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3 Days and counting until Justin Timberlake brings his FUTURESEX/LOVESHOW to HBO. eROI teamed up with HBO and integrated a solid design into our favorite social media video platform, KickApps, to produce the site - www.futuresexlove.com. Take particular notice of the uploaded videos of JT’s biggest fans or the cool widget that I also show below - put the widget on your own blog when you get a chance.

If you check out the site, you’ll notice that the most viewed video is my friend Anna. She is Polish and she is Freaky as you can see below.

Yoga instructor by day, amazing Tom Jones singer by night. Way to knock it out of the park with an uplifting finale, Tanya.

This is a little known fact about Gary from Casey Casum - he visited Folsom Prison in 1994. Surprisingly, Gary does an amazing Johnny Cash. Gary - keep those feet a movin’ - you own the stage.

Jocelyn is my hero. She really focused on her dance routine and choreography - never mind the vocals. The judges keyed in on the legs. We salute you Jocelyn.

Straight up now tell me, do you really want to love me forever. Paula Abdul ain’t got nothin’ on this eROI Idol superstar.

Sam is no Snoop Doggy Dogg, but he kicks it on back w/ his G Thang. Craziest rapper I’ve ever seen.

Tough crowd singing Pearl Jam in the Northwest. But give Brett some credit for pouring some heart and soul into his song.

Rennie - a far cry from McJagger or a replica? Best line of the night: “I’m allergic to cotton.”

Did James keep this on the “down low” for you or did he light you on fire? He is The Boss.

Tell us how you think Cynthia did at eROI Idol 2007!

This was easily our most fun annual party in our company history. The eROI Idol pictures are insane and the video of all eROI Idol performers (customers, NOT employees) were hilarious!

Check it out:
Pictures: www.flickr.com/eroilives
Videos: www.youtube.com/eroilives

Every Portland-metro Company Offered One Pass
to New Multi-Disciplinary Interactive Convergence Conference

As a way to launch its first year, inVerge 2007: the interactive convergence conference is offering one complimentary pass (a $495 value) to each company in the Portland area who wants to send someone to this unique multi-disciplinary event (subsequent attendees from each company receive $100 off with Discount Code “IPF”).

inVerge 2007: the interactive convergence conference focuses on the invergence of media platforms, of online + offline, content + advertising, and of corporate content + consumer-generated content.

inVerge 2007 speakers include*:

NEW: Catherine Ogilvie, EVP & GM, S.F. office, Edelman Public Relations
Jeff Yapp, Executive Vice President, MTV Networks
Joshua Green, Research Mgr, Convergence Culture Consortium, MIT
Renny Gleeson, Director of Digital Strategies, Wieden + Kennedy
Dalen Harrison, CEO, Ensequence (interactive TV platform)
Adam Richardson, Director of Product Strategy, frog design
Chris Van Dyke, CEO, Nau (see recent Fast Company feature)
Jason Stoddard (Partner) & Ken Brady (VP, Asia), Centric, Agency of Change (virtual worlds)
Ken Papagan, President & Chief Strategy Officer, Rentrak
Mark Deuze, Prof. of Journalism & New Media, Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Bill Barnett, General Manager, Entertainment Media Works

As an integrated part of the event, a paid pass to inVerge 2007 includes full access to MusicFestNW and vouchers to 3 Time-Based Art Festival events (optional for a fee on the complimentary pass).

To register for the complimentary pass (one per company please), go to:
http://register.inverge.com/roi/727/inVerge-2007-Complimentary-Pass.htm

For additional paid passes:
Use Discount Code “IPF” to save $100.

For more information, visit the invergence blog and the interim inverge.com site.

The Best Time for Out-of-Town Colleagues to Visit Portland?

This is a great time of year for your out-of-town colleagues to visit Portland. Consider that ALL of the following events start on September 6th and that the inVerge pass includes access to all or part of them:
the inVerge 2007: the interactive convergence conference
MusicFestNW (over 125 indie bands)
The Time-Based Art Festival (international performance art)
First Thursday Gallery Walk (an evening of art, wine and music)

If you pass this message along to a colleague and they decide to join us, they too can use the same IPF discount code.

I admit it. I’m guilty of NOT blogging in over two weeks. I was on vacation for 8 days and loved every minute of it. I went white water rafting, climbed a couple mountains in Central Oregon, made a fort in our vacation house backyard with my daughters, nephews, and neices. The crazy thing is that I was relaxed, checked in on my email, but somehow blogging was not a priority while on vacation.

Just writing this blog post is making me feel a whole lot better about my BLOG GUILT. Cathartic, indeed! A bunch of relevant online marketing stuff has happened while on vacation - I am now a part-owner in a new building in Old Town, Portland and eROI will move to 505 NW Couch Street on December 1 of this year. In the past couple weeks, we’ve launched some high profile websites that I will blog about once we get clearance from our clients (I try to learn from past mistakes where we mention a client that doesn’t want certain press).

So, my blog guilt is absolved. Now, I’m off to write a dozen blog posts with video and pics from our party. Lots of entertainment there. Cheers!