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Re: Most Important Conferences

Whitney Hoffman — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:20:32 -0000

Of course, I am a big podcamp fan. I went to SVG which was enlightening, but again, you have to figure out whether the money and travel expenses are worth it on your budget- Podcamp is always a great bet.
Whit

Re: Most Important Conferences

John Wall — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:13:42 -0000

If you are looking for thought leadership Gnomedex gathers a great crowd, and the PME is a must for podcasters.

But, shows are a luxury unless you are using them to set up customer meetings.

Re: Most Important Conferences

Kevin Behringer — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:29:41 -0000

C.C.

I will continue the trend of not offering any conferences, but I will say that I am VERY interested in following this thread. With limited time and budget, I want to make sure that any conference I attend will be a great one. Generally I don't hear about them until AFTER they happen.

To that end, one of my big life regrets is not going to the CMA Digital Marketing Conference last year. You, Jaffe, Mitch, Weinberger, etc. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?! You add Shel & Neville to that and it's like the Super Bowl (oops, sorry, the big football game, the name of which may not be uttered without PAYING.) Hopefully '07 will offer a reprise to this conference!

Re: Most Important Conferences

Christopher Penn, Financial Ai — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:18:13 -0000

UnConferences top my list. For me, the Rule of Two Feet is vital - if a speaker's just not my vibe, I can walk to another session or just chill in the halls with other participants. MarCamp, CaseCamp, BarCamp, PodCamp, etc. are all imoprtant venues, because they change the conference model entirely, promoting more conversation and less marketing to conference attendees.

Re: Most Important Conferences

Craig Jolley — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:17:47 -0000

>>I‚Äôm betting that if you wanted to you could spend an entire year doing nothing but going from conference to conference.

Re: Most Important Conferences

Matthew Ebel — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:39:06 -0000

I would offer a total non-answer here, but it's the God's honest truth. The must-attend conferences aren't marketing conferences. They're the conferences that relate to your clients. Representing Sweetwater Sound? Make sure you go to NAMM to see what the consumers are getting. Representing Wizards Inc? Book a flight to DragonCon.

Just my thoughts, tho. =)

Pax,
Matthew