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Event Review: BarCamp DC 3

Saturday was BarCampDC 3, the third iteration of the free BarCamp-style unconference in DC, where there are no spectators (only participants); attendees set the agenda; everybody contributes and has a chance to lead a session; and during sessions, attendees are encouraged to vote with their feet if they’re not getting what they want from the [...]

#140conf – Interview with Braxton Woodham of Tap11

There were so many great people and companies at the 140 Conference in LA and one in particular that I found intriguing was Tap11 which is affectionately named after the famous Spinal Tap saying “Turn it up to 11″. The product is built around Twitter and helps small businesses understand their followers/audience to know when to [...]

Pubcon 2009 ; Learning from a conference of expert online web professionals

Pubcon is a conference that is organized by Webmaster World and the 2009 conference is in Las Vegas. The Webmaster world website describes themselves as :
WebmasterWorld is the leading source for Search Engine and Internet marketing news, best practices and educational events. Founded by Brett Tabke, an early ’80s innovator in running BBS (Bulletin Board [...]

#140conf – Interview with Dave Mathews of PeopleBrowsr

I have been using PeopleBrowsr since their beta and when I was at the 140Conf I was pleasantly surprised by two things: their upgraded platform and that Dave Mathews is involved in helping them become an even bigger success. I first met Dave at Gnomedex 2007 when he was working with this little company called [...]

#140conf – Interview with John Yamasaki of Seesmic

I first met John Yamasaki, or as his friends call him, Yama, at the Gnomedex conference last August. He is an evangelist at Seesmic, maker of the Twitter console tool of the same name. He has an extremely high enthusiasm for the Seesmic platform as you would expect of any product evangelist. I caught up [...]

Social Media Workshop for Small Business – Richmond, VA on 11/20

In today’s market where everything revolves around Google, how do you ensure that your prospective customers are finding YOU online among millions of other brands? The main reason why social media marketing is such a phenomena is its ability to transform an unknown name into a popular brand online. So how do you get started? [...]

#140conf – Day 2 Recap from 140Conf LA

Starting out on Day 2, my brain needed some caffeine fuel so once I hit a very popular chain and got my Cafe Americano to jump onto the 140 Conference here in LA. This day started with some intense topics – education, public health and the mainstream media.  So let’s get to the recap of [...]

#140conf – Day 1 Recap from 140Conf LA

I arrived on Monday in Los Angeles to attend the “Very Important Characters (VIC)” event and got to see some old friends and meet some new ones. After a great evening I got a great night’s sleep and got to the Kodak Theatre early to see everything kick off.
I have been to LA more times [...]

From Blogworld: Jeremiah Owyang Tells You How To Listen.

One of the more informative and substantive panels that I got to attend while at Blogworld was hosted by Jeremiah Owyang, partner at the Altimeter Group. The topic of the discussion was about the future of social media and its relationship to business. One particular element that I’d like to highlight in this post is [...]

Reminder: Network Solutions CEO Roy Dunbar to Keynote INNOVATIONS 2009

Don’t forget that next week, November 6, 2009, Network Solutions CEO, Roy Dunbar will be giving the keynote for the INNOVATIONS 2009 event. The event runs from 2:00-6:30 p.m and is being held at the Regional Chamber Science and Technology Expo at George Mason University on the Prince William Campus at Bull Run Hall

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