SIBA Internet Marketing Seminar

Got up at 4:30 am. lol Had to be ready to go pick Stacy up at 7:45 to head to the seminar we were doing today at the SIBA Trade Show. We found the hotel just fine. As soon as we turned onto A1A, it was right there! hahahaha We got there & we were the only ones without name tags! :/ Only Cindy, Amanda & Kelli are in their records. We had to sit at different tables cuz there was assigned seating...lol. Anyway, so they had breakfast sat out so we ate til about 9:30 & then the day started. 1st guy was an independent internet marketing strategist. 90% of what he talked about, I already knew. It was the same stuff my mom had taught me. We had a short break & then he finished up before we had lunch at noon. Started back up at 1 with the Assistant Director of SIBA speaking for a bit & then the Internet Analyst of SIBA got up & spoke. She gave some more info on blogging, Facebook & Twitter. I *REALLY* don't wanna Twitter but...hearing more about it now...it makes sense! :/ All of this stuff though...you NEED the smart phones with internet access for...unless you just totally have the time to actually be online...which most people don't...so they do it on the fly! But anyway...even though our butts were numb from sitting, overall...I can totally see what changes we need to make! And it won't be all that difficult to do...just time consuming. Meh. We left at 4. 4-5 pm was a segment that we really had no interest in.

When I got home, Amanda texted & said Cindy made October's schedule last night. We've all been cut to 4 days/week!! Cindy said it was either that or let someone go. If she fires Lori, she'll go to jail for her DUI. *sighs* Stacy is interviewing at BOA so...I dunno...*sighs*. I'm struggling pretty bad since messing with this insurance BS as it is!! I can't afford at all going down to 4 days/week! :/ Fuck...

So tomorrow...Cindy, Amanda & Kelli will be at the actual SIBA activities. Today was just an addition....not officially part of the trade show itself. Me & Stacy will be running the store from open to close by ourselves. There has been some talk of me & Stacy getting to actually go see the exhibits & stuff at SIBA on Saturday but we don't really know yet. It's up to whatever Kelli decides she wants to do, I guess. Or Cindy might not even go...just let me & Stacy go. Dunno. Gotta wait & see. lol