SMC Newsletter - January 2008
January 30, 2008
SOCIAL MEDIA CLUB NEWS | JANUARY 2008
UPCOMING EVENTS
SEATTLE
Date: JANUARY 31
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Text100 PR, 110 Union St.
Topic: Second Life in the New Year
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BOSTON
Date: FEBRUARY 7
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: TBA
Topic: Civics, Social Media and Countdown to Election ‘08
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PHOENIX
Date: FEBRUARY 13
note: date change
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Jobing.com, 4747 N. 22nd St
Topic: Monetizing Social Media Livestream w/ Chris Pirillo from Seattle
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AUSTIN
Date: FEBRUARY 21
Time: 8:00 A.M.
Place: TBA
Topic: Social Media Breakfast with Bryan Person
LOCAL LEADERS: Please make sure your PBWiki page is up to date so we can publish the most currentinformation for your group. Thanks!
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Social Media for Internal Communications
Social Media Club members receive a $200 discount
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Search Marketing Expo - SMX West
Santa Clara Convention Center
February 26-28, 2008
Social Media Club members take 10% off registration
- use code: SMX10SMC
- April 22 - 25 in Sonoma County, CA
- EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS FEB. 15
- Conference $995.
- Pre-or post-conf. session $195.
- SNCR Jam only - $75.
SMC MEMBER DISCOUNTS
- Save an additional $100 on full conf.
- Use discount code: NCF08100
- Pre-conference or post-conference session - save an additional $45
- Use discount code: NCF0845
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LOCAL GROUP NEWS
SMC Louisville chapter organizer Jason Falls (left), a Social Media Explorer for Doe Anderson, fifth oldest advertising agency in the U.S., with Michael McDonald (right), producer, director and reporter for WebProNews.com. The Louisville chapter kicked off on Jan. 22 with 33 attendees.
Triangle SMC in Raleigh, NC met at Panera for breakfast on Jan.23. Local member Kipp Bodnard led a discussion on how to develop and promote a podcast.
On Jan. 15, SMC NYC leader Howard Greenstein narrated a panel discussion on Social Networking with Peter Shankman and Andrew Weinreich.
Please email links to photos and meeting recaps for inclusion in the newsletter.
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SMC PHILLY HAS A NEW HOME
SMC Philly has found a new home for their meetings, at local co-working space Indy Hall in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood. The club’s last meeting, on December 10, was invigorated by guests Geoff Livingston (SMC D.C. member) and Brian Williams from Viget Labs. Geoff led a group discussion related to content from his new best-selling social media book, Now is Gone, which he cultivated into a larger discussion about the hot topic of that week: Facebook’s Beacon.
SMC Philly was delighted to have Geoff and Brian visit and hopes that member friends from other chapters will get in touch if they are visiting Philly. Members from SMC Philly will be at SXSWi and look forward to the Austin Meet-up!
Email Annie Heckenberger or Twitter annierocks for more information about the SMC Philly chapter.
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MEMBERSHIP KITS
Professional, Small Business, Media and Corporate members have been sent a separate email with a link to an order form to specify the size for your SMC member T-shirt. All paid members will receive member cards and SMC stickers; the packages will be ready for mailing in about 10 days.
Once we have completed this shipment, we will begin our 2008 membership drive in earnest.
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A LITTLE LIGHT READING
A sampling of items we have bookmarked–chock full of good information:
* The Importance of Social Media by Chris Heuer
* A Sample Social Media Toolkit by Chris Brogan
* The Evolution of Social Media Releases by Brian Solis
* An Explanation of the ‘Social Graph’ by Jeremiah Owyang
Have you written something on Social Media you would like us to highlight? Please email the link and we will do our best to include it in a future issue of the newsletter.
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SPEAKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA
SMC Founder Chris Heuer is keynote speaker at SoCon08, Atlanta’s second annual unconference Feb. 8-9.
SMC Executive Director Connie Reece is presenting at BlogHer Business in New York City, April 3-4.
If you are a co-founding member of SMC or leader of a local chapter, please email information about your speaking engagements and we are happy to include them in future newsletters.
Sphere: Related ContentUpcoming Social Media Events
January 21, 2008
Search Marketing Expo - SMX West
Search Marketing Expo - SMX West is certain to be to the “must-attend” interactive and search engine marketing event of the year on the West Coast, delivering superior value to conference delegates and exhibit hall attendees alike.
Social Media Club members will receive 10% off registration by using code: SMX10SMC
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SOCIAL MEDIA for Internal Communications
Attend this conference to learn how to use social media and leverage the latest interactive tools and techniques to advance your organizational goals. Hear practical solutions you can apply immediately to help integrate social media technology into your communication programs to engage employees and dramatically improve internal communications
Mention “Social Media Club” to receive a $200 discount!
Social Media Club NYC meeting 1/15/08
January 16, 2008
Last night’s SMC New York meeting featured yours truly as a moderator for a panel with Peter Shankman and Andrew Weinreich, talking about Social Networks.
(photo credit: Steve Eisenberg http://www.clientservicenetwork.biz/wordpress/wp-content/Peter_Andrew_SMC_Meeting_01.jpg)
Over 70 people attended this meeting, with some enthusiastic networking both before and after the event.
Steve Eisenberg put up this audio of the event and these photos.
Les Blatt put up this review of the Future of Social Networking panel on his site. Les’ point is accurate, that the panel ended up being very framed in terms of the Social Networking giant of the moment, Facebook. What’s clear to me, and what came out in the panel, is that leaders are always replaced, but what we’re learning from people’s use of Facebook about people’s behavior is the key takeway of the current web era.
Updated: Jean Barmash posted this summary at NYWebGuy.
Sphere: Related ContentDC Cloverfield Meet/Twit Up
January 14, 2008
Social Media Club DC: Cloverfield Meet/Twit Up
Join Social Media Club DC for a happy hour and viewing of Cloverfield. We will be meeting on Friday, January 18 at Gallery Place for the 5:00 p.m. viewing of Cloverfield, a monster movie featuring JJ Abrams’ user-generated inspired video style. Buy your tickets today!
There’s a Clyde’s right by the movie theater. Happy hour starts at 3:30 for the monster mash!
Sphere: Related ContentUpcoming SMC Events: January
January 8, 2008
Happy New Year everyone!
2008 kicks off to a good start with gatherings in the following cities:
- Austin, TX (USA) - January 8th (Geek Austin event)
- Boston, MA (USA) - January 10th
- Cincinnati, OH (USA) - January 12th
- Louisville, KY (USA) - January 22nd (launch)
- New York, NY (USA) - January 15th
- Phoenix, AZ (USA) - January 10th
- Raleigh, NC (USA) - January 23rd
- Seattle, WA (USA) - January 31st
We hope to see you at one of these fine events and we expect to be in full swing with the other cities come February, so watch your INBOX!
Don’t see your city on the above list? Check out the Local Teams page on the SMC wiki and if your city is already listed, help kick start that group by emailing the local contact to get involved, or simply take the horse by the reigns and set up the next event on your own - just post to the wiki and send word out via the mailing list.
If your city is not listed, shoot an email to socialmediaclub [at] gmail [dot] com and we will help you get started.
If you get it, share it.
UPDATED: Added Cincinnati
UPDATED: Added Raleigh
Sphere: Related ContentSMC Louisville Hosts Inaugural Gathering
January 2, 2008
The Social Media Club’s new Louisville group will have its inaugural gathering on Tuesday, Jan. 22 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the offices of Greater Louisville, Inc. (Chamber of Commerce). The group has been fast organizing and the agenda is still being finalized. We anticipate the meeting to be more of an organizational effort with a heavy dose of networking.
Anyone interested in joining us, please do. Our chapter has set up a temporary blog to help get the word out and centralize information (http://smclouisville.wordpress.com). We also have a Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8343501382).
EVENT: Social Media Club Louisville Inaugural Meeting
TIME: Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 — 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
LOCATION: Greater Louisville, Inc. (Chamber of Commerce) Main Conference Room, 614 West Main Street, Louisville, Ky. 40202
ADMISSION: Free. Snacks and beverages will be served. Adjournment for dinner/drinks at The Bristol (same building, on your own) at approximately 7 p.m.
LINK: SMC Louisville Inaugural Gathering
IMAGE: Louisville skyline from www.louisvillemetroguide.com
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