interactiveAmy.com

I am so proud to celebrate a fantastic first year of business!  It feels great to say that I have one year of solo-entrepreneurship, and owning my own social media consultancy under my belt…and what a year it’s been!

Reflecting on the past year – I have so many things to be thankful for:

I’ve had the opportunity to work on two national consumer product launches, plan fundraisers, meetings, and monthly Social Media Club Chicago events, and in doing so, I’ve worn a variety of hats -  marketing manager, promotional and sponsorship director, event planner and brand enthusiast!  I’ve served as Social Media Community Manager for a multitude of clients in as many industry verticals – including business to business, not-for-profit, hospitality and retail.  I love public speaking and have presented on various aspects of social media at leading conferences including – Social Media Bootcamp Rockford, Cool Twitter Conference Chicago, TweetCamp Chicago, and most recently at the Chicago Association Of Direct Marketing Educational Foundation’s (CADMEF) Okner Symposium at Northern Illinois University.

And that is just scratching the surface!

If you measure in business cards – back when it all began, with my newly minted logo, and go get ‘em attitude I ordered 1,000 interactiveAmy business cards. I remember the day the business cards arrived,  I couldn’t wait to start handing them out – each card presented an opportunity to meet someone new!

1000 Business Cards - one year later!

One card at a time,  I grew my personal and professional networks and built my business.  I love meeting new people and when I did, we exchanged business cards… I filled my entire box of cards with the new ones I collected along the way – the more I gave out, the more I got back!

If business cards represent the social currency on the business networking circuit, I am rich!  I value each and every connection and the knowledge and lessons shared by each person along the way, I’ve learned from all of you!

I would love to embed the Seasons of Love video from my favorite musical Rent, but I am afraid of copyright infringements. So instead, I’ll cut and paste the lyrics, and send you to YouTube to watch the video later…

From Rent, “Seasons of Love”
“525,600 minutes – how do you measure,  measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee. In  inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In 525,600 minutes – how do you  measure a year in the life?
How about love? Measure in love. Seasons of  love.”

This really captures how I feel about the past year!  Among all else, I value you: my friends, my colleagues, my community!  I learn from you each and every day – my passion and my energy are two of my greatest attributes – and I feed off of yours!

I appreciate the encouragement, the learning,  and the camaraderie you’ve shared along the way.

As you can see, I am armed with another box of 1000 business cards – I hope I have the opportunity to connect with you in the year ahead!

Here’s to many more years of interacting!

Who wants to work with me?  interactiveAmy is looking for a Social Media Intern to work in the exciting world of social media!

Are you passionate about social media, marketing and branding?

Are you looking for a more than just a boring 9 to 5 job? Do you want real world work experience to add to your resume? Are you a go-getter with people to meet, places to go, and life to experience?  Do you have experience reaching out to online communities (WordPress, Blogs, Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, message boards, photo and video-sharing sites, etc?) Are you passionate and highly energetic?

If so, I want you!

This is internship is a great opportunity for anyone looking to learn skills and build a network in the marketing/social media world.  You will learn business development, social media and marketing skills and will have the opportunity to make lasting contributions and connections.

RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to):
* Help develop social media and community management strategies for our clients
* Assist with developing content for clients on various social media platforms, Upload and organize photos, video and text content
* Research potential ways to improve client presence in social media
* Measure and report on the impact of marketing/public relations effort
* Develop and execute marketing campaigns

REQUIREMENTS:
* Have excellent writing skills
* Pay close attention to detail
* Knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
* Internet savvy: knowledge of social networking web sites & social media; able to do online research
* Website Design and Development, and HTML knowledge is a plus
* Be passionate and energetic!
* Be able to provide a resume and examples of success you have had with social media

COMPENSATION:
This unpaid social media internship position will be offered on either a full-time or part-time basis.  Course credit can be established with your college or university.

HOURS:
Qualified candidates must be available to work a minimum of 15-25 hrs, 2-3 days a week and available to work at any evening or weekend events associated with the assigned clients’ programs.
Location: Chicago (remote and at various downtown client locations)
Start date is February 1st, 2010, or sooner.

TO APPLY:
If interested, please e-mail a cover letter  and résumé to Amy@interactiveAmy.com.  Subject of e-mail should reference “interactiveAmy Internship.”

Please send links to communities managed in cover letter (examples would include a facebook page, your LinkedIn page, blogs you’ve written, examples of your tweets.)  Include: Organization Name, Link to website and/or social networking profiles, Number of fans/followers on each platform.

Phone calls, facebook messages and tweets will not be accepted. Please apply by email only!

It sure does pay to be a fan of Garrett Popcorn.

I am pleased to announce that starting today, I will be guest tweeting for a Chicago institution, Garrett Popcorn through February 1st, under the One Gallon Tin avatar.

InteractiveAmy as a One Gallon Tin!

My first day of tweeting comes on #FollowFriday, and Garrett gets upwards of 300 tweets per day!

What do you think, can I keep up?

Follow my Garrett Popcorn Twitter adventures or better yet, sign up for twitter and join in the fun!  See you on Facebook too!