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Are you ready for fall? This September brings many entertaining and invigorating interactive marketing events to the Minneapolis/St. Paul interactive scene. With events from the following organizations, there is sure to be an event that’s perfect for your needs. We look forward to your suggestions. Contact us to add an event or tweet us at @threedeep.

September 2nd
Java Meetup Minneapolis 7 (#JMU612) : LinkedIn
Urban Bean Cafe
8:00 – 10:00 am

Find out how to use this important and often overlooked tool for business and personal development. Discussion will be led by LinkedIn experts Nicole Harrison (@SocialNicole) and Kate-Madonna Hindes (@girlmeetsgeek).

Cocktails with Creatives
Uptown Cafeteria and Support Group
6:00 – 8:00 pm

Each month AIGA Minnesota hosts a mixer event at various bars and restaurants around the Twin Cities. This event is a great networking and social opportunity so bring your business cards and your ideas! Members and non-members alike are welcome.

September 3rd
Social Media Breakfast – Minneapolis/St. Paul # 29: State Fair Social [Media] (#SMBMSP)
State Fair Blue Ribbon Picnic Area (Section D24 on the map)
8:00 – 10:00 am

What do you get when you combine livestock, thrill rides and hashtags? Join us for our second annual Social Media Breakfast State Fair event on September 3rd, 2010. We’ll be talking with vendors at the fair who are using social media in their business at the fair. There will be live music throughout our event, some fun activities (Bacon Haiku returns!), and great food.

September 9th
Design Conversations: Gael Towey and Stephen Doyle
W Minneapolis – The Foshay
5:00 – 8:00 pm

Join AIGA for part two of Design Conversations, an informal three-event series hosted by W Minneapolis – The Foshay, benefitting BrandLab, and featuring internationally recognized design experts. Grab a cocktail, pull up a chair, and join the conversation with some of the nation’s leading creative geniuses as they discuss the state of visual arts, brand identity, and design.

September 11th
MN Blogger Conference (#mnblogconf)
CoCo Collaborative
8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Learn about all aspects of blogging, from design to storytelling, book publishing and more at the first annual MN Bloggers’ Conference. Tickets are all sold out, but you can sign up for the wait list.

September 15th
MIMA Social: It’s a Target Field Social (#MIMA)
5:15 pm
Target Field

Sad, but true: summers almost over. Reconnect with your MIMA peeps the Annual Fall Social. Oh, did we mention that this year’s Fall Social will be at Target Field.  Yup, we thought that would get your attention.  We’re holding this year’s event at the Home of Minnesota Baseball. Leave your laptops at home, but not your Old Spice Guy imitation.

September 21st
September Marketing Mixer: Fall Group Speed Networking
View Restaurant & Bar
5:30 – 9:00 pm

The Minnesota Chapter of the AMA is kicking off the fall with another Speed Networking event—this time in an all new group format! Attend this “can’t-miss” event and meet more people in one evening than in a month of traditional networking. It’s fun and easy!

September 23rd
Pour it Like you Mean it: The Evolution of the Caribou Coffee Brand
Caribou Coffee Headquarters
7:30 am – 9:30 am

Join us at Caribou’s corporate office to hear SVP Marketing & Product Management Alfredo Martel present the story behind the brand. He’ll cover the strategic business objectives that led to Caribou’s brand evolution, how the company measures success, what’s next after the branding dust settles, and more.

September 27th
MIMA Summit Intensive Half-Day Workshops
Minneapolis Hilton
1:00 – 5:00 pm

This year, MIMA has added more to the Summit, starting with a half day of Intensive Workshops. The half day will feature both beginner and advanced how-to sessions over the course of almost 2 hours. The 10 in-depth sessions will focus on key topics relevant to marketers.

Shout out to our very own Jeff Sauer, who is hosting a workshop on Google Analytics!

September 28th
MIMA Summit Full-Day Conference (#mimasummit)
Minneapolis Hilton
7:30 am – 9:00 pm

Complete Details: MIMA Summit Web site

Our usual full day conference will offer more breakouts this year! We’re taking it to a whole new level, with 8 tracks of breakouts and 2 separate Geek Outs…that’s 40 different places to pick from throughout the day, or 10 different ones each hour! I know, I know. Sometimes choices are hard, be we think you’ll like it in the end.

September 30th
Kiss Me, I’m Ad Fed
Kieran’s Irish Pub
5:30 – 9:00 pm

Join Ad Fed at Kieran’s Irish Pub, and bring your friends who may be interested in joining Ad Fed or Ad2, or those who are looking to renew existing memberships. It will be a night of Irish spirit, revelry and camaraderie: complete with food, drinks, music and give-a-ways.

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that Three Deep has been growing exponentially over the past few years.  Since 2008 we have grown our team from 5 to 30 people, opened a call center, and have recently moved our office to Downtown St. Paul in the “up and coming” Lowertown area.

Our move gives us reason to celebrate, and we would like for you to join in on the fun!

Come join Three Deep for our open house Thursday, July 15, 2010 between 3 and 7 PM.

Head down to our office on Thursday afternoon and enjoy food and refreshments (including some of our clients’ popular products and a signature cocktail). You’ll have the opportunity to tour our new office, network with Twin Cities marketing professionals, and find out exactly what Three Deep has to offer you and your business.

Why should you attend?

• Are you currently a client of Three Deep?  We encourage you to attend to learn about our other services that may further assist your business. If you’ve ever wondered about something we offer, the open house would be the perfect time to talk with our staff about a new opportunity.

• Do you work for an organization that is looking to increase its web presence or generate new business leads? You should attend to learn about the projects that Three Deep has produced for nationally-recognized brands and hear from clients on what we’ve accomplished for their business.

• Currently looking for work? While Three Deep is only accepting resumes for a limited number of positions at this time, we would love to meet with like-minded individuals who are results driven and innovative to keep in mind for future openings. The open house would also provide an opportunity to meet with other professionals in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and make valuable networking connections.

Interested in joining us?

Sign up today on our Eventbrite page and spread the word. The Twitter hashtag for the Three Deep Open House is #3doh. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time. We look forward to seeing you on the 15^th!

No matter if you’re interested in analytics, social media, or app development: If you’re looking for interactive marketing events in the Minneapolis area for the month of June, we have exactly what you need.

We present to you the June calendar of Minneapolis Interactive Marketing Events. If you want to subscribe to these events, please check out the Google Calendar!

June 2
Qittle presents: Social/Mobile Media at its Best “Live the Dream”
3:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Minneapolis

Come to this interactive and engaging event to learn tools and tactics to help launch a business into the digital age. Topics will include social media, PR/marketing,  and mobile marketing campaign development.

Web Analytics Wednesday
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Dixie’s on Grand

Join Webtrends and Stratigent for a networking event and a presentation by Justin Kistner of Webtrends on capturing meaningful measurements on Facebook with Webtrends Facebook Analytics.

June 3
Java Meetup Minneapolis
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Urban Bean Coffee

Twin Cities Über marketers, Business Junkies and Social Media Rebels meet together to discuss a variety of subjects. This month’s topic will cover Facebook Privacy settings.

June 4
2 Apps per Day Conference
8:30 am – 3:00 pm
University of Minnesota – McNamara Alumni Center

Kristofer Layon, who specializes in interactive media, will teach you how to design two iPhone apps at this one-day workshop. Participants are required to bring their own Mac with the free iPhone SDK software installed.

June 8
C.H.A.D. Networking
5:00 pm
Hilton Garden Inn – Minneapolis

Come have a drink while networking and meet professionals in the Twin Cities area. Be sure to bring a healthy supply of business cards!

June 13 – 16
7th Annual Flashbelt Conference
9:30 am – 8:30 pm

Flashbelt provides a unique opportunity for interactive designers, developers and enthusiasts to learn Flash tactics and techniques from the pros. Professional development and creative inspiration are the key objectives.

June 16
Crowd Source/User Generated Content with John Winsor
7:30 am – 10:00 am
Calhoun Beach Club

Join MIMA for a presentation by John Winsor. Winsor is a respected author of “Spark: Be more Innovative through Co-Creation” and “Beyond the Brand: Why Engaging the Right Customers is Essential to Winning in Business”.

June 17
Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hour
5:30 pm
The Depot

If you want to get to know other Twin Cities professionals, make valuable connections, and have a good time doing it, join us on the 17th for drinks and networking. Parking will be just $5 if you park at the Depot’s ramp.

June 18
SMBMSP #27: Sports and Social Media
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Target Center

Come to the 26th Social Media Breakfast for the Minneapolis-St. Paul area to enjoy speakers, coffee and bacon. This month’s event will feature the Minnesota Lynx basketball team as we discuss Sports and Social Media.

June 19
FontConf: The WebFont and @FontFace UnConference
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
CoCo Collaborative

Learn about different fonts at this one-of-a-kind unconference. Sessions include Web Font Optimization, licensing, designing open-source fonts and more.

June 23
Young Professional Communicators of the Twin Cities Sausage Party
5:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Fast Horse World Headquarters

Join Fast Horse and the Young Professional Communicators-Twin Cities at Fast Horse for some Kramarczuk’s sausages, beers and a lot of brilliant young marketers.

June 24
MSP Tweetup
The Bulldog – Northeast (Backroom)
6:30 pm

June 26
UnSummit #4
CoCo Collaborative
8:30 am – 4:30 pm

UnSummit is an alternative, “unconference.” Not unlike a BarCamp. That means no pre-set agenda. No experts. Full participation. Full dissemination. And free admission. All the things that traditional conferences are not.

Don’t see an event that you’d like to have on this calendar? Contact Us or send us a tweet (@threedeep) with a link to the event information and we will make sure to have it on here as soon as possible!

So you know how weekdays can seem routine? You get up, shower, get dressed, drive to work, do your thing, go to lunch, do more of that thing, go home, watch TV, go to bed  x 5  (intersperse exercise, personal development and significant others as needed).  You know what I mean; even the best offices can become monotonous after a while. Until a challenge comes along; the ultimate test of man versus man.  I’m sure you can imagine where I’m going with this…. That’s right, the cook off.

Nothing divides a team faster than the opportunity to best one another in their culinary skills. The Three Deep team is known to be a pretty nerdy, data driven crew. Yet, when Meals.com asked us to have an office-wide cook off utilizing branded products and recipes from their website, perfectly amiable co-workers (who normally enjoy having a beer together after work) became evaporated milk adversaries.

From side dishes to main courses, desserts and smoothies we cooked and heated, blended and assembled. The array of offerings was awe-inspiring. We had folks who went out of their way to find branded products that others might not have thought of – La Lechera in addition to Carnation condensed milk and Pure Life water instead of plain old tap water.  It wasn’t just about making the best food with Meals.com; it was about becoming Meals.com.

The Three Deepers quickly fell into two categories: the over-achievers who created the most complex recipes and brought multiple recipe creations (Hello, three four-star recipes?) and those who were just meeting their kitchen for the first time. Cooking skill notwithstanding, the foodies and the microwavers were all convinced that they were the clear winner. When judging time came, the Three Deep kitchen was full of employees tasting, laughing, talking and voting.

In the end, there could only be six winners (well, eight… we had to add to the list):

1. Golden Summer Corn Soup – What a Tasty Delight!

2.  Cheesecake Cookie Cups – Looks Amazing and That Counts too!

3. Deep Fried Tortellini with Buitoni Marinara sauce – Good Effort, Good Effort

4. Quattro Formaggi Ravioli with Pesto and Asparagus – Best Use of Products

5. Cheese and Chicken Enchiladas – Excellent Use of Smells

6. Zesty Lemon Pound Cake – It Tastes Great Just Don’t Look At It

7. Stouffer’s Easy Express Rigatoni with Chicken – Best Use of Packaging and Directions (yeah, he brought in boxed product and microwaved it)

8. Tropical Sunrise Smoothie – Best Friday Morning Wake Up (We were all greeted with a smoothie when we walked into the office that day!)

As it turned out there were no brawls for a title – everyone was too full and concerned about the solidity of their pants seams. We love clients who encourage us to compete and eat. Thanks Meals.com!

It’s funny how in a country with hundreds of millions of people, the world can seem really small through Social Media.  This past Thursday, two members of Three Deep – Brandon Smith (aka @bg3dppc on Twitter) and Jeff Sauer (@jeffsauer) attended a gathering of Twitter users in the Twin Cities at an event called the Minneapolis Tweetup.

The event was held at the Bulldog in NE Minneapolis, which is one of the better restaurant/bars in the Twin Cities, and the promise of free food and cocktails made it an event not to be missed.

We met some great people at the event (@kareemy, @ddn, @swineheart, @paulmalenke to name a few) and called a successful event after about 2 hours – and decided to leave the happy hour around 8 PM.  After driving home, I logged on to check my Twitter account and noticed some interesting news about the event:

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In addition to our live Twittering the #OMS event in Minneapolis, several Three Deep team members recapped the top 3- 5 things they learned on Tuesday at the Online Marketing Summit. Below are our observations.  To view presentations and education materials presented at the June 2nd, 2009 conference in Minneapolis at the Depot, please visit the OMS learning site.

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I felt a little like Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting at this conference when he gets into a war of words at the “Haaavhaaad Baaaah” with a man who has far more formal education than he does.  It turns out that for all of the formal education held by the Harvard man, he could have gotten the same amount of education for $1.50 in late charges at the local library.  How do you like them apples?

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Yesterday 8 members of Three Deep attended the Online Marketing Summit in Minneapolis, and several team members decided to live “tweet” the event.  This was first for many of us, and the results were some great interactions with fellow online marketers, occasionally witty commentary, and a great foray for Three Deep into the Twitterverse.   Tweets are included in chronological order for readability.

threedeep: See you all at the Online Marketing Summit in Minneapolis Tomorrow! Let us know if you’d like to meet up with Three Deep.

3DEmailMarCom: #onlinesummit online marketing summit starting!

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