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 [...]
Clay Shirky Says The Revolution Is Now Here.
August 19, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungYou can typically judge the motivation of conference attendees through several factors – one of them being the keynote and how good it resonated with the audience. It’s quite odd how these keynotes no longer are in the afternoon, but rather bright and early in the morning. This really throws me off and causes me [...]
I Was Searching For Something & Wound Up At SES 2009.
August 17, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungOnce again another convention rocks the San Francisco Bay Area. And what you may suspect may be an ongoing rant about what I’ve learned relating to social media, it’s not going to happen…well maybe.
The 2009 edition of the Search Engine Strategies conference came into town with a roar as hundreds, if not thousands, visited the [...]
Searching for Network Solutions at SES
August 13, 2009 :: Kenneth YeungAs part of my journey exploring this wonderful World Wide Web, I happen to come across the Search Engine Strategies (SES) conference in San Jose. Previous events that I had been to centered around social media so it was a bit refreshing to listen in on something focused on search marketing. My synopsis of the [...]
