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Bolt's Friday Favorites

11.18.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 1:12 pm

Tis the season… for travel! Whether we are traveling in between our East and West Coast offices, jet setting to take a vacation or flying to visit family for the holidays, our team is constantly on the go. Here are a few travel gadgets we can’t leave home without!

  • iPad – The iPad gives you access to email, games, apps, Internet and movies. It’s perfect for travel to stay connected and entertained!

  • The Nook – As the world’s best reading experience and tablet essential, the Nook is amazing and we can’t live without it!

  • Canon Powershot D10 – You can’t travel without capturing the memories! This point-and-shoot camera snaps amazing shots and is waterproof! Love it.

  • The Wireless Luggage Finder – This little gadget takes away the pain of looking for your bags when you get off the plane.  The tag transmitter attaches to the handle on your bag and when your luggage arrives in the carousel, your keychain remote will alert you by sending a series of beeps, vibrations and a flashing red light to let you know!

  • iPhone – In general, we can’t live without it, but for travel it’s a MUST. The iPhone lets us listen to music, watch TV shows and movies, access email and check out our favorite blogs too! What’s not to love?

  • Biosilk Hair Gloss –   We know this isn’t a gadget, but it’s just too good not to mention! Biosilk Hair Gloss is the ideal lightweight replenishing treatment to protect and maintain hair and skin in optimum condition. It’s a great product and ideal for travel!

What are your traveling essentials? Leave us a comment below.

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No Shave November, or Movember: The Art of the Moustache

11.17.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 9:21 am

As we’ve said before, we love supporting good causes of all kinds. This month marked the start of a unique awareness campaign that stands behind an important cause. Movember, commonly referred to as ‘No Shave November,’ occurs when men let their facial hair flourish through the month of November to raise awareness for prostate cancer.

Once registered at www.movember.com, men start Movember 1st clean shaven. “Mo Bros,” as they’re called, effectively become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November. Through their actions and words they raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health.

So, is Movember just a silly campaign or an effective awareness platform? The statistics don’t lie – millions of dollars have been raised for men’s prostate cancer through Movember:

Will you or someone you know participate in this year’s Movember? Leave us a comment below.

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Dana Point Turkey Trot Announces Newest Sponsorship Line-Up for 2011 Race

11.16.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 9:16 am

With race day approaching in less than two weeks, the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce and RUN Racing, organizers of the Dana Point Turkey Trot, have announced the newest sponsors for this year’s race:

  • City of Dana Point
  • AT&T
  • BuildingOnline
  • Clif Bar & Company; Dana Point Chamber of Commerce
  • Collins Holdings LLC
  • Cox Communications
  • The Dana Point Harbor
  • The Dana Point Times
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods
  • Hodel Briggs Winter LLP
  • Independence Bank of San Juan Capistrano
  • Lantern Bay Village
  • ahé
  • Mix1
  • Ohana Preschool
  • Renaissance ClubSport of Aliso Viejo
  • Second Harvest Food Bank
  • South Coast Water District
  • Sunsets Cabo Beach
  • The Strand at Headlands
  • Subway of Laguna Beach
  • Taste of Brews Dana Point
  • The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel
  • Vintage Marina Partners
  • Vivos

The Dana Point Turkey Trot, named one of America’s best Thanksgiving Day runs by Fitness Magazine, attracts more than 16,000 participants, including friends and family, to its 5K, 10K and Kids’ Gobble Wobble. This year, the Dana Point Turkey Trot has made race enhancements to improve the Southern California tradition, including wave starts based on anticipated race times to alleviate congestion, stroller-specific wave starts, and widening of the lane for the finish-line shoot. In addition, the Dana Point Turkey Trot will host a two-day health and fitness expo and finish line festival for all participants. The health and fitness expo, held on Nov. 23 and 24, will offer an abundance of exhibitor booths featuring the latest and greatest the fitness and health industry has to offer, as well as industry expert speakers.

For more information about the 34th annual Dana Point Turkey Trot and to become a sponsor, visit http://www.turkeytrot.com, and follow the event on Twitter at http://twitter.com/turkeytrot and Facebook at http://facebook.com/danapointturkeytrot. Turkey Trot participants and supporters are encouraged to download the Dana Point Turkey Trot Cause Layout at http://www.causelayouts.com/DanaPointTurkeyTrot/. For every original download of the Facebook layout, $1 will be donated to the Dana Point Turkey Trot.

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Bolt's Friday Favorites

11.11.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 10:12 am

There are only a few more weeks until Thanksgiving and before you know it, Christmas will be upon us! Our team is gearing up for the holiday madness and we have to admit, it makes us a little nostalgic. To kick off the season right, check out a few of our favorite holiday traditions, both new and old:

  • Mom’s English Toffee – Everyone in Dennis’ family knows the holiday season has arrived when the first batch of toffee is made!

  • Johnny Cake – Every year before Thanksgiving, Jesse’s dad would make a pumpkin pie the night before. He would take the extra crust and bake it, then add cinnamon and sugar. Then, they’d eat it after everyone went to sleep. It’s a special tradition and delicious!

  • Nonnie’s Chocolate Fudge – Whenever Ashley’s grandma’s house would fill up with the smell of her famous chocolate fudge, the entire block knew the holidays were in full effect. Nowadays, her mom carries on the tradition!

  • Thanksgiving Attire – Every few years, Jo-Anne’s family decided to wear ridiculous attire while cooking turkey dinner. The girls get aprons and the boys get baseball hats and t-shirts, all with crazy turkeys hot glued on the front. She’s not quite sure how it started, but oddly enough this tradition started well before there were grandchildren!

  • Starting new traditions – Caroline and Brent are kicking off the holiday season with new traditions! First, with running the Dana Point Turkey Trot of course! Secondly, she’s cooking her own Thanksgiving dinner for the first time ever and going all out to include: traditional turkey; cranberry sauce; stuffing; sweet potato casserole with walnuts, raisins and toasted marshmallows (the ONLY way to make/eat sweet potato casserole J); green bean casserole; and butter rolls!

Do you have a favorite holiday tradition? Share it with us!

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Five Reasons Google+ Could Win the Social Enterprise Battle

11.09.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 9:43 am

Google+ has received quite a bit of buzz since first launching this summer. Among an array of rave reviews and skeptical criticism – the jury is still out whether or not Google+ will hold its own in the social enterprise battle. On the brink of their newest announcement last Thursday, launching accessibility through Google App users, millions of people using Google Apps for businesses will now have access to the social collaboration platform. This new launch has stirred the pot once again in the social media world and causing those critics to reconsider the strength of Google+. Here are five reasons why Google+ could win the social enterprise battle:

  1. Smart Integration Existing Google Apps – Google+ is fully integrated with Google Apps. As a user, you don’t need a new login — it’s just another tab like mail, calendar, docs or video. Most business users spend their day in mail or calendar, so a tool that’s easily accessible from the daily workflow has advantages over third-party software.
  2. Google+ Already Knows  a Lot About You – Because of its tight integration with Google Apps, Google+ could take advantage of what Google already knows about each business user, including whom they email, how often and how recently, as well as the topics they write about and search for.
  3. Google+ is Uniquely Positioned to Help You Find and Share Interesting Content – Nobody has a better index of what’s on the web than Google, so nobody is better positioned to help you find interesting content and people from both inside and outside your company.
  4. Google+ Integrates Public and Private Sharing – Unlike other social enterprise platforms, which keep most shared content behind company walls, Google+ integrates public and private sharing. Also, because a number of websites have already embedded +1 buttons, it’s easy to “like” content from across the web and share it with targeted groups.
  5. Android Phones Sync Easily With the Entire Apps Suite – Finally, an Android mobile phone brings this complete integration to users on the go. Activating Android handsets with your company’s Google Apps account brings all this productive and social functionality to the palm of your employees’ hands.

Want to learn more about Google+? Read more of the research here

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Going Retro – Style.com Launches Print Magazine

11.07.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 9:02 am

Not a day goes by without a print publication expanding its online presence. But a web-based magazine going to print? Now that’s almost unheard of. Leave it to Style.com to make that bold move, launching the fashion websites first print issue last week.

The new issue, a recap of the spring 2012 runway collections, is an interesting adaptation of the web to print form. Another unique twist – tweets are printed alongside full-page ads from major fashion advertisers, such as Versace and Valentino.

The glossy new pages could help Style.com, operating online since 2000, reach new audiences. In a release statement, Style.com/Print‘s publishers said the first issue would be available at “select newsstands” for $14.99, while also available for online purchase at style.com/magazine for $6.99.

Get a sneak peek of the new issue here, courtesy of The Huffington Post.

Is it a smart idea for a web site to launch of print magazine in 2011? Would you buy it? Weigh in and leave us a comment below.

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Bolt’s Friday Favorites

11.04.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 8:33 am

We all need inspiration – it triggers emotions and feelings that enable us to do things with purpose, passion, energy and enjoyment. Our team pulls inspiration from all directions and it drives us to succeed. Check out our team’s favorite inspirational quotes of the week:

  • “Everything is OK in the end. If it isn’t OK, then it isn’t the end.” – Author Unknown
  • “Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it.” – Winston Churchill
  • “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou
  • “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. “– Mark Twain
  • “The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.” – Steve Maraboli
  • “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F.  Kennedy
  • “When you want to win, you have to teach. When you lose, you have to learn.” – Tom Landry
  • “You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs

What inspires you? Leave us a comment below.

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Bolt’s Friday Favorites

10.28.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 8:10 am

Who doesn’t love to jet-set for a weekend or pack a bag for a long adventure? Our team has been lucky enough to visit some of the greatest cities in the world and we’re always looking forward to the next great trip. Check out where the travel bug has taken us and where we’re dying to go next:

  • Brazil – Two things are important to us – beautiful beaches and awesome food.  We can get both here!

  • Vegas –Viva Las Vegas!  It’s the best vacation spot for a much needed weekender and a great place for reunions, parties and vacations!

  • Spain – Any place that is home to Gaudi architecture and delicious Calimocho sounds amazing in our book!

  • Peru – From sand boarding in the little village of Huacachina to hiking up to the breathtaking views of Machu Picchu – Peru is a unique and adventurous escape from reality!

  • Hawaii – We haven’t been back in a few years and there’s nothing like the peace and tranquility of the ocean, no matter which island you visit.

  • Italy – Un giorno ho voglia di visitare l’Italia e trascorrere settimane viaggiare per il paese, mangiare il cibo e amorevole. Translation? One day I want to visit Italy and spend weeks traveling the country, eating the food and loving it all.

  • Bora Bora – Who wouldn’t want to stay in a tiki hut on the water, eat tropical foods, enjoy tropical drinks, lay out on the white sand beaches, take a boat ride into the clear blue water, and go fishing? We sure do!

  • Dubai – We’ve never been, but the photos are breathtaking and we’re always up for a new adventure!

What are your favorite travel hot spots? Add to our must-sees list and leave a comment!

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Social Networking On-The-Go

10.26.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 8:49 am

Mobile Social Media Taking Over the World, One App at a Time

Mobile social networking is continuing to grow — as if our team didn’t see that coming.  As mentioned in our Friday Favorites last week, our team uses apps for just about everything. Smart phones continue to evolve in efficiency and allow us to perform practically any function possible, as there is always “an app for that.”

New statistics from comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, recently revealed that 72.2 million Americans accessed social networking sites or blogs on their mobile device during this past August alone. This marks an impressive 37 percent increase over the previous year. The study also provided new insights into how mobile users interact with social media, finding that more than half read multiple posts from an organization, brand or event while on their mobile device.

Increasingly, users are accessing social media sites through various apps. While the audience for mobile browsing of social networks grew 24 percent over the past year, the social networking app audience grew 126 percent to 38.5 million people.

We’ve seen firsthand how the rise of social media has affected our lives and has changed the way we do things – both in work and play.  The stats continue to prove one thing: social media is here to stay.

To read further details, check out the entire study.

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Let’s Talk Turkey!

10.25.2011   Added By : Bolt PR @ 2:53 pm

Dana Point Turkey Trot Announces New Enhancements for Upcoming Thanksgiving Day Race

The Bolt team is gearing up to run this year’s Dana Point Turkey Trot and we couldn’t be more excited to lace up our running shoes for this Southern California tradition!

The Dana Point Turkey Trot has announced a wide array of race enhancements for the upcoming 34th annual Thanksgiving Day run. Organizers of the Dana Point Turkey Trot, including the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce and RUN Racing, have joined together as a team to incorporate participants’ feedback, offering runners what is expected to be the biggest and best race to date. Adding to those numbers, nearly half of registered participants to date are running the Dana Point Turkey Trot for the first time.

The 2011 Turkey Trot race enhancements include wave starts based on anticipated race times to alleviate congestion, stroller-specific wave starts, and widening of the lane for the finish-line shoot. And for the first time, every Dana Point Turkey Trot participant will receive a finisher medal and enjoy an improved finish line festival. In addition, the Dana Point Turkey Trot will host a two-day health and fitness expo for all participants. The health and fitness expo, held Nov. 23 and 24 will offer an abundance of exhibitor booths that will include the latest and greatest the wellness industry has to offer, as well as expert speakers. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about topics ranging from proper shoe fitting and nutrition, and will even have the chance to get a book signed by Sarah Reinertsen, the first female leg amputee to complete the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.

For more information about the 34th annual Dana Point Turkey Trot, visit http://www.turkeytrot.com and follow the event on Twitter at http://twitter.com/turkeytrot and Facebook at http://facebook.com/danapointturkeytrot. Turkey Trot participants and supporters are encouraged to download the Dana Point Turkey Trot Cause Layout at http://www.causelayouts.com/DanaPointTurkeyTrot/. For every original download of the Facebook layout, $1 will be donated to the Dana Point Turkey Trot.

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