Good Show

As I sit here waiting for my favorite airline to take me home, I'm reflecting on what a good week it was. I think about the great brands we spoke to, all of whom displayed genuine interest in joining (or at least considering) Pronto. The list is long - Gap, Home Depot, HP, Panasonic, PC Rush, Red Envelope, Orvis, Cymax (a Mercantila clone), Staples, Sears, eLuxury, and of course, The Succulent Wife (Lee confirms that this is not an adult site). New agencies like Resource Interactive and Camelot Communications. Old friends like Traffic Leader and GSI Commerce for brands like Dick's Sporting Goods and FogDog.

 

But no trip to Vegas would be complete without a little bit of revelry. Tao was a trip - the food was great, but the DJ was better. You know a DJ is good when I get excited about a Kelly Clarkson Song, and come oh-so-close to jumping on the dance floor with the rest of the crew for a little Jump Around. Partying at the Palms was next up, and would have been better had we been able to shed the clinger CEO from a competing CSE.

 

The gambling tally?

 

Motz - Down, though I don't trust his math after all those drinks

CJ - Down a bit, but didn't hit the tables too hard

Lee - What was the last count? $400 down? Did the Nickel Slots at the airport add to it?

Matt - Down $220 all week, but got it all back on the last night. Leaving Vegas with a $5 profit. Matt 1, Vegas 0

Foley - Well, some things need to stay in Vegas.

 

Sleep tally?

 

Adding up all hours slept by Pronto employees in Vegas, I think it comes out to 20 hours total. And I don't think Craig added to that amount last night.

 

 

Thanks to everyone for making this my best trip to Vegas. Had a blast doing it, and thrilled about the progress we made. The plane is boarding. See everyone back in the sales pit.

So drunk right now

I'm sitting at the gate to the airport now! Woo! Airport!

I've been so drunk on this trip I haven't had time to write an entry. I never had a drink though. I was just around Craig a lot. So much alcohol was coming off of him, I got drunk off the fumes.

I lost around $400. And that was just in tips from the Chippendales show I attended.

The more tired I get, the more I sound like a Borscht Belt comedian. I rather like it.

the good and the bad

well, here is the good news : the show is over

and here is the bad news : the show is over

sad - no more vegas. no more good times. no more desert. no more extra oxygen.

sad times, indeed. :(

now we're back to Bagel Friday as our weekly highlight - boo!!

Yep - he did it (and I think he meant it)

*photo by C. Motz**

** who is now sleeping himself ... but under the table

my girls !

Coke Rules !

Yay! I just had two Cokes and now I'm back ... the morning was rough (really rough) but after two Cokes, the world seems like a brighter place. Unfortunately Craig is still hating it .... he isn't reacting well to my Coke hazing.

Foley is leading from the front and heading to another session at one.

UM, not much else .... why isn't anyone else posting???

Day Three

Well, as you can imagine, by now our livers are starting to revolt. REVOLT.

Today

- Cheerios for breakfast (courtesy of IAC)
- Strawberries as a mid-morning snack (courtesy of IAC)
- GARLIC Hummus as a pre-lunch snack (courtesy of IAC)
- ...about to eat my lunch of eggplant parm (courtesy of me)
- Who KNOWS what this afternoon can hold? Either a cliff bar or applesauce I'm sure!

I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty pumped to see a new Top Chef tonight - - - I mean that's what you'll all be doing, right? Watching tv in your rooms on the last night in Vegas? Awesome - we can text each other updates after the "quickfire challenge".

Cheerio Mates

I arrived in Cowes yesterday at 11:00 am after a red eye flight. I did catch 2 hours of sleep after I watched Die Hard with Urgency part 6. Pretty good film, except the script.

We're staying at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club (that's British for fancy pub) and racing out the Royal Yacht Squadron (read: we're not propper enough to stay in the nice joint). Here's a link to site about Cowes and the clubs: http://www.cowes.co.uk/zonexml/index?cp=0-166-47-73. We start racing tomorrow (today's practice was blown out by 27 knots). Weigh in was this morning, we were 10 pounds over. After a 3 mile run and jumping jacks in foul weather gear, were were 1 pound under. 11 pounds in 2 hours by the three of us. Now I know how much 90 Guinness and 9 shots of tequilla weigh.

Hope all is well at the .ORG. Get more pictures posted, it's really cool to see the action.

G

Rockin' it

Shop.org attendees get down to Matt F's favorite song! (There was a video with this, but apparently, this blog doesn't support it)

Success!

Cougar Hunt

Foley's workin' the CheetahMail folks to nab that hard-to-get cougar for CJ

Working it ...

Craig and I are WORKING it already this AM ... not too many booths / workers look as strong as we do this morning. Seriously. Craig is killing it right now at the breakfast table. I think I hear him talking about the viral power of Pronto(dot)com at the bagel toasting station. Huge. The network is growing from Vegas - the epicenter of online retailing.

And of course I'm waiting for Lee to put up some pics ... waiting .... waiting ....

The Booth is On!

Go Pronto!

It is ON

We are all in Vegas ... yipppee!!

Nice update, Allison - glad the hummus sitch cleared up (and with pretzels, no less!).

Here is what I'm seeing in Vegas so far :

Minor mishaps - I forgot my flip flops, I couldn't turn on the lights in my room for the first 30min I was here, I look out over the casino (fancy way of saying I have a view of a roof) .....

Good things - ran into Foley at the airport, got Foley to pay for the cab, iPod in the alarm clock is already blasting away (Feierstein, I am playing your Fall Jam - Timbaland -on extended replay .... ), we already ran into some partners at check-in (we are literally working EVERY minute we are here!!) ....

More soon ....

???

Where are all the updates? I thought I'd sign into this blog and see at least 10 by now!

NYC Updates:

1. Hummus with Pretzel Chips were in today - a little later than normal which was unsettling - but regardless I had some.

2. It's freezing - - - 70 degrees outside and I think that the AC is still blasting.

3. New peeps set up shop on our floor right when you get off the elevator - it looks like Shenanigans w/the amount of toys and crap they have all over their desks.

That's all I got!

If Heidi Montag sings in the Sales Pod...

and no one is around to hear it, does she make a sound?

Up and down

I'll be posting my wins and losses at the blackjack table and other gambling activities throughout the trip. Here's the first one:

Bankroll: $500
Status: Nothing won, nothing lost
Mood: Elated

please don't panic

i'll call you and matt and play the song for you both!

it will be exactly like you're in vegas with us! exactly!

I'll have to download heidi montag on my computer and play it religiously while you guys are gone so you'll be here in spirit

Huge

This will be my Vegas Diary .... love it.  Thanks for coming in today, Craig.  I really appreciate it.

 

There is NO ESCAPE

oh, don't worry ... i'll have heidi's link with me.

and, really, if you don't think they'll be BLOWING THIS SONG UP on the dance floor at TRYST ..... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey CJ, welcome to the 21st Century!

 

Bonuses of not being in the office

• Heidi Montag song not as prevalent outside of 4th floor
  
• See above
  

The bosox are going to rip the skankies.

Vegas Baby! VEGAS!

Craig unhappy

Trade Show Fun

done and done

... and there is the confirmation that this will be a Sales-only Blog ....

(well, Sales and Foley - of course)

Don't tack until you see the whites of their eyes

While you're in Vegas pumping Pronto to retailers and collecting 100 new clients in the process I'll be freezing my butt of in the GBR thinking of you.  Have a ton of fun, work hard, and a big hearty GFY to everyone.

Hello? Is this thing on?

Blogging from my cell is cool.

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Need $200?

Go money anyone?