The St Louis Marketing Recruiter Launches

Bob Bishop is a St Louis based marketing recruiter who just joined the blogosphere, and he's on the fast track to success (okay, he's a client who went through some training).

Seriously, though, Bob is a quick study who's picking up on social media tools as a way to connect with clients and candidates. As a retained executive search recruiter, Bob, who also goes by G. Robert Bishop, has developed a reputation for excellence, and if you ever have the chance to visits his office, be sure to check out the artwork. It's like spending time in the studio of a famous person.

GIMA Panel On Interactive Employment Tonight

I'm on a panel in just about hour discussing the state of interactive employment in St Louis for the GIMA (Gateway Interactive Marketing Assocation) at Maggiano's at 7. If you're returning from the event, and want to know about Brandstorming.com, then you've come to the right place.

Brandstorming.com is the corporate marketing blog of Jim and Franki Durbin. WE;ve been bloggers since 2002, but started this site in early 2006, when we rebranded Franki's interactive marketing firm on account of getting married. The blog has grown to over 25000 unique visitors and 200 subscribers this year, and is represented in the AdAge Power 150 of Marketing Blogs (though down at 300-something). Brandstorming and our staffing site, StlRecruiting.com has been featured at staffing conferences across the country discussing the unique role of blogging and social media in online employment.

StlRecruiting exists to explore our view of the marketing and branding around us. Though we occasionally discuss our projects and social media in general, most of the site covers the great campaigns we see. If you are a local brand marketer, we'd love to interview you, talk about your company, and if we like you, even post a few jobs. If we like you.

Jim Durbin and his wife, Franki, own Durbin Media Group, a social media marketing firm that specializes in blog consulting. With clients on both coasts that represent Household names and exciting startups, Durbin Media Group is one of a handful of social media firms with real world experience and results-oriented marketing.

In addition to StlRecruiting.com and Brandstorming.com, Jim and Franki blog at LifeInAVentiCup (Franki's Lifestyle blog), and a series of local blogs like KCRecruiting.com and SeattleRecruiting.com.

For more information on our firm or to hire us, contact us here.

St Louis Interactive Community Event

Last night, at the invitation of James O'Brien from Lashback Communications, I had the pleasure of attending the St Louis Interactive Group.

The event had over 40 people show, and featured a panel speaking on the topic of integrated marketing, including people from Time.com and Time Magazine. CNN Digital sponsored the event (turns out CNN does a lot of business in St Louis), and so did Eye Wonder (a rich media firm from Chicago) and our own Charter Communications.

Color me pleased. The event was full of bright, interesting people with real jobs in interactive marketing. While most networking events leave me dying to run out the door after 5 minutes of a watered down drink and a vegetable tray, this event was classy, well-attended, and interesting.

We even had a woman who helped create the Monk-E mail campaign for CareerBuilder (who knew she was in St Louis) that was tabbed the best offline to online campaign, ever.

The event was held at the Lucas Park Grille, which has some awesome steaks, cooked perfectly, and if I have one event to attend a month, it's going to be this one.

I'll stop gushing. Get an invitation if you're in interactive marketing in St Louis. It's worth your time. St Louis Interactive Community