Karen Rubin's Ramblings

This morning I woke up to a fantastic surprise, I was picked as one of the Wild Web Women's Top Marketing Girl Crushes!!! I have to say, there was much dancing around my place when I saw who else was on the list, 

Arianna Huffington
Miley Cyrus
Ann Handley
Susan Bratton
Mari Smith
Charlene Li
Heather B. Armstrong
Lisa Stone
Susan Boyle

 Can you believe it? I made a list with Arianna Huffington and Miley Cyrus!! I am sure they were both dancing around their homes because they were on a list with, *gasp* Karen Rubin!

 Much thanks to the Wild Web Women and Rebekah Donaldson for making my morning. 

P.S. There is a vote, for the #1 girl crush, and if you wanted to vote for me...I wouldn't mind.  

I am off to San Francisco for the Marketing Sherpa B2B Marketing Summit. It sounds like it's going to be a pretty exciting event with tons of cool speakers and case studies. I am headed out there with HubSpot.tv to interview all the interesting people who are in attendance. 

If you can't make it out to sunny California, you are in luck because we are going to be live streaming a couple of the presentations on HubSpot.tv! You can watch the following presentations right here on Wednesday September 23rd!

• 8:50 -10 AM PST - More Revenue for Less Money-The Top Five Ways To Increase the Performance of Your Lead Gen Program
• 1:45 - 2:15 PM PST - Using Social Media to Create Lead-Rich Online Communities 
• 2:15 - 3:15 PM PST - Social Media Panel-Focus on Lead Generation
• 4:15 - 4:45 PM PST - Re-engage Inactive Customers, Grow Lead Flow, Win with Sales

Call me lazy if you will, but I got back from vacation and haven't had the energy to pick up with my tweeting and blogging because I have been dealing with an inbox and reader that look something like this.

However, I will share some photos I took on my iPhone. Based on the recommendations of Steve Garfield and C.C. Chapman, before heading to Colorado I purchased AutoStitch. It was totally worth it! Here are some of the panoramic photos I put together. 

Denver International Airport 

 I think this was in Edgar CO

Beaver Lake up in the hills behind Beaver Creek Resort   

 I-70 on the way to Glenwood Springs

Hanging Lake  

Lyons CO, this is the view from my Aunt and Uncle's house

When I was 5, I wanted a cat more than anything else in the world. I begged and begged and begged until finally my parents relented. They decided I could get a cat if I gave up sucking my thumb before my 6th birthday (because my parents weren't about making it easy for me!) I struggled for 6 weeks, but finally managed to kick the habit, and was rewarded with my cat Frisky.  

I am yet again at a point in my life were I desperately want a kitten, but instead of convincing my parents, I have to convince my husband. Jared has been pushing back for a couple of years now, but last night I finally convinced him that the nagging and badgering was only going to get worse. Having learned from my parents, he isn't planning to go down without a fight, but has agreed that if I can get him 2,000 followers on Twitter, I can have a cat!

 So I am here, asking to you to help me out by FOLLOWING JARED! As your friends to follow Jared! Ask your co-workers to follow Jared! Tweet with the hash tag #akittenforkaren and spread the word about my latest social media challenge!