Morgantown Live Blog

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Justin Seibert
at May 22, 2008 in Business Blogging, Conference News, Conferences, Event Details, Live Blogging, Marketing Blogs and Speakers. 0 Comments

Paul Woodhouse will be making the trek down to Morgantown (I’ve been calling it Motown, but one of my Los Angeles friends asked me last night why I was going to Detroit after seeing my status update on facebook).

He’ll be live blogging the conference today to give folks that couldn’t make it – or are waiting to register for Martinsburg – a taste of what we’re discussing.  You won’t get the slides, the free marketing book, a free review of your Web site, the opportunity to network with other Morgantown, WV area marketing professionals, to meet Jeff James or twitter with Skip Lineberg…but it should give you a glimpse of how you can be more effective in your own marketing efforts.

This is good news for everyone except Paul; he hates live blogging (with good reason – it’s hard!).  Maybe he’ll post a picture of himself with a frowny face here to complement the post.  It would complement his “oooh” picture from his live blog of the Southpointe, PA online marketing conference.

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West Virginia Cities See Marketing Conference Series

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Justin Seibert
at April 2, 2008 in Business Blogging, Conference News and Social Media. 0 Comments

Post from: Direct Online Marketing Blog

Marketing Series Coming to a (WV) City Near You

Alright – time for some news about something I’ve wanted to talk about for awhile, but was kind of “embargoed” against doing so.

For those of you not aware of the term “embargo,” I can empathize. The first time I sent out a press release, I had no idea what I was doing. More often than not in life, I have learned via trial by fire, which makes for a toasty, charred backside. By dumb luck, persistence, or some combination, I got an actual editor from a real publication (Time?) on the phone. I explained to her that we had a press release coming out and I wanted to give her early notice, but that they could not yet print anything. She said, “You mean it’s embargoed?”

Well, I had two choices: 1. bs my way through it. This probably could have easily been done, since her tone clearly indicated an affirmative response was appropriate. Or 2. say “huh?”, tip my head to the side, and let her hear the rocks fall out and hit the floor.

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