Comments on: Post-Conference Round-up and Thoughts http://www.marketingconference.org/blog/2007/08/20/post-conference-round-up-and-thoughts/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:55:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Woodhouse http://www.marketingconference.org/blog/2007/08/20/post-conference-round-up-and-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Paul Woodhouse Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:35:02 +0000 http://www.marketingconference.org/blog/2007/08/20/post-conference-round-up-and-thoughts/#comment-114 At least blogs are something you can throw up in the midst of the enthusiasm for a particular project. It's not as if you have the germ of an idea then have to wait for a suitable tool to be rustled up by a designer or developer so you can publish whatever you want publishing. You can capture the mood of your imagination immediately. You also get the option of taking as much time as you feel necessary to put content up and await a time of your choosing until you let it loose into the wild. Nothing is rocket science, but you do need to grow into every blog. And that doesn't matter whether it's your first or 51st. Please provide us with a link in the comments once you take off its leash and we'll add it to the blogroll. Aren't we lovely. At least blogs are something you can throw up in the midst of the enthusiasm for a particular project. It’s not as if you have the germ of an idea then have to wait for a suitable tool to be rustled up by a designer or developer so you can publish whatever you want publishing.

You can capture the mood of your imagination immediately.

You also get the option of taking as much time as you feel necessary to put content up and await a time of your choosing until you let it loose into the wild.

Nothing is rocket science, but you do need to grow into every blog. And that doesn’t matter whether it’s your first or 51st.

Please provide us with a link in the comments once you take off its leash and we’ll add it to the blogroll.

Aren’t we lovely.

]]> By: Jose Mallabo http://www.marketingconference.org/blog/2007/08/20/post-conference-round-up-and-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Jose Mallabo Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:23:37 +0000 http://www.marketingconference.org/blog/2007/08/20/post-conference-round-up-and-thoughts/#comment-113 The day after the conference I got together with an old friend of mine to start a blog and I used just about ever morsel of information that was presented at the conference. Until then we were wavering back and forth and on the subject, focus and tone to the tune of analysis paralysis. Within 2 hours of talking about it we were up and running and have since then created some content (though not enough as we both have day jobs) and more than anything it's been a fun place to raise questions about the world around us. So as a participant thanks to all the others for pushing us beyond our procrastination tipping point. And good luck with DOM. The day after the conference I got together with an old friend of mine to start a blog and I used just about ever morsel of information that was presented at the conference. Until then we were wavering back and forth and on the subject, focus and tone to the tune of analysis paralysis. Within 2 hours of talking about it we were up and running and have since then created some content (though not enough as we both have day jobs) and more than anything it’s been a fun place to raise questions about the world around us.

So as a participant thanks to all the others for pushing us beyond our procrastination tipping point. And good luck with DOM.

]]> By: Paul Woodhouse http://www.marketingconference.org/blog/2007/08/20/post-conference-round-up-and-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Paul Woodhouse Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:18:06 +0000 http://www.marketingconference.org/blog/2007/08/20/post-conference-round-up-and-thoughts/#comment-108 Well meeting you was an absolute pleasure if I'm being honest. Almost a personal highlight. Apologies for welching on the drink afterwards, but Steph informed me that we had to find a Sprint place over Pittsburgh way so we could pay our cell phone bill. Wheeling and its immediate parish doesn't have one. I do remember waking up and listening to the bit about blogging and online PR - spot on if I remember rightly. Well meeting you was an absolute pleasure if I’m being honest. Almost a personal highlight.

Apologies for welching on the drink afterwards, but Steph informed me that we had to find a Sprint place over Pittsburgh way so we could pay our cell phone bill. Wheeling and its immediate parish doesn’t have one.

I do remember waking up and listening to the bit about blogging and online PR – spot on if I remember rightly.

]]> By: Jose Mallabo http://www.marketingconference.org/blog/2007/08/20/post-conference-round-up-and-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Jose Mallabo Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:11:19 +0000 http://www.marketingconference.org/blog/2007/08/20/post-conference-round-up-and-thoughts/#comment-106 Thanks for having me at the conference. While speaking publicly about PR of all things is something I've always found a bit of a conundrum, I very much enjoyed being there and participating. It was amazing how much I actually learned about what it is I am supposed to be doing by preparing for this conference and in listening to the attendees and their challenges. Whether you're large or small as a company the fundamental business problems remain fairly universal and the PR challenges similar. I hope I was able to shed some light on the approaches I've taken in the past with my clients and current company and that they were of some value to the attendees. My only suggestion for next year would be to talk to the San Francisco and Pittsburgh airports about getting direct flights between the two cities. :-) Thanks for having me at the conference. While speaking publicly about PR of all things is something I’ve always found a bit of a conundrum, I very much enjoyed being there and participating. It was amazing how much I actually learned about what it is I am supposed to be doing by preparing for this conference and in listening to the attendees and their challenges. Whether you’re large or small as a company the fundamental business problems remain fairly universal and the PR challenges similar. I hope I was able to shed some light on the approaches I’ve taken in the past with my clients and current company and that they were of some value to the attendees.

My only suggestion for next year would be to talk to the San Francisco and Pittsburgh airports about getting direct flights between the two cities. :-)

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