Last Friday was the second Melbourne ProBlogger Event, and I thought I'd take a moment or two today to create a bit of a summary of what happened on the day for those who weren't able to be there. Wow, what a day it was! A total of 271 bloggers descended on Melbourne from around [...]

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Yesterday’s Apple Keynote has got a lot of people wondering what Apple was thinking and asking themselves, "Man are they crazy?!"  Apple killed the hopes and dreams of fanboys and fangirls everywhere who were eagerly anticipating the release of the iPhone 5, trying to appease us with the iPhone 4S which, let’s face it, definitely isn’t as exciting as what a lot of people were expecting.  If you missed the keynote, YouTuber Lamarr Wilson of sssSTOP IT sums it up in a 6-minute video that he’s aptl [...]

Read More: Video Recap Of iPhone 4S Announcement: Is Apple Crazy?!

At GigaOm Mobilize 2011 Conference, various experts from telcos, middleware, and infrastructure providers joined in to share their perspective on the evolving mobile ecosystem, the cloud, new opportunities in the space and mobile payments. Despite the complex nature of the space, the panels and fireside chats were thought provoking and gave a unique insight into areas consumers and application developers should be aware of moving forward. More after the jump.

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social_media_analytics_book.jpeg Earlier this month we introduced our September Book Club title, Social Media Analytics by Marshall Sponder. Thanks to our Social Media Book Club partners at McGraw-Hill, we were able to send copies to several or our chapter leaders and Professional members to review on our behalf.  Check out some of the reviews from Jeannie Walters of SMC Chicago, Brad Hogenmiller of SMC St. Louis, Mark Krupinski o [...]

Read More: SMC Book Club: Social Media Analytics Webinar Recap

wikibrands.jpg As you may have heard, Social Media Club launched a monthly book club a few weeks ago, with the purpose to highlight some of the industry thought leaders to the Social Media Club community.  We want the book club to spur conversation on the local level, to further our missions on sharing best practices and strengthening community.We are very fortunate to be working closely with Wiley, Pearson and McGraw-Hill Publishing compan [...]

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Last week, we hosted our Social Media Masters workshop leaders on BlogTalk Radio, to set expectations for those attending Social Media Masters, February 12th in San Diego, CA. The people we have chosen as our Masters, have hands on experience using the tools they will be offering full day deep dives on, including Twitter, Facebook, Social Media Monitoring and B2B: LinkedIn. Each of the Masters has a working knowledge of, and each stresses the importance of matching your social media goals with [...]

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social-media-book-club-socialnomics_dragged.jpg Thanks to all who joined our Social Media Book Club webinar yesterday featuring Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business. Qualman is famous for the viral social media ROI videos but he also has extensive experience with organizations like Education First, Cadillac, EarthLink, Yahoo, TravelZoo and AT&T. Currently, he serves as Gl [...]

Read More: Social Media Book Club Webinar Recap: Socialnomics

get_seen.jpg This week we hosted our Social Media Book Club webinar featuring Steve Garfield, author of Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business.  Garfield shared some examples of effective video bloggers, The Bui Brothers, his thoughts around Final Cut Pro X, along with a suggestion to follow Steve Martin, who does tutorials on Final Cut Pro. We had some great questions from audience members which included, how to crea [...]

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Feel like you need a refresher before heading out to see the final movie in the Harry Potter saga?  Benny and Rafi Fine have you covered.  In the style of their popular "Spoiler" series, the brothers present the entire story of Harry Potter (the films, not the books) in seven short minutes.  But not to worry—this one’s not a spoiler.  They tell the story of all of the Harry Potter movies, except for the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.


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Last Friday, we hosted our Social Media Book Club webinar featuring Jay Baer, co-author of The Now Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your
Business Faster, Smart & More Social. Thanks to our Social Media Book Club partner, Wiley Publishing, we had ten Professional members and chapter leaders read and review The Now Revolution on behalf of Social Me [...]

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