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I put a lot on the line with this event.

I’ve been a huge fan and participant of The Web Association for
years.

Recently, we were talking and they mentioned that they would like to
try an event in Akron.

The first idea that came to mind was a social media event featuring
the Akron-Canton Airport. They are doing some world-class, cutting edge
social media tactics. I really wanted this to be the first event.

Everyone at the Web Association thought it was an awesome idea.

I then talked to Kristie VanAuken,
the airport’s  Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing &
Communications Officer about the idea. Because of her extreme
awesomeness (you’ll see what I mean) she was all about it.

But here’s where it got tricky. The Web Association was concerned
about having the event too far south. They were afraid they might not
get enough people at the event.

But it seemed like the place to have the event was right at the
airport.

I really pushed for them to try it here. They said it was a huge risk
because if we didn’t get a good turnout we might not be able to do
another Akron / Canton event.

But I knew my Akron and Canton peeps would totally come through.

And sure enough, the event is filling up fast.

But I don’t want the attendance to just be “good.” I want The Web
Association to be blown away!

So, let’s show those Clevelander’s what we’ve got. Let’s fill this
puppy up!

If you are available:

May 27, 2010
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM

Please come to this most awesome event.

You are going to learn a lot about how social media is done right.
You are going to be able to check out the very sweet CAK airport.

And you will be able to show your Akron / Canton amazingness.

PLEASE COME TO THIS EVENT!

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER.

Cleveland SMC April 22, 2009 Event

This looks like it will be an interesting event happening in Cleveland. Watch this video to learn more about the Social Media Club here in Cleveland.

Here’s their writeup:
On Wednesday, April 22 join the Social Media Club (http://clevelandsmc.ning.com/) Cleveland for their monthly meeting (http://clevelandsmc.ning.com/events/soc ial-media-club-cleveland) at thunder::techs offices, located at 3635 Perkins Ave., Studio 5 in MidTown Cleveland. The event takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and features an opportunity to learn more about social media trends and declare your ideas on social media in a fun video. Hope to see you there!

As everyone on this blog is probably aware, Facebook apps are hot, hot, hot. MySpace (and everyone else) is sure to open things up soon as well. Who in Cleveland can we turn to for application creation at a fair price?

I’m extremely proud and excited to let you know that I’m now an expert columnist at Searchenginewatch.com.

This site has been the definitive search engine news resource site since the onset of this industry.

My focus in going to be on “Link Love.” This means I’m going to be discussing the ins and outs of viral marketing and what the link building world is all about these days.

It’s an extremely interesting area of expertise. Understanding this arena will help you generate untold numbers of new visitors to your web site with little or no cost.

So, check out my first article. I’ll be writing on this topic every other Thursday:
Prevention is the Best Medicine: Don’t Let Viral Campaigns Get Sick and Die

I can’t even believe it.. I’ve got a blog.It’s my first blog ever and though I’ve been entrenched in the world for years now I’d like to think that I might be able to give a little bit back to the place that I’ve got it from.

Thus is born: SMOmashup.com

As I’ve said, it’s my very first blog and instead of just being random drivel brought to you with some catchy punchline I’ve decided to focus my efforts on a specific part of our industry: Social Media Optimization. Though most all of us deal in some way or another with various forms of marketing on the internet, I’ve decided to go where I’m unnaturally called… the land of MySpace, YouTube, Digg and beyond to see where it is the rest of us can fall into place.

In the world of SEO, so many of us have taken something that’s fairly new to the world and perfected it to a science. The differential to this is the world of SMO, where things we only dream about happen on a daily basis.

At SMOmashup.com I intend to take all of us on a daily journey from the most simplistic (WTF is SMO?) to the most complex (What can Fortune 500 companies do effectively with MySpace?) and just about everything in between. As a newer part of Cleveland SEO I would ask for you to check back each day to see what we can all share from our adventures in the underworld as well as giving up some Link Love to help promote NEO as a place where people can find the cutting edge news in our quickly expanding realm.

Can anyone out there hook me up with an Orkut invitation? I’m at joelcheesman[at]gmail.com.