Increase Sales with Social Media Seminar: Quick Recap, Day 1

This weekend I attended the Increase Sales with Social Media seminar at the beautiful Marriott in Newport Beach. After listening to several entertaining speakers, I left the event feeling an information overload – in a good way! The seminar included two days of presentations by Social Networking experts who shared tips and promoted their products.

Here is a condensed version of day 1:
7:45 am – arrived at Marriott Hotel in Newport Beach. Note: the hotel parking lot informs you of the $18 parking fee once you are practically committed to entering the lot.
7:50 am – Checked in and was relieved to have $10 off of my parking for attending the seminar. I entered the large room and sat next to Jason Brett with Trinacle, Inc
8:00 am – Event organizer David Carleton welcomed us
8:15 am – Twenius Dan Hollings explained how to use Twitter effectively
Biggest take-away: Download mytwittertoolbar.com.
10:00 am – Matt Bacak unveiled how to get rich using social media
Biggest take-away: Create a ‘swipe file’ to save marketing ideas, both on and offline
11:30 am – Lunch at California Pizza Kitchen
Biggest take-away: The ‘half’ salad portion is too big for one person (and I love the Bar-b-q Chicken Salad)!
12:30 pm – Chip Lampert spoke about how to increase offline sales using LinkedIn
Biggest take-away: Take full advantage of personal network and request referrals
2:00 pm – Dr. Ron Capps gave an overview of social bookmarking
Biggest take-away: Use Ping.fm or Firefox application to simplify bookmarking
3:45 pm – Paul Colligan presented a way to make a profit through podcasts and Web 2.0
Biggest take-away: The phrase, “I’ll Grab That!”

Stay tuned for the condensed version of day two.

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By: Anne Carr, anne@boltpr.com