Happy Tuesday

Is it hot enough for you?  It's pretty hot here!

Today, started off like any other morning working at home.  Eric and I had our morning meeting at 9:15 via skype and created an agenda for the day.

1. Revise Coupon-Torial and get that bad boy out.
2. Continue working on the excel sheet (through out the week)
3. Writing is Healthy
4. People's Bank Research
5. HARO: find and reply
6. Contact bloggers
7. As well as update both Facebook and Twitter

I also posted a question on Facebook about adding new pages to Stage of Life.  Would you like to vote for new pages? We would like to  hear your opinion.

Researching the days away.

 I spent today and yesterday (and will continue tomorrow) working on a new project for Stage of Life.  Let's just say that I am so done with cutting and pasting :)  

8 hours x 3 days = 24 hours!! YEEEHAAWWW!

April's Prom Press Release

Today, the April Prom press release hit the wire (I wrote this, with Eric's editing of course).  This is (I think) the fifth press release that I have done for Stage of Life that has been released nationally.  Our bloggers filled us in on the 411 about prom.

As usual, I updated the Stage of Life Facebook and Twitter accounts this morning.

At 10am Eric had a conference call, which he included me on.  He introduced me and I got to ask questions and contribute to the overall conversation, which was awesome.

This afternoon got a little crazy.  Eric and I bounced the "Coupon-torial" project back and fourth at least five times with multiple edits.  Not to mention the other 3 projects that I was simultaneously working on. It was a great writing day here at Stage of Life.

Katie, the other intern, came in at 1pm and we had a small staff meeting where we dug into some letter editing for a contact project we will be working on in June.

I spent the rest of the afternoon perfecting a few minor projects, shooting emails everywhere, replying to HARO queries, and getting better acquainted with Linked In.

WOW- What a day!!   ....and did I mention it was about 90 degrees in our office today....

Raina drew this on the white board in my "office"

Mary Talks Money with Stage of Life

WOW!  Today I discovered that the segment of Mary Talks Money that Stage of Life recorded in ABC Studios (back in February) went live.  I attended the trip to Philadelphia with 3 Stage of Life teen bloggers, and CEO, Eric Thiegs.  Although I was not filmed, I was there behind the scenes at it was awesome.
Check out the 2 part Mary Talks Money that features Stage of Life bloggers and CEO, Eric Thiegs!

1. Teens Talk Money
2. Tackle Your Money Dilemmas

Stage of Life teen bloggers with Mary on set

On today's agenda, I got a lot of work done. Since Eric was back from his trip yesterday, he took the time last night and edited all my projects that I started last week.  When I arrived at the office today, I had a project to do list on my desk (consisting of going back through the projects and editing/confirming. 

Stage of Life will have another press release sent out sometime this week (which I wrote). Today, I put the final touches on that and sent it to Eric for its last edit.  I also worked on the "coupon-torial" projects and some other fun stuff for Stage of Life. It was an extremely productive day.  

Week One...Complete

I did it!  I survived week one.

Today, I really tore into some fun creating for the site.  I got a few text messages from Eric to keep me grounded, but other than that he let's my creativity run wild.

This morning started out like all the rest, updating the Facebook and Twitter accounts, then reading through some essays on the site.  I even took the time to write an essay and post it in the College stage.  If you would like to read it, click here.

Like any day, I returned emails and replied to HARO queries.  I spent the afternoon working on the
"Coupon-Torial" project, in which I could spent hours on, just tweaking little things.  Today was an laid back day, just working on the things I know and don't need anyones help with.

I'm excited to be in office Monday to show Eric my progress on multiple projects :)

Now What?

Eric is out of town until Sunday,  so if you need anything contact me.  Wow, second in command on my 4th day.  Real life is treating me pretty good :)

But on a serious note, today's agenda included updating both the Twitter and Facebook pages, putting the finishing touches on a press release, responding to some great HARO queries, sending out several featured blogger invitations, approaching a website about becoming one of our helpful resources, reading and commenting essays on Stage of Life, returning emails, and writing some new idea pitches (which is probably the funniest part of my day).

Currently, I have checked off quite a few things on my to do list, but still have several items to work on before I call it a day.  I did get the opportunity to chat with Eric earlier, and he wished me luck. It is great knowing I have his trust and support.

Today I learned working from home isn't nearly the same as working in the office,  I just go and go with no one to talk to, other than Remi (the cat) and all of a sudden it's almost 4 o'clock.  I am very excited to be in office more, once we move, but this will do for now.

My Office Assistant

That Went Well

Yesterday was a great success (in my book at least).  Despite my nerves, meeting Joe Thiegs, CFO of Stage of Life, wasn't has scary as I expected (although we did pick him up in front of the White House).  We arrived in DC around 3:30, to pick Joe up  and take him back to his hotel to change out of his suit.  We got to chitchat on the way and introduce ourselves.


While at his hotel, Eric and I searched for restaurants in the area to hold our business meeting.  Joe suggested Tune Inn, which was featured on one of my favorite shows with Guy Fieri's,  Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.  So off to Capital Hill area we went.  Luckily, there was a parking spot right in front so we snatched it up.  We ate outside, although the sun was in and out of the clouds and there were a few rain drops.

                                                                                

My chili cheese burger from Tune Inn

While we joked around about our food selections and got more acquainted, and we some how managed to talk business!  I pulled out my notebook with 5 pages of notes from our drive to DC and gave Joe and overview of the projects and information that Eric had been telling me about.  We brainstormed for great new projects including merchant advertorials, a mobile coupon, and a multitude of sales projects.

They set me up to create the content for the new Writing is Healthy page, as well as do the sales sheet for the "Coupon-Torials" that we will be offering to new and old merchants. And last, but not least, I brought up the idea of focusing the merchant rewards on college students (because after all we are all flat broke).   So we are hoping to develop a college coupon program.

So with all that being said, I have a lot on my plate already (but I am hopeful and excited) and that does even scratch the surface of today's work.  Today, I updated the Facebook and Twitter pages with today's On My Own essay and statistics.  I also, replied to emails from April's contest finalists, added two featured bloggers to the system, created a HARO account, went through the HARO's and found some that fit Stage of Life.  I always email them to Eric so he can then send a pitch to the reporter, but today he asked  me to write my best pitch and send to them.  So next on my list is writing a pitch to sent to a reporter about how to gain Facebook "likes" on a business page.

Eric will be out of the office tomorrow and Friday, so I will be putting in my 8 hours, both days, from home working on all these projects.  Wish me luck!!