Attention SF social networkers! by Ellen

This from the BlogHer site – I’m very jealous and would attend if I was local. Any blogger or want to be blogger can attend.

What holiday calendar would be complete without a little BlogHer revelry? Certainly not ours…and we’d love for you to join us!

Who: All Bay Area BlogHers
When: Thursday, December 13th
Time: 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Where: Cafe Royale, 800 Post St. @ Leavenworth in San Francisco

Our holiday event is a great opportunity for you to meet, mingle & jingle with the ever-growing BlogHer community. Members and non-members are welcome, as are friends, family, and colleagues.

The event will take place at Cafe Royale, the cozy cafe in downtown SF where we held last year’s meetup. Once again we’ll be offering complimentary hors d’oeuvres along with a fine selection of wines, beers, and Soju cocktails (no-host bar).

So join the party, and eat, drink, and be merry!

*Due to the venue’s capacity limits, we do need you to RSVP if you intend to join us. Please RSVP in comments below, or send an email to let us know to expect you!

 

Posted by Elle at 8:01 AM 0 comments

Roll Call (originally posted by Ellen)

The big blond one has repeatedly said that we need to be in “continuous improvement” mode. That is to say out and about, attending seminars, conferences, and training sessions to always be on top of new technologies, and getting new ideas. There are a couple of events that marketers from the tech group will be participating in that I wanted to share:

BlogHer 08 – They don’t have the full 2008 event plans up yet, but there’s a BlogHer business in NY in April, and the main BlogHer pow wow in San Francisco in July. We’ll be sponsoring both conferences, and as such, I would love to get more people throughout the company participating. There are bookstores at both shows, so we can sell books and have author signings. There are panels that our authors and even we can be a part of. There are super technical sessions and great networking opportunities. Please contact me in the comments section if you are interested in participating in any way, shape or form. Note, despite the BlogHer, men are welcomed and encouraged to attend.

SXSW Interactive – Sandy Smith and I are planning on attending. It looks to be a good networking and educational conference. Plus, it’s in Austin, so, hello, BBQ and tex-mex!

Other events pop up all the time. Every day, I get an invitation to a seminar or webinar about social networking. Not sure even 3/4 of them are worthwhile, at least to me, but they might be for others. AdWeek and the Advertising Club of NY has a bunch of lists that you can sign up for to get these opportunities.

Diva Marketing Blog lists a bunch of 2008 conferences. The NewPR wiki also lists a bunch of them, although I think Diva is more frequently updated.

Anything on YOUR radar that others could benefit from knowing about?

–Ellen

Social Networkers’ Tech Habits by Justin

Here’s an interesting (and intuitive) survey result that showed people who use social networks (Facebook, YouTube, etc) also tend to use other techy products:

It’s a good lesson in demographic/interest targeting in online ad placements: if you want to sell a digital camera title, you don’t need to exclusively be on digital camera sites.

Juston