Something New

I've started a new blog, one which I'll try to update more frequently - but not daily by any stretch of the imagination.  It's called Anything of the Day - http://anythingoftheday.blogspot.com/

Fundraising for Komen

It's been over a year since I updated this site, so I figured it was time to add a little something.

We just finished up with our team's bake sale for Komen - we raised a whopping $5400 (up from about $400 last year). Check out our site - http://virtualbakesale.blogspot.com

The bake sale is over, but if you want to contribute some money to our team (our company will match every penny), go to my page on the Komen site

If You've Landed on My Blog...

You're probably someone Google-ing me to find out more about my business background. It's ok - I do the same thing. Anytime I talk to someone new for business, that's the first thing I do. Since I don't update this blog, or any of the old sites, I figured that I would do one big post and get the core info out there.

So, here's some info about me in a nutshell:

- I'm the VP of Online Marketing at ProFlowers and manage a mid-sized team. I don't post the exact numbers because competitors always want to know. Prior to joining ProFlowers, I worked at Yahoo!, Gateway and WebSideStory. I've been at ProFlowers for over 4 years.

- I like to snowboard and wakeboard. Here's a wakeboarding shot:

- I did my first mini-triathlon last year. Here's a couple of pictures:

- In April 07, I married Scott Vernier in San Diego. Our wedding was small but spectacular. Here's a mini video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE1O1EXEvxs

- My favorite trip took place last summer. We went to Rome, Florence, Venice, Sorrento and other cities. At one point in my life, I really wanted to be a photographer. I think I have a pretty good eye, but I don't have the technical skills I really need... but I took a ton of photos and here are some of the best:

- I've been asked to speak at different events, but usually don't participate because it's what my company prefers. While at Gateway, I was interviewed for a Washington Post article and also made it into the book The Google Story. Here's a link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4969899/

- I've also been named as one of the top in house SEOs. I don't do much hands on work anymore, but help drive the strategy. Here's a link to the article: http://www.naturalsearchblog.com/archives/2007/02/27/some-top-in-house-seos/

- Aside from strong English skills, I'm also fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. I am conversational in Italian and used to be fluent in French, but I haven't used that language in about 10 years.

- Anything else? Feel free to email me

Top In-house SEOS

I made it in to a list of top in-house SEOs, where I'm in pretty good company.

http://www.naturalsearchblog.com/archives/2007/02/27/some-top-in-house-seos/

Wedding Update, Wakeboarding and More

Our wedding is less than two months away and our website is up. The address is www.antonellaandscott.com

I went wakeboarding today for the first time in a few months, but it was the first time since I lost a ton of weight. I came close to clearning the wake a couple of times, so I'm determined to make that happen the next time I hit the water.

Lastly, I found out that I had a writeup in the book "The Google Story." A few years ago, when I was at Gateway, I did an interview with someone from the Washington Post... well, he wrote a book and put me in it. I didn't even know about it until a guy that I know called me!

Wedding update

Well, we've made some progress on the wedding.

First, we have a date - April 21, 2007

Second, we have a ceremony location - St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church

Third, we have an awesome photographer, Paul Barnett

We've narrowed down reception venues, but nothing firm yet.

Webmasterworld Boston

I'll be at webmasterworld in Boston this week... so ping me if you're there.