This has been an eventful week for the ContentRobot team! Please indulge us for being a bit personal in this post.
On Monday, Dana and his wife welcomed their new son (Decker Scott Rockel) into the world – many congratulations to them. On Thursday, Karen celebrated a birthday – while certainly not a milestone, this web entrepreneur enjoyed her day.
What does that have to do with Web 2.0? Check out how social networking tools and life events converged:
Plaxo
Our social networking savvy friends and associates who are linked up with Karen on Plaxo sent along Happy Birthday wishes via phone calls, email, and even Twitter! Even tho I have a profile on LinkedIn and Facebook it was Plaxo that made people reach out. Who knew that an old AIM account would lead to this?
ContentRobot has only recently dipped their toe into the Twitter scene and have been unsure on how to add it to our communications mix. Then yesterday afternoon, someone posted a tweet about Karen’s birthday (and a nice plug about the company). Amazingly – in fairly rapid succession – many connected clients sent along their “happy birthdays,” making Karen feel pretty darn special. However, it was quite surreal the ripple effect that a personal tweet made on for both Karen and ContentRobot. From those simple 140 character messages, we got a bunch of new Twitter followers, which is probably due to others’ trust in our current business network. We, in turn, were were treated to an expanded network – we finally get it!
Blogging
We have been fairly quiet about Dana’s son, but it’s my pleasure to share him with everyone via this blog post. Blogging is best when it’s transparent and personal and we hope you have enjoyed learning more about us at ContentRobot today.
Mobile Me
Our resident “Apple fanboy” Dana has already embraced the new Mobile Me. What’s so cool about that? Go see his posted photos of his son here.
We feel that these new social networking tools have allowed us to effectively connect and communicate with those in our business circles and beyond. It’s interesting to realize that all these important people live all over the world, but we feel close to them today. And a special shout goes out to the new people we met this week!