Blogs are undoubtedly a big part of the social media world and that’s why the topic of social media was approached at Blog World Expo from many different angles from monetization and marketing to social media and blogs in corporate public relations.
This interview with Ford’s head of social media, Scott Monty touches on a few things large companies (or any size company for that matter) should be thinking about when evaluating social media as a communications, marketing and community building channel.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7593148891752653939
You can read plenty more of Scott Monty’s insights on his blog, The Social Media Marketing Blog and on Twitter at @scottmonty.
We shot this video on top of the Maker’s Mark RV parked in the Blog World Exhibit hall and you’ll have to forgive my sad camera movement technique. I think it’s time to invest in “real” video equipment, something that’s long overdue since we’ve been shooting interviews at confernces […]
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The Blog World Expo conference has brought together an amazing mix of marketing, social media and public relations voices making someone like myself feel very much at home discussing the convergence of these three disciplines. Jason Falls, Director of Social Media for ad agency Doe-Anderson, is one of those people who really “gets” the social web and what that means for marketing and PR.
Check out this interview with Jason after the “Blogs and PR” session we both sat on talking more about how to get the PR industry to wake up to the social web.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1584896019605948009
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Blog World Expo in Las Vegas this weekend is by far the most social, friendly and generally “buzzing” conference I’ve been to in a while. Bloggers are opinionated, natural networkers. Many bloggers might not be as open in other situations, but here amongst several thousand other like-minded individuals, people open up. Plus, it’s Vegas baby.
Here are a few of my favorite photos so far from Blog World Expo:
The audience during the “Blogs and PR” panel I was volunteered to join at the last minute. Fun!
Blog World Expo Founder Rick Calvert and Programming Chair Dave Taylor
Beautiful people blog too: Valerie Combs and Brian Solis
Chris Brogan aka ‘Jones Soda Famous” and moi
Woot Woot for the Blog Team! Geoff Livingston and David Berkowitz
Making new connections: Toby Bloomberg of Marketing Diva & Steve Hall of AdRants
Rohit Bhargava and me post interview
TechSet Pool Party at Bare in Mirage
Hanging out at the TechSet Party: George Athannassov, […]
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