#NerdsUnite: Inside the marketing mind of @MyMelodie (List of 12s for 2012!)

<editorsnote> Nerds, meet my buddy Melodie. I met her when she invited me to come and crash on her couch for the night in the San Dizzle and she is for reals one of the nicest chicas ever. She's a fellow marketer and wanted to use this space to share her thoughts on life, love, and all things nerd. Hit it Melodie!</editorsnote>

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @MyMelodie

Happy New Year Nerds! It’s my first TNTML post of 2012 so I’m sticking with the “new year” theme! Like many nerds, I love making lists. To-do lists are the most common for me. I make these daily to stay on task with both my personal and professional life. In fact I’ve even added things to my to-do list after I already accomplished them, just so I can check it off. C’mon I know I’m not the only one who’s done this before! Fess up if you have ;)!

Instead of resolutions, I shared with my network that 2012 means making “Lists of 12s”!

I’m working on lists of 12 new restaurants to try, 12 new places to go, 12 marketing goals for my business and the list I’d like to share with Talk Nerdy To Me Lover is, 12 tech/web/social media related things I’d like to do in 2012! (Yep I’m sharing my nerdiest list with all of you!)

• Pinterest- We all know about my food porn addiction I recently joined Pinterest and wow, it’s any food porn addict’s DREAM! I have 2 boards related to food. My Sweet Tooth is filled with gorgeous, mouth-watering sweets. Rather than just look at these images and drool, in 2012 I’m going to actually make at least 2 desserts I’ve pinned on Pinterest. (Give me food and I’ll cook but please note I have virtually zero experience when it comes to baking sweets so this is something new for me!)



• Facebook- Part of what I do for my Marketing clients is work with them to create customized social media profiles that are cohesive with their brand and website. You know the old saying “The Cobbler’s children have no shoes”? I spend a lot of time helping clients create a marketing strategy that effectively integrates social media and Facebook is one of the main tools I use. However, even though I help clients with this, I personally haven’t had an opportunity to customize my own Facebook page. In 2012, I’m going to redesign my Facebook Page so it’s cohesive with my website and brand.  
• Yelp- Write a minimum of 12 new Yelp reviews in 2012
   
• LinkedIn- I’m grateful that I’ve received so many positive recommendations from my colleagues, clients and partners on LinkedIn. I’m truly humbled by reading the things people who have benefited from my work. I’ve been meaning to create a “Testimonials” section on my website by transferring many of my LinkedIn recommendations. In 2012 I’m going to create a “Testimonials” section on my website based on my LinkedIn recommendations.
   
• Gmail- I’ve created folders and filters for many emails, but not all. I have thousands and thousands of unread messages in my inbox. I’ve trained myself to skip over unimportant emails such as ones from newsletters I don’t recall signing up for or emails related to people connecting with me on a social network but this still means there’s clutter in my inbox. In the past few days I’ve already unsubscribed from about 15 email lists and removed over 4000 messages from my inbox. I have over 8000 to go! In 2012 I’m going to get my gmail inbox down to zero, for the first time ever!
  
  
• Evernote- While Evernote helps me stay organized; my Evernote itself needs to be organized. Whenever forward an email to my evernote the email doesn’t get categorized into a folder immediately. This is one of the main ways to update my Evernote so I definitely have some cleaning up to do. In 2012 I’m going to clean up my Evernote account.
  
• Foursquare- I’m a total Foursquare lover! <nerdy tangent>Make sure April 16^th is marked on your calendar for Foursquare Day it’s on 4/16 because 4 squared = 16</nerdy tangent>. I’m currently a Super User- Level 2. The highest Super User Level is 3 and I’ve read that it’s virtually impossible to become a Level 3 Super User but my wordplay mind comes to fruition because in the word “impossible” I just see the words “I’m possible” so in 2012 I’m going to become a Foursquare Super User- Level 3!
   
• YouTube- I’m not a regular YouTuber but I’m currently working on an awesome Social Media related video that will be published soon. My goal is to get at least 1 million views on this video. I know that sounds extreme especially since my current YouTube videos have views only in the hundreds. I’ve got a good feeling about this video and in 2012 I’m going to get 1 million views on my social media related YouTube video.
   
• Twitter- All of my Twitter followers were gained authentically through people finding my page and being interested in topics I tweet about. I’d like to continue being a resource on Twitter but also build up my Twitter following with more people who are engaged in conversation and content I post. In 2012 I’m going to grow my Twitter following to over 5000 while keeping in mind this must be done authentically through just being me!
  
  
• Phone- My Droid 2 just isn’t cutting it! Rather than continue to complain about how my phone is slow in 2012 I’m going to get a new phone!
   
• Laptop- My laptop and all the information it contains is literally my most valuable possession. It contains photos, music, confidential documents etc. It used to be backed up on the cloud but my subscription ended and I haven’t had a chance to renew. Whether on the cloud or on a hard drive, in 2012 I need to make sure I back up my laptop again!
   
• Blogging- My last in my list of 12s is something that will keep me accountable for 1-11 on this list! And that’s to write a follow up blog post in 6 months and then right before on 2013 on what items have been checked in on this tech/web/social media list of 12!

Wishing everyone the best of the best in 2012! Thank you again to @JenFriel for having me a part of her community and everyone who reads my posts. I’ve really appreciated the tweets, Facebook Likes and Subscribes and emails! It makes me happy to hear from you so please don’t hesitate to reach out at any time!

#thatisall

Click here to follow Melodie on twitter and check out her blog over yonder!

#WTF: Dude, I checked in on @Foursquare to an orgy last night.

Totally not even kidding either. Like, at all. I am going to try to explain how unbelievably BAT SHIT this night was, and it's not at all going to register. I present to you ladies and germs, my best attempt ... HIT IT LL!!!

OMG, I cannot believe I am even typing this ... Mom and Dad ... go away. Love you, so so much but leave. Like now.

Alrite, so @meowmistidawn is totes mcgotes one of the gnarliest human beings on the planet. Like for reals, I adore her ... cause this all went down because of her. She's BFFs with @drsuzy and @drsuzy hosts this radio sex show every Saturday night from this warehouse in downtown LA. She tweeted me saying she'd love to have me on the show, but apparently wanted to meet me or something first. Totally understand - she has a very specific clientele. I get it. She then invited me to come down tonight with Misti and her boyfriend Michael to get acquainted.

Dude, I had no idea how acquainted we were all going to get.

Cue 4sq checkin:

HAHAHA, I was wearing a blazer - albeit with a skin tight micro mini ...

... I thought I was going to a radio show interview - TOTALLY DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE MASSIVE ORGY IN THE ROOM!!!

Dr. Suzy was celebrating the Purim, and was reinacting a live action role play of the story. No joke ... look at this!

Per Wiki

Purim Story: The Book of Esther begins with a six month (180 day) drinking feast given by King Ahasuerus, for the army of Persia and Media, for the civil servants and princes in the 127 provinces of his kingdom, at the conclusion of which a seven day drinking feast for the inhabitants of Shushan, rich and poor with a separate drinking feast for the women organised by the Queen Vashti in the pavilion of the Royal courtyard.

At this feast Ahasuerus gets thoroughly drunk and orders his wife Vashti to display her beauty before the people and nobles wearing her royal crown. She refuses, and Ahasuerus decides to remove her from her post. He then orders all young women to be presented to him, so he can choose a new queen to replace Vashti. One of these is Esther, who was orphaned at a young age and was being fostered by her cousin Mordecai. She finds favor in the king's eyes, and is made his new wife. Esther does not reveal that she is Jewish.

Shortly afterwards, Mordecai discovers a plot by courtiers Bigthan and Teresh to kill Ahasuerus. They are apprehended and hanged, and Mordecai's service to the king is recorded. 

Ahasuerus appoints Haman as his prime minister. Mordecai, who sits at the palace gates, falls into Haman's disfavor as he refuses to bow down to him. Having found out that Mordecai is Jewish, Haman plans to kill not just Mordecai but the entire Jewish minority in the empire. He obtains Ahasuerus' permission to execute this plan, and he casts lots to choose the date on which to do this - the thirteenth of the month of Adar. When Mordecai finds out about the plans he orders widespread penitence and fasting. Esther discovers what has transpired; she requests that all Jews of Shushan fast and pray for three days together with her, and on the third day she seeks an audience with Ahasuerus, during which she invites him to a feast in the company of Haman. During the feast, she asks them to attend a further feast the next evening. Meanwhile, Haman is again offended by Mordecai and builds a gallows for him.

That night, Ahasuerus suffers from insomnia, and when the court's records are read to him to help him sleep, he learns of the services rendered by Mordecai in the previous plot against his life. Ahasuerus is told that Mordecai had not received any recognition for saving the king's life. Just then, Haman appears, and King Ahasuerus asks Haman what should be done for the man that the King wishes to honor. Thinking that the King is referring to Haman himself, Haman says that the honoree should be dressed in the king's royal robes and led around on the king's royal horse. To Haman's horror, the king instructs Haman to do so to Mordecai.

Later that evening, Ahasuerus and Haman attend Esther's second banquet, at which she reveals that she is Jewish and that Haman is planning to exterminate her people, which includes her. Ahasuerus instead orders Haman hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The previous decree against the Jews could not be annulled, so the King allows Mordecai and Esther to write another decree as they wish. They write one that allows the Jews to defend themselves during attacks. As a result, on 13 Adar, five hundred attackers and Haman's ten sons are killed in Shushan. Throughout the empire 75,000 of the Jews' enemies are killed (Esther 9:16). On the 14th, another 300 are killed in Shushan. No spoils are taken.

Mordecai assumes the position of second in rank to Ahasuerus, and institutes an annual commemoration of the delivery of the Jewish people from annihilation.

Yeah, all that plus dildo scepters ... LOOK!

Dr. Suzy is Dr. Suzy Block circa the mid 90s on HBO. Dude, when I was 14, she definitely taught me how to give a BJ. Not like I actually acted upon it until later in life since I was a prude Jude, but the educational component of it was fascinating. For reals, this lady knows her stuff!!!

It was insane. Literally, I get there, and 5 minutes later I hear this chick who was supposed to play the Queen backed out at the last minute, and they asked me if I would play her part. The requirements were that I would have to be naked, but sex was totally optional.

5 minutes ... this was asked of me in the FIRST FIVE MINUTES!!!!

I apologized and declined the offer to seduce the king, and be stripped while hanging from this massive X on stage. Hot, I know ... like normally totally game for some kinky ass shit, but live on a web cam - I totally wussed out. I was honestly just trying to absorb as much of the environment as I could, it was SUCH an interesting place - there was clearly a sexual undertone, but it wasn't energy based; it was just sort of there, in the background. You kinda forgot about it since the people there just didn't obsess over it, they just let it organically happen.

And then ... the inevitable occurred ...

Only in LA would you be invited to a 50 person orgy and just so happen to bump into someone you know! Like really?!?! Is this happening?!?!

Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.

I'm not gonna lie though, it was INCREDIBLY awkward for me at first. Every time I was standing somewhere alone someone would come up to me. Of course, in a totally loving and accepting way - this place was seriously a house of looovvvvveeeeeeee ... but I like being a fly on the wall. I like to watch and observe, then come up with a plan of attack. I was out of my element, DEFINITELY out of my comfort zone, and dude, people were totally boning and like on fire!

This chick was wrapped in saran wrap and then whipped with a cat and nine tails. I'm not even kidding you when I say that was one of the hottest things I have ever seen.

It was a really really really interesting performance. Again, everyone there was so free spirited and so tapped into their feeding their animalist and carnal desires in the rawest form that I have ever seen. I don't know how else to say it, but until you experience something like this you can't understand how this wasn't sexual it was just art and expression. Hey, I consider search engine optimization and social media marketing an art, to each their own baby!

The orgy did not turn me on ... like at all. I felt like I was watching animals play around with each other, and I was the curmudgeon zoo keeper with a habit for picking noses and wedgies. It was really fucking weird. Well, weird isn't a good word - more like a very new life experience that I did not expect to have.

Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.

ANNNNDDDD you guys aren't going to believe it, but I totally bumped into @pazpaz there as well! In the smallest world ever category, he's besties with Misti's bf Michael. Dude, I got SO many emails and tweets when he stole Paris' birthday cake last month from you all that we should totally meet. How friggen random was that? Yep, city of 8 million ... clearly that was bound to happen.

Really nice dude, btw. Like crazy, retarded smart. Like crazy crazy retarded smart, but very unassuming about it which of course makes it all that much hotter. Very intriguing individual, and very open minded - clearly.

He gave me a ride home as we don't live far from each other, but picking up his gf from a club on the way back was just weird. Dude, how do you explain to your gf that heyyyyyyyyyy, we were just at this orgy - totally didn't bone, but yeah ... wasn't sexual at all ... was just looking around.

HAHAHA!! omg I was dying. That chick did not like me. At all. I was watching her facial reactions to things I was saying, and her face had anger and disgust written all over it. Sweet girl, I'm sure ... like I ain't mad at anyone ... but the poor dear had a bad night, needed to be picked up from a club and then hears all about this orgy from this random chick that's sitting in the front seat next to her boyfriend.

Hall of fame for awkwardness - forrrrrrrr sure!!!

 Amazing. What a night. I was laughing when we were driving over there - I just kept saying I had no idea what to expect but was at least hoping I could get a post from whatever experience I was going to have.

Oh how naive ... oh how naive ...

#ivebeenabadbadgirl

Wanna learn more about Dr. Suzy and her house of awesome?

Check out her site over yonder!

Thank you so so so much Misti, Michael, and Dr. Suzy for the invite. AMMMAAZINNNGGGG time!

Yay social media!!!

oh and ps. didn't get to keep the dildo scepter. Like seriously, I could totally use a new one. hahaha! Majorly bummed! Next time - sigh

Is there a @foursquare checkin for Kokomo?

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Such an emotionally charged day, wait week, wait YEAR! Fuck man. So much awesomeness going on with the pilot. (Posting updates specifically for it on my tumblr that I hooked up on my personal domain www.jenfriel.com to keep them separate, as the natives were growing restless. SEE! Me = listening!) Hopefully getting some feedback tomorrow from some stupid big people. Just got like the final of the final-ness of the marketing and pilot shiznat. So much work putting all of that together, but very literally - the fun has just begun. We ain't seen nothin yet, baby!

Can I just say, that I know this is all shades of wrong, but I just need 3 days away. Somewhere. Anywhere. No computer. No Foursquare. No Facebook. Definitely no twitter. I am literally going insane. It's the blessed kind of insane clearly, but I just need to feel my feet on a beach. Better yet, fuck 3 days away! Give me 24 hours in a bed. That cool? Can I sleep in a bed for one night? Cause for reals - that would just be awesome sauce.

Couch surfing, man. TAKE ME TO KOKOMOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

FTR, there is no Kokomo, as in the tropical destination - BUUUTTTTTTT there is a Kokomo, IN! Betcha didn't know that!

#kthxbye

#Randombling: That Nerdy Chick

Randombling: A 5 minute long unedited random stream of consciousness produced by a nerd for nerds.

#nowplaying: Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

Dudes, this Oscar shit is soooooo fucking exhausting. Like crazy exhausting. BUTTTT the best part is, I am learning. For some god awful reason, you just cannot livestream at Hollywood and Highland. It is absolutely not a possibility. I tried it with LiveVideo and we ran off of sprint - got nada. I use Verizon to livestream from my phone - and nada. It comes in super choppy and overall blah. Super stoked though that we got on the main page of Ustream.

Ah yes, I am now among the thousands that have been under Paris Hilton. #SCORE!

Today was more of a test, tomorrow will be the super fancy pants stuff. Learning. Learning. Learning. My brain is processing it - livestreaming is my passion FEERRRR SUUURREEEE!!! I love going live in weird and random situations. I would do it more,  but again, it takes a lot out of you. I need to stabilize things with the site more. Need to delegate a lot of shit out and get a full time team going ... but definitely need money. I can't pay anyone as is, and I SUPPERRLLLYYY appreciate all the help, but come on man, its about time we made what we're doing an actual business. This is RUBBISH! RUBBISH I TELL YOU!!!

Dudes, have you guys seen whats going on with Foursquare? They added a friend and follower feature. The default on a checkin is to not tell your followers. Is this an effort to make Foursquare more private to encourage more people to use it? One can only assume. Haven't read anywhere anyone talking about it either - but go to your Foursquare page. Here's mine:

WTF? Where did all that shit come from? I'm gonna do some snooping around to find out some more info, but I GUARANTEEEEE you it is being done as an effort to make it more private. I loves me some Foursquare, I'm just curious to know what those boys are up to. HMMMMMMMM!!

OH AND DUDE! We've been getting SOOOOOOOOOO many more robots crawling TNTML since the google algorithm changed. For reals, DOUBLE!!!! I am FUCKING STOKED, MAN! Go google for serving the end user better. Wahooooooo!!

Going to the Playboy Mansion later tonight. Needing to blow off some steam, no better place to do it. Definitely going to be an off grid night. HAHA! Lo siento mucho! It's a masquerade party, and since I didn't have a mask - I am just going to black out my eyes, draw on a face, and go as a panda bear. Hey, the eyes make it a mask! I'm stoked. I've never gone to a party topless before, but thank GOD for one, I won't be alone (not that that usually stops me from doing anything anyway), and two, I HAVE A CAR!! Ford hooked me up with a Fiesta for the Oscars. THANNKKKK YOUUU again Scott Monty!

Totally stoked that I'm not going to get arrested for being topless on a city bus going to the playboy mansion.

OMMMMMGGG I missed driving. OMG OMG OMG!!!

What a fucking weird time it is to be alive, that I have no money to my name, not even a credit card to be able to rent a car ... but you can ask a big wig at Ford directly for wheels, and somehow manage to get 'em. FUCKING BLOWS MY MIND!!!! You don't G-E-T if you don't A-S-K!!! Go, build your personal brand ... ANYONNNNEEEE CAN DO IT!!!!

Oh my lordy mickmordy, not gonna get on a tangent, promise. 

Alrite, off to the gym. 9 lbs down since I started training. It really all came from my ass. I am such a butt girl - baby got some SERIOUS back. But for reals, if anyone knows whats kickin with Foursquare lemme know. SUPPERRR curious.

#schmexy

New @FourSquare Badge: Groundhog Day!!!

OHHH my goodness oodness ... I've seen so many people unlocking the new Groundhog Day badge today, and I totally thought those were just peeps that happened to see the groundhog go down this morning. Oh noes, I was wrong.

Here's what they're doing to unlock the badge:

1. Go to FourSquare.com/visitpa

2. Click Follow

3. Shout "Groundhog" during any of your checkins today.

4. Enjoy the bragging rights .... jigga jigga jigga!!

#nerdsunite