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Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
 The upcoming Digital Summit in Atlanta May 9-10 offers two jam-packed days with more than 75 speakers from Google, Twitter, Pandora, Mashable, Huffington Post, Klout, StumbleUpon, Gilt Groupe, Adobe, The Onion, YouTube, Discovery Channel and many more. You can still grab an early registration rate to the Digital Summit but only until Friday, April 13.
What will I take away? How does my company benefit?
- With over 50 presentations and panels to choose from you’ll be up to date with the latest digital trends & best practices.
- More than 75 speakers from brands you know & trust provide real world scenarios and solutions to the issues you face.
- Over 7 hours of networking makes Digital Summit a excellent and effective way to connect and make important contacts with 1,500 peers & professionals.
- 3 hours of open bar!!! (okay, perhaps your company won’t benefit… but hey, it’s a great way to break the ice).
Check out the ROI on how Digital Summit stacks up against other conferences and see who else might be attending.
Confirmed Speakers Include:
- Alexis Maybank – Co-founder, Gilt Groupe
- Joel Lunenfeld – Director of Global Brand Strategy, Twitter
- Frederick Townes – Sr Technical Advisor, Mashable
- Tim Mahlman – Chief Revenue Officer, Klout
- Loni Kao Stark – Group Solutions Manager, Digital Marketing, Adobe
- John Trimble – Chief Revenue Officer, Pandora
- Michael Greer – Chief Product Officer, The Onion
- Simon Heseltine – Director of SEO, AOL/Huffington Post
- Catherine Cook – Co-founder, myYearbook
- David Perry – Business Development, Software & Services, Google
- Jack Krawczyk – Senior Product Marketing Manager, StumbleUpon
- Prerna Gupta – CEO, Khush
- Chidi Afulezi – Product Director, Turner
- Ro Choy – COO, Formspring
- Tom Lowry – Director of Technology, YouTube
- Michael Bayle – Senior Vice President, ESPN Mobile
- Amanda Steinberg – Founder & CEO, DailyWorth
- Ian Wolfman – Principal & CMO, imc²
- Jeff Ragovin – Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Buddy Media
- Matt Crenshaw – VP of Marketing & Analytics, Discovery Channel
- Matt Peters – Co-Founder & Creative Director, Pandemic Labs
- Laurie Hood – Vice President of Product Marketing, Silverpop
- Bryon Morrison – President, Mobile Marketing, The Marketing Arm
- Tony Haile – CEO, Chartbeat
- Eric Orme – Chief Technology Officer, Remark Media
- Kurt Krejny – Director of Online Marketing, Fathom
- Sean Cook – CEO, ShopVisible
- Jordan Franklin – Director of Social Strategy, Clickable
- Grey Garner – Market Strategist, Emma
- Barry Nelson – Social Media Analyst, Microstrategy
- John Lawson – Founder, ColderICE.com
- Todd Sawicki – Chief Marketing Officer, Cheezburger Network
- Adam Harrell – Founder & President, nebo
- Brianne Keating Forst – Director of Ecommerce, Plow & Hearth
- Gavin Finn – President & CEO, Kaon Interactive
- Amy Ellis – Head of Integrations & Partnerships, MailChimp
- Kevin Lee – CEO, Didit
- Michael Loban – CMO, InfoTrust
- Joey Sargent – Principal, BrandSprout
- Mick Winters – SVP, E-commerce, National Builder Supply
- Kelly Quattlebaum – Social Media Trainer & President, Global Marcoms
- Jenny Schmitt – President & Senior Spark, CloudSpark
- Joseph Dickerson – User Experience Architect, Fiserv
- Efi Rodik – Co-Founder & CEO, Relevantor
- Richard White – Creative Director, Sojo
- Maria Peagler – Founder, SocialMediaOnlineClasses.com
- J Cornelius – VP Operations, CoffeeCup Software
- Garrett Kuk – Social Media Strategy Partner, Speakeasy Media
- Anthony Franco – President & Co-founder, EffectiveUI
Digital Summit 2012 is presented by TechMedia, the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic’s Leader in Digital and Entrepreneurial Conferences. The TechJournal is a TechMedia division.
Tags: 2012, Adobe, Atlanta, BrandSprout, Buddy Media, Clickable, CoffeeCup Software, Digital Summit, Discovery Channel, early registration, Emma, ESPN mobile, Gilt Groupe, Google, Huffington Post, Khush, Klout, Mashable, MicroStrategy, Pandora, Relevantor, Shopvisible, Silverpop, Sojo, Speakeasy Media, StumbleUpon, The Onion, Turner, twitter, YouTube
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
 ATLANTA – Fewer than 40 seats remain for the Digital Summit, which is bringing more than 60 presentations fouces on the latest best practices and trends in social media, search marketing, mobile, cloud, design, e-commerce, analytics and entrepreneurship to the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta May 16-17.
Among the features:
Over 60 presentations focused on the latest best practices and trends in social media, search marketing, mobile, cloud, design/usability, e-commerce, analytics, entrepreneurship and more!
Keynote presentation by “Social Media King” and New York Times Bestselling author, Gary Vaynerchuk
Hear from top brands such as Google, Coca-Cola, Groupon, Salesforce, CNN, YouTube, USA Today, the NBA, comScore, The Daily and more!
Network with hundreds of senior marketers, entrepreneurs and interactive strategists from companies like Apple, CBS, Dell, Discovery Channel, AT&T, Fox News, Dell, IBM, Autotrader & Turner.
Mix with top early-stage Internet startups at the Demo Showcase.
Register now and receive a free copy of Gary Vaynerchuck’s “The Thank You Economy,” which you can pick up at the event.
Participants include:
- Gary Vaynerchuk, author, Host, DailyGrape.com
- Natalie Johnson, Manager, Digital and Social Media, Coca-Cola
- Tom Lowry, Head of Industry, Technology, Google Inc.
- Matt Drinkwater, VP of Sales East Coast, Groupon
- Mitch Free, CEO, MFG.com
- Phil Agcaoili, Chief Information Security Officer, Cox Communications
- Marc Ferrentino, Chief Technical Architect, Salesforce.com
- Ainsley TeGrotenhuis, Director of Digital Marketing, CNN
- Martin Green, Chief Operating Officer, Meebo
- Maureen Schumacher, Sales Director, YouTube/Google
- Taro Naruse, Senior Director of Product Management, NBA Digital
- Emily Jerome Schroeder, Usability Analyst, AutoTrader.com
- Dallas Lawrence, Contributor, Forbes.com & Mashable.com
- Raj Narang, Social Media Insights, Dell Computers
- Christine Cook, SVP, Sales and Advertising Operations, The Daily
- Pankaj Bagzai, Manager: Marketing US & Canada, Impetus
- John Williamson, CEO & Founder, Qualvu
- Trish Nettleship, Business Social Media & Online Community Lead, AT&T
- James Andrews, Founder, SocialPeople.tv
- Eli R. Goodman, Search Evangelist, comScore, Inc
- Erika Brookes, VP of Marketing, Vitrue
- Allen Nance, President and Founder, WhatCounts
- Francis Lavelle, Director of Analytics, HowStuffWorks.com
- Stuart Roesel, Director Customer Insights, Analytics & Strategy, EarthLink
- Tim Harrington, CEO, eRollover
- Dana Todd, VP Performance Innovation, Performics
- Jai Williams, Email Marketing Manager, InterContinental Hotels Group
- Jennifer Dunphy, VP of Sales, Vayu Media
- Laurie Hood, VP of Product Marketing, Silverpop
- Scott Huie, Sr. Mgr. Business Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
- Bert DuMars, Vice President E-Business, Newell Rubbermaid
- Lindsay Wassell, Partner & Consultant, KeyphraSEOlogy
- Allison Fabella, SEO & Social Media Mgr, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- David Jones, Partner, Southern Capitol Ventures
- Tony Haile,eneral Manager, Chartbeat
- Kyle Ford, Director, Mogwee at Ning, Inc, Ning
- Matt Kaplan, CRO, My Damn Channel
- Scott Huie, Business Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
- Jane Reinberg, User Experience Architect, Genex
- Sig Mosley, President, Imlay Investments
- Gerard Bush – Chief Creative Director, The brpr Group
- Tony Adam, Director of Online Marketing, Myspace
- Benjamin Rudolph, President & CEO, Relevance Advisors
- Jamie Bristow, Founder, Mynonprofitmatch.com
- Michael Tavani, Co-Founder, Scoutmob
- Alan Taetle, General Partner, Noro-Moseley Partners
- Donna DeMarco, Co-Founder, Viddler
- Debbie Curtis-Magley, Public Relations Manager, UPS
- Elain O’Gorman, CMO, The Receivables Exchange
- Brian Cohen, Principle, Visiture
- Chip Hazard, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
- David Hoff, Founder & VP of Technology, CloudSherpas
- Brian Brown, VP Biz Dev/Creative Director, RMM Online Advertising
- Larry Pearson, Area VP, Impetus Technologies
- Joel Lunenfeld, CEO, Moxie Interactive
- Peter Schoenrock, SVP Product Development, Equifax
- Zack Pousman, Dir. of Strategy & User Experience, IQ
- Ryan Woolley, VP Client Services, Response Mine
Tags: analytics, Apple, AT&T, Atlanta, AutoTrader, best practices in social media, Coca Cola, comScore, Dell, Digital Summit, Discovery Channel, e-commerce, Events, Fox News, Gary Vaynerchuck, Groupon, IBM, mobile, NBA, Salesforce, The Daily, The Thank You Economy, Turner, USA Today, YouTube
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Thursday, November 4th, 2010
 RESEARCH TRIANGLE, NC – Tech Media’s 2010 Internet Summit, set for the Raleigh, NC Convention Center Nov. 17-18, has named the participants for its Demo Showcase, a display of top early-stage Web-centric firms.
In addition, the 2010 Internet Summit will feature over 100 industry expert speakers from such companies as Google, Cisco, Salesforce.com, Go Daddy, Microsoft, Autotrader.com, Yahoo!, Red Hat, Mashable, StumbleUpon, Playboy, Lulu, SkyMall, Discovery Channel and many more.
Internet Summit Demo Showcase companies are emerging high-growth firms from across the country that best represent the future of the Web. Participants include:
In addition to these firms, several additional Demo Showcase participants will be added before the event. Companies will exhibit and present to 1500+ Internet executives, online marketers, business strategists, entrepreneurs and investors.
Tags: autotrader.com, Cisco, demo showcase companies, Discovery Channel, Go Daddy, Google, Internet Summit 2010, Lulu, Mashable, Microsoft, NC, Playboy, Raleigh, Red Hat, Salesforce.com, SkyMall, StumbleUpon, Yahoo
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
 Kurt Merriweather, Lee Givens at Digital East By Allan Maurer
TYSONS CORNER, VA – If you’re trying to capture an Internet browser’s attention with online video, keep them in the sweet spot in length of from 90 seconds to 3 minutes. So said participants during the online video panel at the Digital East event earlier this week.
Kurt Merriweather, director of business development for the Discovery Channel, added, “Think about how to make your video social and compelling.” He also said to make sure it’s front and center in other marketing materials such as in a email subject line. “You need to push people to your video so they can see it,” he said.
Merriweather also said that the Discovery Channel is looking for alternatives to cable delivery of its programming.
One reason for keeping videos short, in addition to the fact that research shows most people watch those shorter ones, is that they are better suited to mobile viewing.
Panelist Lee Givens, principal product lead for mobile applications at AOL, noted, “Mobile is going to be the wave of the future and 60 percent of all web content will be accessed from mobile devices (which include not only smartphones, but also iPads, netbooks and a variety of coming tablet devices).
iPad users watch 5 times more video
He pointed out that iPads have been the fastest selling device “Ever.” He also warned, “Don’t get caught up in technical things. You have to focus on a story.”
“People with iPads watch five times more video,” Givens said research shows.”I personally do 20 to 40 percent of my video watching on my iPad.
Moderator Jeff Parsons, director of video operations for the Associated Press, added, “Make sure the video does match the vision of your site. If they don’t like what they see, they probably won’t come back for a while.”
Jeff Rule, managing director of product development & innovation at Hanley Wood, said his firm often “Gets as many views of a tool test video on YouTube as everywhere else combined.”
The panelists agreed that if YouTube suits a video maker’s purposes, it is a good outlet for attracting traffic and can be easily embedded on sites.
Givens said, “We still use YouTube. It’s amazing how flexible it is. If you just want a big audience, use it.”
Parsons added, “There isn’t any negative to having YouTube’s player on your site.” He also noted that video is notoriously hard to monetize right now.
Merriweather said, “The next big wave in video is convergence. Connected TVs are going to become pervasive.”
Tech Media’s next event brings more than 100 top Internet gurus, executives, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to Raleigh, NC Nov. 17-18 for the Internet Summit.
To contact TJS editor/writer Allan Maurer: Allan at TechJournalSouth dot com.
Tags: AOL, Associated Press, Digital East, Discovery Channel, Hanley Wood, Jeff Parsons, Jeff Rule, Kurt Merriweather, Lee Givens, online video, YouTube
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