SMC Newsletter - January 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.
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