I voted today at the NHC goverment center off of College Road. From the moment I got in line to the time I walked out the door, it took about 45 minutes. I probably could have shaved another 10 minutes off of that if I didn’t have to register too, but therein lies the beauty of One Stop Voting.

One Stop Voting continues through November 1st and here’s where you can do it:

• NHC Government Ctr.
  230 Government Center Dr.,
  Ste. 39
  Wilmington, NC 28403
• CFCC Main Campus – BIG Center
  805 N. 3rd St., Wilmington
• New Hanover County Senior Center
  2222 South College Rd., Wilmington
• NE Library
  1241 Military Cutoff, Wilmington
• Carolina Beach Municipal Bldg.
  1121 Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach
• CFCC North Campus – Applied Technology Building
  4500 Blue Clay Rd., Castle Hayne

I suppose that with this being a blog about marketing & such that I should talk about the presidential campaign this year and how very disappointing it was. But Honestly, it would just make me violently ill to do so.

I attended the Meetup organized by the Star News at the Connection this past Saturday. It was great to meet so many people that I’ve been stalk– I mean *following* online for a while now.

Highlights for me were:

• Meeting Ian from The Grove Project
• Making good on the promise to shake @jimware’s hand if I ever saw him in person.
• The great discussion on social media and how it’s working online
• Trading “war stories” with other bloggers
• Meeting Wayne Sutton and actually hearing his say “FAIL” out loud when the power blinked.

Videos from @gwensutton can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=12733896B535B92D

First the Griswalds down the street are stringing lights & inflating things on their lawn for Halloween and now this?

The only form of non-fowl Peeps allowed are the little bunnies. Pumpkins are the obvious ploy of a marketing person that spends their entire per diem on crack.

Spotted at the Fresh Market in Mayfaire if you are so inclined.

The Star News has organized a meetup tomorrow morning for all of you blog/social media types.

The Grand Poobah of NC social media himself, Wayne Sutton, is promised to make an appearance. If you look up hyperconnected in the dictionary, Wayne’s avatar is probably there along with links to his accounts on Twitter & about 75 other social media sites that you haven’t even heard of.

The man is a beast.

10 AM – Saturday, October 24th @ The Connection

link: PARROT: Sutton to attend Wilmington meetup

Wilson’s Restaurant to close after decade in business

Economy takes toll on Cavenaugh car lots

Both via the Star News Website

It’s really scary to see the economy taking a toll on local businesses. We bought our first two cars from Bruce and I’ve done a little web work for Larry over at Wilson’s over the years (no, didn’t design it – just cleaned it up from time to time).

I’m more than a little concerned for those that lost their jobs over the past week. Pounding the pavement is no fun.