Mediaphyter – A Communications Cocktail

It’s been a little over two weeks since the close of the Social Media Charity Auction to raise money for Team in Training / Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Many have asked me who won and how much I raised but I wanted to wait until we had all of the back-end details sorted before I said anything. And now it’s time.

Two companies won the services of five social media gurus who were on the auction block:

GeniusRocket, which enables its clients to generate creative content by harnessing a distributed network of creators, purchased three of the experts:

Joseph Jaffe – Brainstorm/consulting dinner in the New York City / Connecticut area

Geoff Livingston – Two-hour phone consulting and brainstorming session

Aaron Strout – Two-hour phone consulting and brainstorming session

HubSpot, an Internet marketing software firm, captured the two biggest opportunities that were up for grabs:

Chris Brogan – Speaking engagement anywhere in the U.S.

Greg Verdino – Speaking engagement or keynote anywhere in the U.S. or Canada

So how much did they help raise? The auction brought in…

$6,582.51

Hooray!

Bringing the total raised thus far to…

$8,122.71

Can I get another hooray? Hooray!

Big thanks again to the five gents and two companies listed above for their participation in the auction. My goal is still to raise $10,000 by October and I’ll be trying to think of some creative ways to do so. Any ideas? Please share them. Donations are always welcome, too. :-)