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7 Ways to Use Social Media to Create Buzz-Worthy Events

Convince & Convert

My recommendations are based on my work with MarketingProfs and Salesforce to add social frosting to their already fabulous events, and my experiences speaking at several dozen conferences annually. Plus, every conference has the same MVP attendee: some guy named Google. Collaborate with your speakers to produce teaser content.

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7 Ways to Use Social Media to Create Buzz-Worthy Events

Convince & Convert

My recommendations are based on my work with MarketingProfs and Salesforce to add social frosting to their already fabulous events, and my experiences speaking at several dozen conferences annually. Plus, every conference has the same MVP attendee: some guy named Google. Collaborate with your speakers to produce teaser content.

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To Do or to Act is the First Step to Successful Cross Cultural Communications

Waxing UnLyrical

One of the things that caught my attention was the existence and the quality of conferences for communications professionals. They were hosting it in a metro city where people would attend the opening keynote, leave for the day and then return for the evening cocktails. I had to take my cue from history… and build on it.

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Social Media Event Promotion: The Complete Guide

Hootsuite

Whether you’re hosting a private party for clients, or putting on a festival for thousands, having a strategy is key. If you’re hosting a big conference, you could introduce your guest speakers one-by-one in the weeks leading up to it. Host a giveaway. Use a social media aggregation tool like Hootfeed.

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How Atlassian uses Sprout to enhance Social Media ROI

Sprout Social

This was amidst other major projects, including a conference, so there was a lot of activity on social media,” she says. We have a host of marketing managers for each [Atlassian] product and they each have their own group within Sprout. “When I recently checked, the team had an average reply time of two and a half hours.

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Free Summer School For Marketers

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It''s the odd business book or conference and that''s the extent of our personal development. Penn (co-host of the podcast, Marketing Over Coffee , and author of the book, Marketing White Belt ) who brings together a slew of links and tweets from some of the Web''s biggest (and smartest) thinkers. conference. conference.

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[Tech Tip] 10 Steps To Improve The Speed, Security, and Functionality Of Your WordPress Blog

SocMed Sean

If my WordPress site is slow, is it my host, my plugins, or my theme? Probably one of the most popular questions I get when I present at conferences is “What theme or themes do you recommend” It’s kind of like a trick question that WordPress developers like to ask each other. Do good plugins really slow down my site?

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