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Social Bookmarketing By Marisa | October 11th, 2006

Social Bookmarketing: Combination of Social Bookmarking and Marketing. def: Using public online bookmarking to draw more customers toward your content.

First, some definitions.

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Brandon’s Education By Marisa | October 11th, 2006

UPDATE, FRIDAY OCTOBER 13: Brandon and I visited a new preschool this morning and I haven’t been this excited in quite some time. It’s simply perfect. It’s a Reggio-Emilia based parent co-op right in the heart of Berkeley. Will keep you posted on how it goes.

Original Post:

I’ve had occasion to think a lot lately about education. It’s certainly not the first time that subject has been on my mind - …

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Best Client Testimonial of the Day: Thank you for saving my a$$ … again! By Marisa | September 14th, 2006

With 20 minutes notice, YVOD produced a banner ad for a client. Her response? Thank you for saving my a$$ … again! I thought that was pretty cool.

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Stay tuned … By Marisa | August 23rd, 2006

Woops, forgot to update this. It’s here! It took us two months, but it’s here. YVOD has a new website
that we’re very proud of. We think it is simple, clear, user-centered, well-written, graphically interesting, standards-compliant and downright purty. What do you think??

Earlier post read —>

… for a major revamp of YVOD’s website. Ulan and I have been tearing our hair out to make some long-overdue changes to our product lines, …

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Tasty fried polenta and eggs with cheese By Marisa | August 16th, 2006

Super-simple something I concocted this morning. I ate it for lunch but it seems more suitable for brunch. Serves 1.

Ingredients:

Ready-made polenta (comes in a thick tube)
2 eggs
a handful of grated monterey jack
a handful of fresh ripe assorted heirloom organic cherry/pear/etc. tomatoes, sliced
salt n pepper

Cut 3 thick slices of polenta and add to hot pan with a little oil in it
Throw in the eggs
Turn over polenta and eggs
Add cheese and …

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The Green Between By Marisa | July 27th, 2006

A few months ago, I was having lunch in the Gourmet Ghetto with a new friend who wanted to pick my brain after my enthusiastic reaction to his product. He owns a small but rapidly growing business and we were trying to describe his target market.

I said, “Well, just look at me. I’m The Green Between. I’ve got a young child and I think about what kind of planet …

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Help us find a new home By Marisa | July 21st, 2006

UPDATE: Brandon and I now have a new home. Thanks to all for your well wishes! ~m

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Oh-My-God Roasted Garlic Potato Chanterelle Soup By Marisa | July 19th, 2006

I found a sack of wild Chanterelles at Monterey Market the other day. They had been reduced for quick sale - a buck-fifty a pound! The sack was about 2 pounds. Now you know I couldn’t pass that up. Here’s what I did with them:

Ingredients
A stick of organic butter
Some delicious yellow potatoes from Full Belly Farm
The chanterelles
Two bulbs of organic garlic, also from FBF
Good sea salt (I like Baleine)
Organic milk

Roast …

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A few words about images for print and web By Marisa | July 11th, 2006

A client and good friend of mine recently did an awesome marketing campaign. She’s a top-producing realtor on the East Coast and she appeared at a community event. She printed up brochures and fancy raffle tickets with her logo on them and sold them to benefit a local charity, with the prize being a yacht cruise. The winner of the raffle was announced on her blog - thereby …

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Apple By Marisa | July 1st, 2006

Apple

From valleyofthegeeks.com.

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