Experiencing DEMO Fall 2009 & Living To Tell About It.
September 30, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungYet another technology conference took place along the West Coast. This time it was DEMO, a long-standing tradition in the industry where companies got the opportunity to compete for a $1 million prize. This year seemed to be a little bit more concerned with celebrating an individual as much as the winners. For the past [...]
GrowSmartBiz Conference Recap: Integrating Traditional Marketing with Social Media
September 29, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungThe last panel of the day at the GrowSmartBiz conference, panelists discussed how they could integrate traditional marketing with social media. Moderated by Jill Foster, the panelists included:
- Terri Holley (Creative Marketing Solutions)
- Brent Leary (CRM Essentials)
- Danilo Bogdanovic (Loudoun Scene)
- Joanna Pineda (Matrix Group International)
This is the first time ever that the amount of [...]
GrowSmartBiz Conference Recap: Raising Capital with Effective Finance Strategies
September 29, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungPanelists:
- Jeremy Brown (RapidAdvance)
- Edward Tuvin (Capital Bank)
- Denise O’Berry (The Small Business Edge Corp)
- Shannon Nash (Nash Management)
Where does small business get financing?
According to Jeremy Brown, the Wall Street Journal said that in 2004, 46% of small business owners used credit cards to finance their business. He suggests that there isn’t a one best [...]
GrowSmartBiz Conference Recap: Driving Small Business Performance with Marketing & Innovation.
September 29, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungThe first panel of the 2009 GrowSmartBiz Conference addressed how small businesses could increase their productivity and performance through sound marketing and innovation. The panelists included folks like:
- John Arnold (Contant Contact)
- Marissa Levin (Information Experts)
- Ramon Ray (SmallBizTechnology)
- Bob London (London, Ink)
What are some important steps needed for a brand? Some small businesses think [...]
TechCrunch50: Where Startups Are Made & Heavily Promoted.
September 24, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungLast week, the tech and startup community around the world gathered in San Francisco for what has become a tradition over the past three years. During this two-day period, startups took center stage. No panel discussion. No preaching. No learning about how Twitter was going to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. In fact, [...]
Eye-Fi Technology Lets You Share Photos Instantly & Virally.
September 16, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungSome of you may know that I’m an avid photographer. I like to carry around a nice professional camera when I know I’m going to events simply because I love to take pictures of things, people, art, etc just for the memories. I probably don’t do anything with them except post them online, but I [...]
How To Promote A Product When PR, Marketing & Advertising Sucks.
September 14, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungOn August 27, the San Francisco chapter of the American Marketing Association held an interesting panel discussion entitled “Advertising, PR and Marketing Sucks! Now What?” which featured notable speakers such as venture capitalist and founder of AllTop, Guy Kawasaki, technology evangelist Louis Gray, Renee Blodgett, Steve Patrizi of LinkedIn and Loic Le Meur, founder of [...]
Organized By Social Media, A Festival For Social Good.
September 10, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungSocial media has been a big source for those interested in helping out others. One particular tool that has been especially helpful is Twitter. Yes, this is going to be another post surrounding how 140 characters has become a big help in raising awareness and donations for a particular charity. What exactly am I talking [...]
Celebrating Twitterville with Network Solutions.
August 27, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungOne of the best books that I bought was Naked Conversations and it was written by technology evangelist Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. I was very honored to be a part of the latter’s new book and launch party last Sunday. As part of the celebration, Network Solutions was a sponsor and helped create a [...]
Gnomedex 9-Day 1: A Conference Unlike Any Others I’ve Been To Before.
August 26, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungLast week I was off to Seattle for yet another conference. Having attended a few over the past year, I had my expectations that this one wouldn’t be any different – you sit there and learn more about how these presenters talk about how social media is the greatest thing since sliced bread and talk [...]
