Stories about cool events I've attended, musings about social media and other technology, and commentary about people, issues, ideas, whatever. I've had a web site since 1994, at my own domain since 1997, and switched it to blog format in 2005. Now, in 2008, I've added labels, shuffled things around a bit and fixed some style and UI quirks - hence 2.1. Watch for more widgets and microformats....
I’m speaking at the
Online Marketing Summit this Thursday, May 14, at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Virginia (
Metro: Rosslyn). I'll be talking about online community/social media strategy and ROI, as well as touching on general web strategy for media organizations.
I'm appearing on the Big Brands, Big Plans Panel, along with some really sharp people — from the likes of AARP, Smartbrief, and the National Defense University. Other speakers throughout the day hail from BusinessOnine, Clearspring, Google, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Kodak, ReturnPath, and SilverPop. Check out the
complete agenda for the DC tour stop.

The
Online Marketing Summit Regional Whistle Stop Tour also marks the introduction of the
Online Marketing Certification Program, which is offered by OMS sister organization the
Online Marketing Institute. I'm hoping to earn my certification shortly.
This year they are employing several social media outreach avenues for the first time, starting with the
Online Marketing for Marketers blog that was rolled out in the wake of last year's tour. I have written a few posts, and plan to add one about this week's panel today or tomorrow.
They also have presence on numerous social media platforms:

and there will likely be even more. It will be interesting to watch this collection of organizations and projects continue to develop over coming months and years.
Labels: conference, marketing, oms, socialmedia
Link:
http://www.onlinemarketingsummit.com/