Social Media Experiment – Pet Portraits – Portrait of Bailey (Chris Espiritu)

An old high school buddy of mine, Chris Espiritu aka @MrEspiritu, recent told me that he had to make the tough choice to put his beloved dog, Bailey down. It was gut wrenching just to think about that long drive to the vet’s office and say that last goodbye. A little over 2 years ago, (wow!) my parents made the tough choice of putting our beloved dog, whose name happened to be Bailey as well, down. I know that feeling Chris and I’m sorry for your loss.

I truly felt connected to Bailey through this drawing. I can’t explain it in words, but when I do these drawings…I feel like they are sitting right in front of me allowing me to be present to them.

- Social Media Marketing and Social Networking can not only dramatically increase the viability of the bottom line to a small business, but also the visibility as well. The potential to reach an enormous customer base and increase the overall ROI of an Internet Marketing budget is there. You just need to think a bit outside the box.

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Pet Portraits by Andrew David Baron

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The Fruits of my Social Media labor.

Yesterday, January 20th, 2011 was the 2nd anniversary of putting down Bailey. It was a really rough day for me. No matter what I did, I kept thinking about that beautiful face and happy disposition. Just when I thought the day was going to be a complete downer…I received this incredible letter from one of my customers. This truly, truly, truly made my day and helped mitigate some of the pain of losing Bailey. The Haase Family have to be the sweetest people I have ever met. Ann & Jim are wonderful souls that openly welcomed me into their home a little more than a year ago. Their daughter, Annie-Brigitte, treated my little Murphy as if he was her own. Lovely humble people that lost an important part of their family: Ruby

I love transforming utter sadness to warm memories that fizzle and rejuvenate the soul.

This is why I love doing what I do.

Dear Andrew,

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. She sits on the mantel piece over the fireplace.

I can’t tell you how many times we’ve looked at her and are amazed at how real she looks even down to the little hairs above her ears. You are quite the artist. This is something we will cherish forever. She was very special to us and will always be special. Although the heart ache eases up, the emptiness is there.

We have since got another dog. Her name is “Beaner” she’s a mutt. Rescued her from Paws in Time. She was found on railroad tracks, starving, abused and sick with mange. She’s better now, wild and needs a lot of attention. We still miss Ruby.

Thanks again for your thoughtfulness.-

Till we see you again,

Love The Haases

Ann, Jim + Annie B.

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Social Media Experiment – Pet Portraits – Portrait of Ruby

Ruby, was an amazing dog with amazing heart of pure gold. She recently passed away and is dearly missed by her owners and myself. I had the unique opportunity to meet, greet, and spend some time with her last Thanksgiving weekend. She would follow my little Captain Murphy around and treated him like her boyfriend. What a wonderful soul.

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Pet Portraits by Andrew David Baron

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Social Media Experiment 3: Less is More Social.

Like most of us, over the years I have accumulated a lot of STUFF, mostly old tech gadgets, books, CDs and more. I’ve come to a point in my life where enough is enough and the crap needs to go. I used to consider myself a true minimalist. I owned almost nothing, but time, money, & ADHD nets you lots of stuff. Which brings me to my inspiration for this new Social Media Experiment: Cult of Less. It’s a blog written by Kelly Sutton regarding his personal success story with organizing his apartment & life. His goal was to fit everything he owns into 2 bags and 2 boxes. (There is an inherit flaw with this, as he doesn’t specify the ACTUAL size of the bags or boxes as his containers, but that’s just me being Mr. Stickler.)

This is my attempt to organize my life and return to my minimalist mindset. I am titling this experiment: Less is More Social.

So, here I am. It’s time for me to begin my conquest against clutter, but…where do I start? What am I going to do? Do I really want to publicly go through with this and literally air out my laundry via Social Media outlets like: Facebook, Twitter, etc.? So many questions, but at the end of the day my stuff is still here…and it needs to go. I think I found the perfect solution. Enter: Bento 3 for Mac and Bento 3 for iPhone from FileMaker! This is a scaled down and super affordable, customizable solution to all types of content management. I’ve been using Bento for sometime now to manage for my professional contacts, but never really thought of using it in this capacity. It has to be the simplest and most elegant tool of it’s kind. A great aspect about it’s functionality it is that you can customize it to suite your integration needs with Excel, Numbers, and various other programs. Oh and here’s the killer part of it all: I do everything from my iPhone and then sync via WiFi to the main database! Enough said…are you sold yet? heh

I have the tools to complete my epic task, now what? I picked up the first thing I saw and began to catalog it according to my specifications. I’ve decided to catalog based upon the area of the room I will be in. Just so happens I was in my library. Now begins the incredible journey of cataloging my life and sharing the documentation with the World in the process. Once a week, I’ll report on the experiment’s current state of affairs. There will be videos posted onto YouTube of the process. There will be live streaming with Live Chat to Facebook, Twitter, etc. I know it doesn’t seem to be the most riveting thing on the web to watch. But as a NYC Social Media Consultant, I think this would be the perfect opportunity to utilize and demonstrate how the power of Social Media and Social Networking can really make a difference to individual people, as well as businesses.

Contemporary issues call for insightful solutions. Kudos to Kelly!

Byte Back!

[UPDATES:]

Social Media Experiment 3: 11/18/10 – Personal Inventory Catalog Update – 260 Items. #cultofless #LessIsMoreSocial

Social Media Experiment 3: 11/22/10 – Personal Inventory Catalog Update – 302 Items. #cultofless #LessIsMoreSocial #Bento

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Social Media Experiment – Pet Portraits – Portrait of Zoe

Zoe is a domestic cat that radiates both poise and beauty. I personally took this photo using my iPhone and special film noir lens about a year or 2 ago. I was interested in how Zoe commanded a room, no matter where she sat or was located within that space. From the image it may seem as if she’s imposing or scary, but in reality she is soft, sweet, and yes like a typical cat can be quite aloof at times. I’m proud to say that I have been blessed to share many moments with Zoe and love her wholeheartedly.

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Pet Portraits by Andrew David Baron

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