Category Archives: Conferences

Twitter: The Online Cocktail Reception?

In this brief video, taken from our recent presentation to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber Business Expo, Curt Mercadante explains the ins and outs of Twitter — and how to get started using this online tool effectively.

Presentation from the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber Business Expo

by Curt Mercadante
Following is the PowerPoint I utilized during my presentation to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo on February 18, 2010.
The Press Release is Dead: Using New Communications Tools to Build Your Business, Non-Profit or Campaign
View more presentations from Curt Mercadante.

Hilton Head Monthly Preview Our Upcoming Address to Business Expo

by Curt Mercadante
The most recent issue of Hilton Head Monthly previewed my upcoming address to the Hilton Head-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo:
More than 2,000 people are expected to attend the expo, a face-to-face marketing opportunity that can be extremely valuable to entrepreneurs and other small business operations.
The chamber has arranged a special seminar this [...]

How much time or resources does a strong “social media” presence require?

by Curt Mercadante
This is Part II of a series of answers I provided to the Hilton Head-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce in advance of my keynote address at their February Hilton Head-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo.  You can view Part One here.  Following is my answer to the question, “How much time or resources does a [...]

How Would You Define “New” or “Social” Media?

by Curt Mercadante
On Feburary 18, 2010, I will be the keynote speaker at the Hilton Head-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo, delivering a presentation, entitled, “The Press Release is Dead: Using New Communications Tools to Build Your Business, Non-Profit or Campaign.”  As part of the pre-promotion of this event, the Chamber asked me to participate [...]

Twitter for Marketing with Dan Zarrella of Hubspot

While attending the Social Fresh social media conference in Nashville yesterday, our senior consultant Todd Schorle caught up with Hubspot’s Dan Zarrella, who presented on the basics of using Twitter for marketing. Here is that interview…

Live at Social Fresh

Todd Schorle, our Senior Consultant, will be the Social Fresh Nashville conference tomorrow covering the great lineup of speakers assembled to provide groundbreaking case studies of how companies and organizations are using modern communications tools to build their brands.
Todd will be providing live updates on Twitter and Facebook — and stay tuned for some updates [...]

Great Presentation on Social Media Tools and Government Affairs

As I’ve posted here before, I was fortunate to be asked to present to three separate U.S. Chamber Regional Government Affairs Conferences in recent weeks — Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco.  You can view more about my presentations here and here.
At the San Francisco Conference, I also participated in a panel discussion in which Jocelyn [...]

Thoughts from my panel on social media and government affairs

Today I delivered a presentation and participated in a panel, entitled, “Social Media: New Tools for Government Affairs” at the U.S. Chamber Regional Government Affairs Conference in San Francisco. Above you can view some quick thoughts I recorded after the session. I also hope to have some video later today of my fellow [...]

My presentation on social media tools and government affairs

Earlier today, I had the pleasure of addressing the U.S. Chamber’s latest regional government affairs conference — this time in Chicago.  It was another great, engaged audience — and I was able to work in some case studies and other tidbits that I picked up at the Public Relations Society of America conference that I [...]