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Just reviewed Red Hot Internet Publicity for The Blogger's Bulletin- check it out!

By Joy A. Kennelly

You can read my review of Penny C. Sansevieri's book, Red Hot Internet Publicity on Blogger's Bulletin. Love to hear your thoughts! Thanks for popping by.

I'll have more later. Lots of good stuff going on.

My 2009 in Review and looking ahead at 2010

By Joy A. Kennelly

The start of this year has been rather busy which has precluded my blogging. As I look back at 2009 and forward to 2010 I realize it is going to be vastly different.

Last year started with 1. Attending President Obama's Inauguration back in DC (I can't find my inauguration blog posts to share with you -when/if I do, I'll let you know.) Attending 2. Congresswoman Jane Harmon's private, Pre-Inaugural Brunch with Special Guests, Civil Rights Legend John Lewis, Astronaut Buzz Aldren, and numerous South Bay City Officials; then 3. Worked the Oscars as a Press Agent (don't be too impressed - more like a glorified PA which is why it's not listed anywhere and why I won't be doing it again. lol); attended Food & Wine Festivals around the country representing Chef David Linville at such events as the 4. 31st Annual Scottsdale Culinary Festival and the 5. Grand Food & Wine Affair (wonderful experiences which I do hope to repeat with or without a Chef this year to enjoy more mind-blowing cuisine); 6.Attended BizBash Expo on VOX DJs behalf; (I would list all the events I attended on their behalf and the corresponding blogs, but last time I checked it was up to 17 blogs and counting. I'm going to spare you.:) 7. Attended the SES SJC Conference and numerous tech and other industries networking events (again, too many to list); 8. Produced a few networking events myself (Social Network Live) including one at my favorite new LA restaurant, EVA, with Chef Mark Gold and Producer Dan Paulson;  9. Attended LA Fashion Week Fashion Shows for my favorite Designers, Louis Verdad, and 10. Kevan Hall who was featured at the amazing Rusnak Night of Luxury event and new favorite, 11. Philip Rodriguez at Passion Revealed; 12. Attended the election celebrations for new Hermosa Beach City Council Members, Jeff Duclos

and Howard Fishman, (who I did social media marketing for successfully against an incumbent who lost - which I like to think was partly due to my efforts. Read it and see for yourself. Some of my posts are missing from my blog which I'm going to check on and post later.);
13. Attending my final client's VOX DJ's 25th Year Anniversary, and the grand finale, the 14. Lexus LFA Preview at a private Beverly Hills Estate.

I'm sure there were other events I'm not listing here, but if you search through previous blog posts you'll find them. I just need to wrap this up otherwise I could be here all night!

On a personal basis had a few wonderful private holiday events with friends too.

And the biggest news of 2009? I closed my award-winning PR & Marketing Firm, The Joy Writer PR & Marketing  once and for all which I haven't regretted. It feels real good to simplify my professional responsibilities to the aspects of PR & Marketing which I enjoy (blogging, social media marketing, and speaking) and leave behind all the others.

This year? I'm calling 2010 the year of Learning.

Just took a Franklin-Covey Leadership: Great Leaders, Great Teams, Great ResultsTM Training seminar (as a follow-up to the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Training) through my wonderful part-time gig and am looking forward to taking many more classes in a wide variety of subjects because I love to learn.

Thanks for checking in.

And if you happen to find my lost Inauguration and Howard Fishman blog posts, let me know. If I find 'em, I'll let you know.:)

Now I leave you with a video of the LFA unveiling in Beverly Hills. Enjoy!