Thank-You for Joining us at the Cincinnati Office Open House and Ribbon Cutting

First, thank-you to everyone who came out to the Boot Camp Digital Cincinnati Open House and Ribbon Cutting Happy Hour.  We really enjoyed hosting you at the new office (and it gave us an excuse to finish decorating!), and I truly appreciate your support.

We had over 60 people in and out throughout the night (both new and familiar faces), and the party was a big success!

Also, a special thank-you to the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Susan Houghton for conducting the ribbon cutting ceremony  as well as Kelley Long, for presenting the certificate, Debba Haupert from Girlfriendology who held the ribbon (but didn’t make it into the photo), Joe Wessels for helping assemble the furniture and prepare for the party.

Again – A big THANK-YOU to everyone who came out – your support and encouragement have helped to make this all possible.

All of the photos can be found on Flickr.

I heard a lot of good feedback about the networking opportunities (and free alcohol) so we are planning to try to make this a regular event.  Stay tuned for details on Thirsty Third Thursdays – A Social Media Mixer at the Boot Camp Digital Global Headquarters in Cincinnati Ohio.

Thanks again to everyone who came out, and I look forward to seeing you all again soon!

- Krista

Boot Camp Digital Office Party and Happy Hour #bcdParty

As you may know, Boot Camp Digital moved in to a new office in downtown Cincinnati late last year.  2009 was a great year and 2010 is looking even better.  We want to celebrate with you at an office Happy Hour.

We hope that you can join us – please feel free to pass the invitation along.

Adult beverages and light snacks will be provided.

What: Boot Camp Digital Open House and Office Party

When: Thursday, February 18, 4:30 – 7:30

Where: 602 Main Street (Gwynne Building at 6th and Main – Richter Phillips is in the bottom) Suite 705 (7th floor and follow the noise)

Social Media People: Use #bcdparty to follow the details of the event.  We’re on twitter – @kristaneher and @bootcampdigital (if you don’t already follow)

You can register at eventbrite or just show up!

What to expect at the Happy Hour:

• Ribbon cutting ceremony from the NKY Chamber of Commerce
• Drinks
• Smart social media and marketing people
• A tour of the office
• Photo and video opportunities
• Cincinnati Twitterati
• New people

2009 was an exciting year for us.  Some of our accomplishments include:

• Starting Boot Camp Digital!
• Successfully running 2 open enrollment bootcamps
• Speaking at 20+ industry events
• Working with P&G on groundbreaking social media work
• Moving in to a new office downtown
• Social Media provider for ad:tech NY (the largest digital marketing conference)
• Featured speaker in foreign countries including: London, England and Toronto, Canada
• Killing my first (and only) office plant

Can’t make it? We’ll post the pics here afterwards.

We hope to see you there!

About Boot Camp Digital
We help get your internet marketing in shape! Boot Camp Digital specializes in social media and digital strategy and provides services including, training, consulting and full-service social media execution. We help large, fortune 500 companies and small organizations leverage the internet and social media to strategically grow their business.

Welcome to the Boot Camp Digital Blog

First, thank-you for stopping by. We really appreciate it and we’re working hard to continue to make it worth your while.

As you may know, I have had a number of personal blogs for a long time – my main marketing blog is The Marketess, where I share my insights and thoughts on marketing.  I also have an older and far more random personal blog – Kribaby (read at your own risk).

We decided to launch the Boot Camp Digital blog as a way for us to share our thoughts and insights on social media marketing and digital strategy with you.

On this blog you can expect to see hints, tips and tricks on social media marketing and digital strategy.

We’ll also share what is happening with our business and around the office so that you can get a feel for who we are and how we operate.

I hope you find this blog useful, and if you have any thoughts, ideas, comments or feedback please do not hesitate to share them.  We would love your feedback – our goal is to make something great for you.

- Krista Neher

CEO, BootCampDigital

Social media workshops to build business in Cincinnati

Grow Your Business in a Down Economy with Social Media

Cincinnati Ohio — June 29, 2009 -  BootCampDigital, a leader in social media consulting and training, today announces the launch of social media marketing courses to help local and regional businesses spark new growth, gain new customers, and beat the down economy. The first courses – in an ongoing series – include two half-day social media marketing courses held July 20th and 21st in Oakley, on Cincinnati’s central east side. The BootCampDigital courses are presented in conjunction with the Cincinnati chapter of the American Marketing Association.

“Many companies – big and small – struggle with how to effectively use social media to grow their business,” said Krista Neher, CEO of Boot Camp Digital “Others can’t afford to hire outside consulting. We created these training courses as a cost effective way for organizations to take advantage of the power of social media in driving their business.”

BootCampDigital social media courses are specifically designed to help enterprises understand and implement social media strategies to build their business.  This solid understanding is more than just theory and strategy. “Participants and businesses will leave the sessions with the working tools and action plans they can use to start building right-away,” adds Neher. “If a course ends at noon, businesses can be online, with effective social media tactics and tools, by one o’clock in the afternoon.”

More than a lunchtime seminar or online presentation, BootCampDigital training is built upon interactive, face-to-face exchange of ideas and best practices. Participants meet with social media enthusiasts, learn from guest presenters and successful case studies, and come away with proprietary and effective social media working materials.

The July 21st course, Social Media for Marketers, is a half-day session designed to cover use and processes behind six effective social media tools – blogging, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Flickr and YouTube. Interactive workshops and networking discussions aid the creation of individually crafted action plans participants can use to start their interactive campaigns.

At Building a Successful Blog, the July 20 course, participants learn and use all the tools to create professional Web logs, or “blogs”.  Course content includes the right blog platform, technical and design issues, how to write great content and how to market blog and build community and audience.

Both half-day courses will be conducted at 3500 Madison Road in Oakley.

Scholarships available to jumpstart individual employment

To further accelerate local economic growth, BootCampDigital is donating 20% of the seats in all classes to unemployed workers with The Economy Sucks Scholarships. “I had the opportunity to quickly create a successful Internet marketing and social media consulting practice — because this is such a high growth sector,” said Neher. “I want to help others find the same success.” The scholarships cover the entire tuition of the course as well as all workbooks and guidebooks.

To qualify for scholarships participants must be currently out of work, and explain how attending this course will help the job search.. “We want people to know the resources and what’s available right now,” explains Neher. “We believe that getting smart people back to work is going to beat this down economy. We encourage people looking to build themselves, and the their next employer, to apply online at www.bootcampdigital.com/contact/scholarship.“

For more information about BootCampDigital courses and consulting, see www.bootcampdigital.com.

About BootCampDigital

BootCampDigital, founded in January of 2009, is a Cincinnati-based marketing consultancy that emphasizes the creative use of technology and social media to grow brands online. Providing marketing solutions for Fortune 500 companies as well as start-ups and small businesses, BootCampDigital brings a unique combination of traditional marketing skills and experience, technical knowledge as well as creative new marketing approaches with an emphasis on online and social media marketing.

BootCampDigital CEO, Krista Neher, is an internationally recognized authority with a track record of successfully growing businesses using twitter and related social media tools and practices. Prior to BootCampDigital Neher was in finance and marketing at Procter & Gamble, and also served as vice-president of marketing for recently acquired Internet startup Photrade.com.