked at Windsor Waterworks. Being around the smell of hotdogs, cotton candy and pepperoni pizza’s, I started craved the taste of a hot dog again. I bought one, went into the break room and ate one bite before spiting it out. I have not purposely eaten meat since.
6. I hate the term “Sleep is for the weak.” I love sleep, and I always have needed at least 7 hours a night to feel sane the next day. It is healthy and I hate that people try to make me shameful for this.
7. I would love to open my own gourmet vegetarian cafe. I love to cook, though I would not make a good chef because I tend to be clumsy with a knife and I hate recipes.
8. Ever since watching the Real World Season 2 in Los Angeles I have wanted to be on a Reality Show. Though I have never moved forward with this dream because I am not as over the top as anyone who is on these shows (well, anyone after the Real World Vegas – when reality shows jumped the shark).
9. I will admit it – I love the Reality Shows on VH1. I will watch no matter how many times it takes for Bret Michaels or Flavor Flav to find “true love.”
10. I fear I have become desensitized to the thought of true love.
11. I have a very deep spiritual side that no one knows about. I plan on connecting with this during a month long trip to India.
12. As a child, my first “dream job” was to be a lawyer, my second was to be a teacher, and third (and final) was to be a marketing executive.
13. I have always loved watching TV commercials and when I discovered that someone actually got paid to come up with the ideas for them, I knew that is what I wanted to do with my life.
14. I break things easily, including wine glasses and two of my friend’s pinky fingers, though I have never broken any of my own bones.
15. I am thankful for Corelle dishes.
16. The reason I have a tattoo on my wrist that purposely says “Breath” without the “e” on the end is to remind me to breathe before I do or say anything without thinking (like spell things wrong).
17. The reason my Twitter name is ShaRayRay started with an email from my friend Melody. A co-worker saw this email and soon Sharayray, Ray Ray or Ray-Dawg became my name. I was once introduced to a client as “Sharayray.” I have a feeling one co-worker even thought that was my name.
18. The reason my blog is currently called “Shana; not out on VHS yet” is because when I was asked if I had seen “No Country for Old Men” my mindless response was that it hasn’t come out on VHS yet. Seconds later I realized my mistake and the whole office laughed at me.
19. I am great at making people laugh, though I do it unintentionally. When I actually try to be funny – I am not.
20. I have been known to yell loudly and demand to be the center of attention, and then when everyone is looking at me, I sometimes turn red and get embarrassed for my outburst.
21. When I am embarrassed, I am not really that embarrassed. I still love the attention.
22. I did not enjoy eating tofu bacon.
23. I really, truly wanted to enjoy tofu bacon.
24. For the life of me, I do not understand the obsession that people have with bacon.
25. Though, cupcakes I get.
I have harassed everyone via Twitter and Facebook for months. Finally Scharffen Berger’s Chocolate Adventure Contest is coming to an end at midnight tomorrow night.
I cannot wait to see what innovative recipes people have come up with (more importantly, I cannot wait to try some in our own test kicthen at the MacKenzie Agency).
p.s. Scharffen Berger is now on Facebook, so if you are reading this, please become a fan!
