We know it's only been two days, but we already miss Renee N. aka @Monkeylove. Renee wore many hats during her career at Zappos, including Trainer, order verification guru, quality assurance specialist, as well as co-creator of Bald, Blue and Tattooed day! Loren B. aka @BigLb, had the opportunity of sitting down with Renee on her last day to ask her a few questions before she opens the next chapter of her life.
At our NYC Tweetup in the Hudson Hotel we asked our twittering guests if they have ever tweeted out something that wasn't entirely true and or have been guilty of drunk twittering.
At Zappos, we are excited to be part of Mashable’s Summer of Social Good event to raise funds for The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, Oxfam America and WWF. The campaign runs from June 1st through August 28th and culminates with the first ever Social Good Conference on August 28th at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. We have proudly sponsored this event so that 100% of funds raised can be donated directly to the charities.
This charity drive is different from others as the entire campaign will be held online and shared through social media tools (Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, 12Seconds and Globalgiving). To find out more about the program or to help the cause, please go to Adam Hirsch’s blog, COO of Mashable, or http://summerofsocialgood.com/ and help spread the word!
Brett has sprung for a new Phone that will allow him to Twitter at lightning speed, At least that is what "Cooltwittercat555" on Ebay told him. He has enjoyed the attention he has received from his Brand New "Deluxe" Phone, but would appreciate any help in locating an operators manual, if possible.
Our CEO Tony Hsieh gets around - around the globe, that is - and there's no telling where he'll be next. Tony is so busy flying around, speaking at conferences and meeting with other cool companies that Twitter has a hard time keeping up with all of his @zappos updates, and honestly, Twitpics just don't give a visit to the White House any justice.
So, we decided that the only way to truly know where Tony is at any moment in time was to hook him up with a tracking device and to set up hidden cameras around his cubicle and implant a micro camera in his forehead.
However, due to the economy being down and the fear of being let go or having a restraining order placed against the Zappos Blog Team, we decided to do more with less and settled with just giving him a Flip camera to carry around with him everywhere he goes.
So, here it is, the moment you've all been waiting for (drum roll) Where's Tony!
Having your corporate headquarters in Las Vegas comes in handy for many reasons. After work you can stop by the grocery store for milk, bread and slot machine play, and if that isn't cool enough, almost every convention that takes place on the earth happens right down the street.
And last week we were here for the Consumer Electronics Association's convention, CES. And, of course, Zappos being Zappos, we helped to plan a little party for the occasion. Intel, the computer giant, was the main sponsor for the show, along with co-sponsors Zappos, Intel, along with Brian Solis, Sarah Lacy, and Frank Gruber.
The party was held at the Sportbook Bar and Grill in the Palazzo Casino on Thursday evening, and was actually announced on Twitter. Many notable people showed up, especially to my surprise, IJustine, who we recently did a music video with for Zappos TV.
Below is a video recap of the evening! Thank you to Intel for throwing a great bash.... Party on, Wayne! And Party on, Garth!
It all started with the simple question, “What are you doing?”
That’s the question on every Zapponian’s mind these days! The popular micro-blogging site Twitter has been fully embraced by nearly 450 Zappos employees since the beginning of the year. As a gift to all Zappos Employees on Twitter, everyone who Twittered their size to HelpDesk got a wonderful Twitter.Zappos.Com T-shirt! Check out twitter.zappos.com to catch up on people talking about Zappos, employee tweets, and see all the employees signed up on Twitter.com!
As you know, we here at Zappos love the Twitter. And, with our offices being located in Las Vegas, we are in the main vein of almost every conference that is held on the planet. And we were lucky this week to be here for the PubCon Search Marketing Conference, and we held a Tweetup (a gathering sparked by Twitter) at Wasted Space in the Hard Rock Casino that was only announced on Twitter by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. We had a blast, and Brett had a very exciting encounter towards the end of the party.....we'll let the video speak for itself.
As anyone that frequents the Zappos blogs must know, we have quite a unique relationship with Twitter. We love it! Our CEO, Tony Hsieh, or as he is known in Twitterland, @zappos, embraced this a few months back, and we currently have 460 Zappos employees using the micro-blogging site, and @zappos has nearly 16,000 followers.
We even have our own Zappos/Twitter site at Twitter.zappos.com where you can see all tweets that mention the company and all Zappos employees and what they are tweeting about!You can even follow the Inside Zappos blogs @insidezappos for updates on all sort of fun and weirdness that go on inside the Zappos HQ.
The Wall Street Journal just did a piece in which Zappos is mentioned in a discussion of companies using the site. The piece can be read here.
We would have kept the interviews going all night, but lets face it, drinking and socializing is a lot more fun!
Thank you all who attended this event! Keep on keeping on, and I'm sure we'll cross paths again soon. Oh and remember, follow our CEO @Zappos on Twitter for more announcements and inside scoops on Zappos.com.
Twitterers like talking to other Twitterers...that's just how it goes. So instead of throwing off the natural flow of things, we let them interview each other at our Blog World '08 Twitter party.
Here's another Inside sneak on the wonderful bloggers, Twitterers, and those who fall under a social media circle of some kind, who came out to celebrate Blog World 2008 with us.