A little over two years ago, I came to Portland’s community media center to start a membership program. The work I went on to do in service to the community and the nearly 1,000 current Open Signal members is and will remain one of the highlights of my career. I would be proud of what […]
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In the fall of 2016, I closed my marketing company, MMC PDX. Through a combination of distance, processing, and applying these leanings in the environments I’ve found myself in since then; I finally have a concise, accessible list of the most important things my company taught me. Empathy is Everything. We like to pretend that […]
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I’m gregarious. I love talking to people, and over the course of my career, I’ve developed the skill to speak to just about anybody. I want to find out what makes you special, and celebrate it. Because you deserve to be celebrated. I’m a networker and a door-holder. Thanks to opportunity, privilege and my own […]
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On Friday May 10, 2013 I left the offices of SAG-AFTRA with all my stuff on a server cart. I worked all weekend building out the website I had been planning since I took my first freelance gig the previous December, and on Monday, May 13, I launched the new marinaforhire.com. (Which was redesigned just […]
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Since the beginning of 2015 I’ve been calling my fellow non-profit communications professionals to talk to them about their market conditions. So far, the calls have been extremely illuminating. I’ll continue to call for the duration of the first quarter, but I may extend the calls after that if I feel like there’s a need […]
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People have been asking me, and the answer is yes, that’s me in that Freshbooks commercial you saw. I have long been a vocal fan of Freshbooks, so when they were making their first national commercial, and they asked me to be in it, I had to say yes. I really thought the first person […]
Read »This Friday marks 6 months since Marina Martinez Consulting officially opened for business. In that six months, I’ve got a long way towards making this a stable, profitable enterprise that people are happy to interact with and eager to pass on to their friends. But we could always be better. To that end, I am […]
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One of my favorite things to do is bring people together. I’ve been so busy trying to make this happen for my clients in the 5 months since we launched that I haven’t had much opportunity to do it for myself. But now that I’ve got my sea legs, things are easier around here and […]
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My newsletter subscribers may have noticed some changes lately. First, my regular Friday updates switched to Monday, and then this week there wasn’t an update. This is because I have begun to work on a redesign in order to make the newsletter more like the site, and in order to give a little extra content […]
Read »In an effort to better serve my community, I’ve come up with a quick survey that I’m asking all my friends and followers to take and to share with their friends. Even if you’re not a decision maker in your organization, I want to know what you think about online marketing. Anyone who leaves their […]
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