(from march 30, 2009… original post without tweaks found here)
i graduated from college, accepted a job at the small internet company i interned with during breaks from school, and got laid off 6 months later. i then accepted a three-month digital communications internship at a public relations agency. i really thought i’d love it – and i was really wrong. after three months of incorrect pay (causing me to hardly make ends meet) and being treated like dirt, i was …

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hire me.
i could give you a hundred reasons to, but here are my top few:

i’m smart

i have great writing skills
i’m a fantastic communicator
i have a bsba in business with a concentration in marketing
i have agency, non-profit, and in-house marketing experience

i’m creative

i live to engage, to communicate and to innovate
i love beautiful things, great design (both online and off) and always strive for the absolute best
i love a challenge, and absolutely love finding ways to conquer them

i’m organized

i dig calendars, to-do …

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i love google.  i also love google analytics, and @joshchambers (who presented to amadc, i attended and it was great) from viget labs wrote this great post back in october that i referenced the other day at work.  the post is really great and informative, so i figured i’d share it:
Last year, after attending the Google Analytics Authorized Consultant’s Summit, I blogged about wonders such as advanced segments, the API, and custom reporting. This year, there are some pretty cool additions once again, including:

Multiple …

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that’s what she said. okay, i got it out of the way so you didn’t have to go there.
moving on:
so, every christmas (or birthday, or anniversary, or any gift giving holiday, for that matter) i get all excited and do one of two things:

carefully plan and ponder christmas gifts and get them all bought and wrapped super eary
plan and ponder and procrastinate and run around like a chicken with my head cut off at the last minute to shop and …

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after lots of thinking, i finally came up with enough to make this into a post.
2009 was a pretty tough year for me.  i started the year off unemployed and lost my grandfather on the 15th of january.  it was one of the tougher losses i’ve suffered, as he was like a father to me.  the year went on, i got a job (and struggled there for the first couple of months), there were a few other bumps and bruises, …

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