Tweet Noah Babcock is the principle owner of NxtGen Marketing along with editor of WonderMichigan.  He is the proud father of twin boys, avid Michigan State supporter, and huge Detroit sports fan. My love for Michigan is three fold; I love the Michigan of the past.  The memories that I have from growing up in [...]

When I look beyond the fact that my family and beer is the reason why I love this state, I can see an underlying Michigan asset to which I think everyone can relate: the wealth of entertainment and recreation opportunities available to my family and yours, all within the confines of the pleasant peninsulas we call home.

Tweet Bryan Fenster is a Detroiter living in Chicago. He’s an aspiring blogger and recent addition to the Social Media Club Editorial Team.   Bryan, along with Adam Babcock , are organizers in Chicago for Detroit Nation . ‘Respecting the Past and Embracing Tomorrow’s Promise in Detroit’ is nostalgic childhood recollections, coupled with his thoughts on current happenings in Detroit that are [...]

Tweet Josh Linkner is the Founder & Chairman of ePrize, a four-time entrepreneur, a professional-level jazz musician, and author of two books.  Josh is also a founding member of Detroit Venture Partners, LLC., a Detroit-based Venture Capital firm whose purpose is to help rebuild the Detroit area through entrepreneurial fire.  Here is why Josh believes [...]

Tweet This post was written by Adam Babcock, my partner with NxtGen Marketing. A couple months ago, I posted a piece titled “Michigan…Worth Another Look”.   In this post, I talked about how I fell back in love Michigan after getting to spend some time there in between my move from LA to Chicago.  Since then, [...]

Tweet David Murray is Director, Social Web Communications for @regroupinc. Speaker. Co-chair for @FutureMidwest.  He also eat food with @thehungrydudes.  This is David’s story, of  why he loves Michigan 2008 was the year it all happened. The great recession. The perfect time to return to Michigan, right? Well, that was when my wife and I decided to pack [...]

Tweet Whenever I travel, I am always proud to tell people that I am from Detroit.  Of course I have heard all the questions about carrying a gun, how do I survive, and why do I stay?  I usually shrug them off as an uneducated question, because the person asking has never stepped foot in Michigan.  What has amazed [...]

Tweet This post was written by Adam Babcock, my partner with NxtGen Marketing.  Although Adam grew up in Michigan, he has been living out on the West Coast for the past few years, until his recent move to Chicago. I recently decided to move back to the Midwest, from Los Angeles to Chicago.  While apartment [...]

Tweet This summer, I got addicted to “The Great Food Truck Race” on the Food Network.  It was amazing to me that some much amazing food could come out of a truck.  I had always imagined a food truck like the ones in the movies on a construction site, where all the food comes in [...]

Tweet On October 20, 2010 I spent my day at 140 Conference Detroit.  This was another very successful social media event in Detroit.  The speakers were very inspiring, they highlighted some of the amazing things that are going on in Detroit.  From Lemonade Detroit  “a film about the disarming resilience of those who are moving [...]