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areallygoodejob, hardy wallace, kamary phillips, Murphy-Goode winery, rocky slaughter, social networking, wine
Talk about an intense time… some are still catching up with sleep. I am of course referring to the crazy happenings over in Napa Valley Sonoma County, Healdsburg to be exact and the wrapping up of a really goode job application process.
Fascinating to notice in myself how hyped I was and virtually glued to my screen as the show was underway… what an incredible media smorgashboard! Simply delicious. Live Ustreams, tweets a-flutter, and blog posts galore, not to forget the traditional media-gone-online!
Murphy-Goode Wine Country Lifestyle Correspondent
Hardy
By now you have all heard, Hardy Wallace aka @goodetobefirst, @dirtysouthwine, who is no stranger to this blog, a frequent commentor as well as guest writer to this blog (Tube Mogul) has been chosen to represent the Murphy-Goode winery online. How exciting!
You can read some of Hardy’s great wine content on his Dirty South blog, his Goode to be first blog. You can meet him on Facebook and you can listen to his tweets on twitter @dirtysouthwine and @goodetobefirst. Perhaps it is a good idea to check out Murphy-Goode’s “A Really Goode Job” page periodically in case Hardy starts a new blog up there?
I will always remember Hardy as one of my first contacts in all things wine, his quirky sense of humour and his gentlemanly manner. He really impressed me on Randulo’s radio broadcast The New Wine Consumer: This is where I realized that I have still got a lot to learn about what it means to be social. The guy is simply curious and polite at the same time, you gotta like him. All the best to you and Murphy-Goode, Hardy!
Murphy-Goode Intern and Murphy-Goode Consultant
Rocky
Kamary
And there were a few surprises along the way: Rocky Slaughter will be starting up soon as MG’s intern (and if I understand correctly, he is planning for a whole year) as well as Murphy-Goode TV’s Kamary Phillips as consultant.
Rocky can be followed on Twitter @RockySlaughter or on his blog. Of course you can also give him a shout out on Facebook as well! Kamary Phillips has created the first new post MG application blog and internet campaign: Wine Time TV. I would love to encourage you to go visit his new blog as I happen to know that he has a bet going concerning the traffic he can generate… You can also follow his tweets @winetimetv or become a friend of WineTime Facebook.
So it should truely be an interesting summer and fall with Murphy-Goode! Looking forward to learning along side of Hardy, Rocky and Kamary!
Three Cheers: Hip-Hip-Hooray!
Congratulations to all the top ten for making this such an incredible learning experience for those of us who have been tagging along. We look forward to seeing how you move onward after this incredible experience.
Best wishes go to Hardy. You have owned this job from the start, Hardy. It has been a pleasure to get to know you online. You are a gentleman, a bundle of energy, passionate and you look great in purple 
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Rocky, you are in for an awesome ride. I look forward to learning from you as you move through this year. It is really exciting to be able to observe you as you grow in the field of social media and wine. May your water bottle be filled and energy levels stoked!
Kamary, it has been a pleasure to encourage you along the way. You seem to be the “surprise” of the day as I certainly (and I am most definitaly not the only one) did not expect there to be a third position offered (or perhaps we should be calling you the “sleeper of the vintage”?)! But you have come out of the starting blocks very quickly with your new platform Wine Time TV. I look forward to watching you grow this network!
Hey Andrea,
I love how we both have taken some time to get our blog posts up about the Murphy-Goode correspondent search. In fact, I’m still working on mine…ack!
I just wanted to send one teensy-tiny correction your way…that Healdsburg is in Sonoma County and not Napa Valley (or county). Maybe it doesn’t make a diff to your readers, but there’s actually quite a rivalry between the two counties, probably since tourism dollars are at stake.
Meh, for what it’s worth, right?
You’ve been a rock star through this whole campaign, Andrea…I look forward to seeing what’s next up your sleeve!
Oh, I totally can understand why you have not posted yet. I feel so overwhelmed by the whole happenings (and all your videos and pics and the whole after-math) that it must be overload for you!
Just watching Adam’s remix reflects fairly well the overwhelming feeling I have: speed. pump. adrenolin.
Thanks, Todd for the correction re Sonoma/Napa… goes to show what a complete foreigner I am to the whole scene. No matter, it has been an awesome ride for me just tagging along with y’all!
I have learned *heaps* and plan on using it all in my new start-up, something more geared to my life and my reality. Randulo gave me the tip to do something along the lines of mommy blogging… (I still dream of greatness in some swank Californian wine world… but reality is: laundry, cooking and tending to the home.)
But I will still have a heart for Murphy-Goode and all the wonderful people I have met along the way.
This blog will remain active, when not as much as before, but I hope to document the tech side of my mommy blog happenings (which is then self hosted re-opening a whole new bag of possibilities)… and I think I have given up my German blogging for a while
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Look forward to reading your wrap up. I think you are going the right way, take your time, chew it, savour the flavour on your tongue, feel the satisfaction as it settles in your stomache… enjoy.
No, it was not a dream. It is reality!
Cheers Andy!
Great to read your wrap up! Mines well overdue but as you mentioned I’ve been distracted transitioning Murphy-Goode TV into something potentially broader; Introducing Wine Time TV, addressing more brands ideally.
Thanks again for all your support during those crazy times and being a real GOODE person yourself. I’ve learned a lot from your brilliance and looking forward to stealing more of your better than good (with or without an ‘e’) ideas, ha!
Cheers and rock on!
Prost, Kam!
Thanks for the kind words… but you can’t *steal* anything from me. I am too good! *muhahahaha*
One more article to finish up, the Interview with Angee Linsey of Linsey Careers and then my MG wine days will be phasing out.
New projects, new challenges on the table waiting to take off! NO details yet, but I will let everyone know: *you* have no chance in your bet against me, cause I am gonna win, win, win!
(Kamary and I are betting to see who can grow their next blog/campaign the fastest… you already know what his next sites are: Are A Really Goode Song and WineTimeTV, so go visit him there, bookmark him–he is going places… I will beat him without you even knowing *where* to find my site!)
Dude, when you come to Germany, bring me a bottle of MG, will ya? Can’t get the stuff here for the life of me!