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I'm attending SMMUK10, are you?

May 31, 2010 By 4 Comments

Finally, it’s happening, I’m attending a Social Media Marketing event with internationally recognized speakers. I’ve been following their blogs for years and followed the conferences on YouTube. But now, there is finally an event in Europe were two of the writers, of the largest blogs in the world about social media, will speak. I will attended #SMMUK10 and listen to Chris Brogan and Brian Solis among others.

The event takes place in London on the 17th of June, (I hope to see you there) and over the day we will see 13 presenters speak (talk about heavy schedule!) about all social media marketing. Here are some of the speech topics:

  • What Social Media Marketing Mean for You?
  • The New Era of Relationships: Introducing Niche works
  • How to Make Your Marketing Messages Travel
  • There’s No Such Thing as Viral Marketing: Only Great Content
  • Twitter Marketing for Brands in Action
  • The Psychology of Persuasion: Next Generation Marketing

I’ve created a Twitter-list which follows 11 out of the 13 presenters, so you can get listen to them before the event.

On the website, you can get a sneak peak about what is happening on the event. One of the main topics will be the viral power of the web. But I listen to the taster of Philip Sheldrake who is speaking about the opposite. There is no such thing as viral marketing, only great content!

I hope to see you there!

Ps. This is a link to a great story from Richard Sedley who is speaking about the art of persuation at the event! I recommend it :D

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I’m attending SMMUK10, are you?

May 31, 2010 By 4 Comments

Finally, it’s happening, I’m attending a Social Media Marketing event with internationally recognized speakers. I’ve been following their blogs for years and followed the conferences on YouTube. But now, there is finally an event in Europe were two of the writers, of the largest blogs in the world about social media, will speak. I will attended #SMMUK10 and listen to Chris Brogan and Brian Solis among others.

The event takes place in London on the 17th of June, (I hope to see you there) and over the day we will see 13 presenters speak (talk about heavy schedule!) about all social media marketing. Here are some of the speech topics:

  • What Social Media Marketing Mean for You?
  • The New Era of Relationships: Introducing Niche works
  • How to Make Your Marketing Messages Travel
  • There’s No Such Thing as Viral Marketing: Only Great Content
  • Twitter Marketing for Brands in Action
  • The Psychology of Persuasion: Next Generation Marketing

I’ve created a Twitter-list which follows 11 out of the 13 presenters, so you can get listen to them before the event.

On the website, you can get a sneak peak about what is happening on the event. One of the main topics will be the viral power of the web. But I listen to the taster of Philip Sheldrake who is speaking about the opposite. There is no such thing as viral marketing, only great content!

I hope to see you there!

Ps. This is a link to a great story from Richard Sedley who is speaking about the art of persuation at the event! I recommend it :D

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Connecting via Twitter

May 23, 2010 By 4 Comments

I don’t know if you have seen it yet, or if everyone get to experience it, or perhaps if it depends on how frequent you use it. But I have seen a change in the openness of people via Twitter, people are becoming more accessible and more open on Twitter. This could of course be because I have changed my behavior on twitter, or, in other words: I have gained more guts.

So what am I talking about?

Lately, on Twitter, I have made real connections which I have learned a lot from. I have set up two thesis interviews, connected with a famous speaker before his speech at my office and got my English improved. And that is only some of the things I managed to do via twitter.

Here are my Twitter connecting stories:

Twitter connecting story 1: Setting up interviews

I’m, as you might know, writing a thesis on marketing via location based services. A subject which I knew very little about, before I started to write. Therefore I have connected with many experienced professionals in the area to get a clearer picture and learn what you cannot read your way to. The only problem was that I did not know how to connect with this people, so I tried twitter, and two out of three responded and has now contributed to my work.

Twitter connecting story 2: Connecting with speakers

When I found out that Kevin Lampe was going to give a speech in my office, I was beyond exited. He was going to speak about the health reform in the US, which I knew a bit about, yet I wanted to be prepared so I could get the most out of the experience of listening to him. So I wrote to him on twitter and asked if there was anything I could read in preparation, he answered no, but that I should come armed with questions. Which I did and I got many of them answered. Later I of course thanked Lampe via Twitter and he told me to keep in touch. Because of Twitter I was no more an anonymous person in the audience.

Twitter connecting story 3: Improving my English

As you may know I’m an English and Business student. Many might say that I’m fluent in English and depending on what you are comparing to I am, but sometimes my knowledge combined with a dictionary is not enough. When this happens I go to Twitter and more often than not someone like @paulidin or @nobatteries or someone else, help be improve my English by answering my questions and explaining them.

Asking questions have in general given me some good Twitter connections. I think that to many people use Twitter as only a way to “receive” and forward the news. But it is really a social network where you can initiate and start relationship which can help you a lot.

I hope that these stories have inspired you to take you Tweeting to new level and I hope you share your Twitter connecting story below.

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