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#140conf smalltown presentation: taking online communities offline.

Scott Wendling — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:41:46 +0000

Last year @Guavalicious and me spoke about creating online communities at #140conf smalltown. This year we followed up by talking about what to do to take those online relationships offline. My segment starts about 5 minutes in and is about creating relationships with businesses. Video streaming by Ustream

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Ignite Columbia Speaker Videos

Scott Wendling — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:21:59 +0000

Social Media Club MidMo’s Ignite Columbia featured 6 excellent speakers. Here are all of the presentations in the same order they were at the event. Please leave comments for the presenters and tell them what an excellent job they did. You can use their Twitter names in the comment box to let them know you’re [...]

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Ignite Columbia Slideshow Presentations

Scott Wendling — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:48:23 +0000

Social Media Club MidMO held an Ignite event on August 18th, 2011. Harpo’s was kind enough to host and provide appetizers. PenguinSpark (@CommercialScott) organized the event. The League of Innovators and PenguinSpark each sponsored a round of drinks for everyone. These are the slides from the 5 of the presentations. Sarah Hill went a different [...]

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Empire Avenue $100 Amazon card giveaway winner!

Scott Wendling — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:28:16 +0000

The winner of the Empire Avenue $100 Amazon gift card shareholder giveaway is Phil MacDonald (ESC). Phil did not have me recommended so unfortunately he doesn’t get the $25 extra dollars. There were exactly 350 people with 200 shares or more in me. I used a random number generator to pick from 1-350. I then [...]

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Empire Avenue shareholder giveaway: win $100 Amazon card

Scott Wendling — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:59:25 +0000

One of my lucky Empire Avenue shareholders will win a $100 Amazon gift certificate. Once I reach 1,000 shareholders I will randomly select one to win the prize. You will even win an extra $25 gift card if you have also recommended (e)PenguinSpark on Empire Avenue! Contest Details: You must own 200 shares in (e)PenguinSpark [...]

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Speaking with @Guavalicious about Twitter micro communities at #140conf small town

Scott Wendling — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:42:23 +0000

#140conf small town is a Twitter based conference that emphasizes concise communication. Kate (@Guavalicious) asked me to speak with her about micro communities on Twitter. A Twitter micro community is a group of tweeters that have one specific thing in common that is usually identified by a hashtag. Kate and I both utilize micro communities the [...]

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3 ways to get real fans and followers at conferences

Scott Wendling — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:56:05 +0000

Real Twitter followers are not easy to come by. There are a ton of robots and people out there willing to instantly follow you back, but what good does that do besides inflate the ego? These followers are not likely to read your tweets or click your links. What you want are real Twitter followers, [...]

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Jeff Pulver has taken Twitter and turned it into a conference

Scott Wendling — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:57:40 +0000

Twitter is a friendly personable way to communicate in short concise messages, and that is exactly what Jeff Pulver has done with 140 characters conference, or #140conf. #140conf is a fast paced social media conference that cuts out all of the filler and encourages hugs over handshakes. Speakers only have 10 or 15 minutes and [...]

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Flashmob organized in 5 days

Scott Wendling — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:55:34 +0000

A 45 day competition by Google in February 2010. The winner got gigabit internet into every home. Individuals could vote for towns by filling out a short form. @penguinspark organized a flashmob/publicity stunt for CoMO Fiber to get the word out to Columbia to vote. While the event its self was a moderate success, the [...]

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ICSC Recon’s first tweetup

Scott Wendling — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:09:37 +0000

Dealmakers Magazine hosted the first tweetup ever held at the 2010 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) RECON convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada. ICSC is a global organization of retailers, shopping center developers, brokers, attorneys and anything else that has to do with the shopping center industry. The estimated attendance for the conference was [...]

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