Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced, June 3-4, Seattle

Social Media Club Member discount – receive 10% off registration with this code: smx10smc

Seattle in June – with leaders in search and interactive marketing – and no box lunches –that’s SMX Advanced.

SMX Advanced is a two-day conference for search marketers who want to stay ahead in the fast changing world of search. The conference is organized into several tracks: Organic SEO, Paid Search Advertising, SEM Business, and SMX Developer Day (June 4.) See the complete SMX Advanced agenda here.

There will be two keynote sessions: Kevin Johnson, President of Microsoft’s Platform and Services Division will discuss the company’s aspirations in search and online advertising; and Matt Cutts, head of Google’s web spam team, will take questions from the audience in the ever-popular “You +A” session at the end of the day.

At SMX Advanced you’ll find that speakers from one session will be your peers in another. We’ve designed the conference to encourage as much interaction as possible, including carefully planned networking events. At SMX conferences, we know why you’re there, and we’ll take care of you — right down to lunch on plates, with real silverware.

Register now - Last year’s show was a sell-out, so don’t wait! “SMX Advanced was a resourceful and engaging conference consisting of intelligent speakers and an intelligent crowd.” — Julie Sun, Senior Manager of SEO, MTV

SMC members take 10% off the prevailing rate when you use this code: smx10smc

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Join us for an evening of discussion and getting to know your fellow social media users/creators in Austin, Texas. Pizza and drinks at 6:00; program starts at 6:30.

NOTE: The meeting is free, but we ask you to register because space is limited.

The Headless Organization

Throughout the history of the Internet, we’ve seen an explosion of new, relatively frictionless communication channels, broad access to the means of media production, and a blurring of the distinctions between professional and personal media. We’ve seen an ascendance of many to many communications resulting in “out of control” communications, flatter hierarchies, and the emergence of new, agile forms of social and political organization. The rise of networked communications and the appearance of robust platforms for social networking has been accompanied by an increasing tendency for groups to self-organize – and the proliferation of entities referred to as leaderless or “headless” organizations. In May’s SMC presentation, we’ll consider how these headless organizations have evolved, discuss some examples, and talk about challenges, limits, and potential future developments.

Jon Lebkowsky and David Armistead are principals of Social Web Strategies, an Austin business consulting company that focuses on the social web and its impact on business transformation.

Sponsored by Datran Media

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The Seattle Chapter of the Social Media Club is having an event tonight, May 1, 2008 at the Text 100 office in downtown Seattle. The meeting starts at 6:30 and refreshments will be served.

Here’s the skinny-

A Published Stream of Consciousness:
Do Business and Micro-blogging Mix?

Micro-blogging services such as Twitter are continually growing in popularity, but many business people are asking how this fits into their professional life. Announcing to friends that you’re “exhausted from a late Saturday night” or “going to buy tickets to the TP concert…anyone interested?” seems far removed from anything co-workers (much less your boss!) wants to know.

While Twitter is great for personal use, many companies are using micro-blogging to enhance their business communications as well.

Join the Seattle Social Media Club to discover how you can use micro-blogging services to enhance your personal brand, grow and strengthen your business network, notify customers, promote your blog and more.

Randy Stewart, social media strategist and Senior Product Manager of Boxbe will be presenting short introduction to Twitter and microblogging followed by an interactive forum designed to help you get the most out of your micro-blogging feed.

Sign up here to let us know you are coming.

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Our next SMC-DC meeting will be May 15 at Viget Labs. We welcome Chris Dorobek, Editor-in-Chief of Federal Computer Week. Chris is no stranger to social media, and he will share his experience with blogging and social networks (visit him on Twitter and Facebook), as well as his opinion of government and military use of Web 2.0.

The federal government strives for collaboration between the different departments and units it holds. The government is still experimenting with social media, with the wiki Intellipedia already in use for the intelligence community, and even the Department of the Navy’s CIO dipping his toes into blogging.

So how else is the government using social media? Are they ready for it, and what’s the value for them? Come discuss the current and future state of Web 2.0 as the government views it.

More details:

Please RSVP by Tuesday, May 13 to Larissa Fair.

Special thanks to Viget Labs for hosting the event.

Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008

Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Location:

Viget Labs headquarters

400 S. Maple Avenue, Suite 200
Falls Church, VA 22046

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=19100475790

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Come join SMC-DC for the official Washington, DC area book launch for Rohit Bhargava’s new book Personality Not Included. Maybe you caught him at Blogger Social, or maybe at one of his other book tour destinations. But, if not, now is your chance!

Personality Not Included was recently released by McGraw-Hill and serves as a guide for companies on how authenticity is the new standard that brands need live up to in the social media era – the book has received significant early praise and features a forward by bestselling author and entrepreneur, Guy Kawasaki.

We will kick off the festivities with a book signing at Barnes & Noble in Arlington from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. From there, please feel free to join us for an informal dinner and drinks gathering at Whitlow’s on Wilson from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

Books will be available for purchase on-site at Barnes & Noble. There is ample garage parking, some metered street spaces, and both locations are metro accessible at the Orange Line’s Clarendon stop.

Please RSVP to Larissa Fair via e-mail no later than Monday, April 28.

Please designate if you will be attending the book signing, dinner, or both.

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11709537599

Hope to see you there!

DATE: Thursday, May 1, 2008
BOOK SIGNING

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Barnes & Noble – Arlington

Clarendon Market Commons
2800 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22201

DRINKS AND DINNER

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Whitlow’s on Wilson (beach bar, to the left in the back)

2854 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22201

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