The BMPR

What’s hotter than a habanero? BMPR in July. We’ve got two Tweetups to cool you off: One to work your brain and one to flex your fun muscles. For your brain: Thursday, July 22nd: Noon to 1:30 at the Holiday Inn “SEO What?!” Join us as web analytics experts Ryan Kelly (Founder/CEO Pear Analytics); Susan [...]

Thank you all for joining us at another amazing @thebmpr!  We were so fortunate to have the amazing Joel Frey (@cypresswalls) and the Roaming Gnome (@roaminggnome) from Travelocity (@travelocity), Dale Blasingame (@normalguyguide) from The Hotel Guide (@thehotelguide), and Michelle Newman from the San Antonio Express News (@mysa).  Additionally, this BMPR was extra special thanks to [...]

Strap on your Go-Go boots and come join us for the first-ever nighttime BMPR. The Bumper Awards, plus a lineup of speakers who work in the leisure and entertainment industries — talking about how they’re integrating social media. Brent Traylor (@txroadshow) producer, host, owner of Texas Sportsman’s Roadshow will be on hand; SeaWorld San Antonio [...]

Imagine a recreational and amusement park where children in wheelchairs can play in the sand with accessible diggers and climb on and off swings with carefree ease. What about a carousel with specially designed animal seats for guests who cannot sit upright? Off-road jeep adventures with accessible vehicles? Gordon Hartman did. Today that $30 million, [...]

This month’s BMPR is Thursday, Jan. 21 at noon, Holiday Inn Airport. Event is free, lunch buffet is $13. RSVP here: http://twtvite.com/3oe2ac “A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.” ~ Anonymous Is it me or did college campus libraries of the past have a covert relationships with local bars? [...]

  Nothing puts the social in social media quite like sports and entertainment — two industries where passion and fun can spread like wildfire. Sports teams are delivering their messages to the masses, athletes are connecting directly with fans, bands are Twittering to announce their next gigs and release videos of their new songs, bars [...]

So now that you’re a part of The BMPR, what’s with all these new-fangled tools on our recently-redesigned (thanks, Vid Luther) Web site? You’ll obviously notice the new domain — Mom made us move out on our own — to go with our new name and logo (thanks, Maria Southmayd) on our new site, but [...]

July’s tweetup was our biggest one yet. We want to say thank you to all 96 of you who attended, those watching from the office / home and those who were unable to attend but were there in spirit. If you missed any of it we have a recap for you. Hope to see you [...]

Hang on to your hats we’ve got good news and sad news. Sad news first: Andi Narvaez, our dear friend and co-founder of SAMPRB, is leaving us. Lucky for her, the move is a good one. She is leaving behind San Antonio to become a full-time graduate student at the University of Maryland and further [...]

If it’s 100 degrees outside it’s because SAMPRB is heating up. At our next tweetup we are shifting the focus to find out more about YOU. What are you doing? What do you want to accomplish? What challenges are you facing? How can you overcome them? How can social media help? What can we all [...]