NOTE FROM VIDEOGRAPHER ROBYN MARTIN:

Here we are, week 17 of Meet the Pepperjam Team, and we have one of the Pepperjam veterans…Maggie. Maggie is our HR Director and is probably one of the most outgoing and fun people on our staff. She loves her job, loves the people that she works with, but definitely loves Roxy above all. She, being Roxy’s sitter, has formed a connection with her, unlike anyone else’s on the staff (besides for Roxy’s mom who happens to be writing this article).

Just to tell you briefly the type of person Maggie is, she eats dinner with her entire family at least 2 times a week, has pictures all over her desk of her nieces Nora and Claire, along with her new nephew Nate, and will literally drop what she is doing if her closest family and friends needed her. Don’t you wish you had someone like that in your life? She is a gem and we love her. Everyone, meet Maggie…

For those of you who don’t know the “rules” behind the Meet the Pepperjam Video Series, here they are:

Every Friday Pepperjam will post a new video interview of a member of our staff - everyone will be included - affiliates managers, executives, search-engine marketing managers, directors, software engineers, assistants, online media buyers, and interns. The person being interviewed won’t know he / she has been chosen until about 30 seconds before the interview - this way you’ll get an unrehearsed, real world look at the employee…hopefully, this will make it interesting and non-corporate, which is what we are known and respected for across the internet marketing industry.

Why are we doing this? Well, I am proud of our team and I think you’ll find them as interesting and intelligent as I do. Also, I’m a student of viral video and the social media space and I want to test the waters as it relates to what corporate america is doing (and not doing) to spread buzz and build next generation work places.

Finally, I just thought it would be cool to put some people in front of a video camera that have never done so before, have a little bit of fun, and see if Pepperjam can spread some additional buzz about why we are the leader in online marketing.

FYI - all videos will also be posted to YouTube. If you think what we are doing is outside-the-box and interesting please blog about it and share the story with the world.

Our previous videos include:

Maura Goodwin
Tara Lou
Dean Karasinski
Kim Noler (dated YouTube founder)
Stephanie Yachim
Roxy (Pepperjam’s English Bulldog)
Kris Jones
Katharine Dempsey
Ken Mohn Jr.
Mandy Foley
Tara DeGiusto
Robyn Martin
Kate Sarnak
Aaron Baker
Michelle Foley
Mike Jones

Other fun Pepperjam Vids:
“What would you do for a One Year Supply of Energy Drink”
Naked Crazy Man Video
Pepperjam Adds Ping Pong Table to Pepperplex
Roxy with the Tony Robbins Beach Ball

Let me start by saying that I am blown away by this new move by Microsoft. Word is out today that the software giant reached a deal with aQuantive (owner of Avenue A/Razorfish) to buy them for 6 billion in cash. This news just throws gasoline on the white hot fire of current internet advertsing consolidation.  

We are without doubt in the hottest markeplace on the planet and all serious companis in the online advertsing space should be feeling good right about now. 

My prediction is further consolidation as we are lilkley to see ValueClick aquired in the next few months (my guess would be Yahoo).   I will follow up shortly with more information as the details unfold.