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[7 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]
SXSWi 2010 Hank Wasiak 140Conf Presentation

Yes, I still have video from South by that I have not posted yet. Mostly because the videos are too long for youtube and otherwise too big to upload to other video sharing sites.
This was one of those videos.
This guy named Hank Wasiak used to work at the ad agency featured in the TV show “Mad Men.” I’ve never seen the show, so I can’t attest as to whether being affiliated with that advertising agency is a good or bad thing. What I can attest to, is that Hank was …

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[18 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
2010 SXSWi Interview with Patrick O’Keefe, aka @ifroggy

In this video, I catch up with Patrick O’Keefe, aka @ifroggy on Twitter. We talk about the presentation that he gave and he goes over one of the most important things for you to avoid becoming an online ______________.

Patrick doesn’t mention it, but some of the communities that he manages are quite large, he knows what he’s talking about.
He gives us some nuggets about how to not look like a __________ whenever we’re in or on community based sites. Go to iFroggy.com for more info on managing online communities.

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[17 Mar 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
SXSWi 2010 Interview with Brandon Eley

As I was finishing up another interview, I was introduced to Brandon Eley. I took a few minutes to get to know Brandon a little bit better and we ended up talking about what brought him to SXSWi and about his book The Online Marketing Inside Out (Online Marketing: Sitepoint).

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[17 Mar 2010 | One Comment | ]
SXSWi 2010 Austin: Latino Internet Capital of the World- Video

Finally got the video small enough that we could get it up on the video server for y’all to watch. I had to compress it to such a point that it’s a bit grainy, but ironically, this audio is a little better than the audio recording that I posted earlier this week.
This video is from the 2010 South by Southwest Interactive panel discussion “Austin: Latino Internet Capital of the World.” Featured in the video are Cindy Casares, and Fidel Martinez from Guanabee.com and other local speakers. Watch the video, …

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[16 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
SXSWi 2010 Darren Rowse video

This video is from Darren Rowse’s presentation about his upcoming new book. The sites that Darren runs/ administers include Problogger, Digital Photography School and others.
I always knew Darren from Problogger, and was surprised to see that DPS is a larger blog by comparison.
Nuggets from the video:

Content – a blog needs content to get readers.
Provide useful content to your audience to keep them coming back
Have a clear idea of who your audience is
It’s OK to be embarrassed by writing content for beginners
Go back to the beginning and write content that solves …

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[15 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
SXSWi2010-Austin Latino Internet Capital of the World – Audio

Saturday afternoon session at SXSWi entitled “Austin Latino Internet Capital of the World.” It featured several local speakers as well as Cindy Casares and Fidel Martinez from Guanabee.com.
This is the audio from the session.
There is video from the session, but the video is proving to be a bear of an editing/ posting job. The hangup is in trying to get the video file size to be smaller than 500 MB for uploading etc. The video will be posted sometime soon!

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[14 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
SXSWi2010 – Social Media:  Inch Wide/Mile Deep

Scott Allen sits down at the Marketing Latinos table and converses about the value and depth that social media habits has created.  Listen in as we digest the impact that this has had on the face to face interactions.

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[14 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
SXSWi2010 – Hot Dogs at the Twitter Happy Hour

Check out the dogs at the Twitter Happy Hour (Thursday night).  Can you say CALIENTE!
My favorite quote from this video is:

That color doesn’t exist in nature

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[14 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
SXSWi2010 – X Shot (Camera Gadget)

If you’re a guerrilla style videographer, like myself, and in the market for something totally portable and light weight for your camera – take a look at the X shot.
@tarynp gives us a demo of how the device works. In my opinion, it’s a really cool and nifty little device. Here’s a link to a similar product to the x-shot over on amazon in case you want to get one.

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[14 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
SXSWi2010 – Kate Buck Jr & Vicki Flaugher

These two ladies have a conversation on brilliant marketing strategies and answered the question about how hotels should market to GEEK Girls. Check out what these two ladies had to say.