We’d like to invite you to bring a friend to the July 29th 2010 SMCUV Event “Social Medial as a Lead Generation Tool”

This is vince. He's awesome.

About Vince

Vince Blackham is as social media and search marketing addict that has been active in online marketing since 2002. He started his own marketing agency Primary Affect in 2007 and has enjoyed succes in developing viral media campaigns and driving traffic  for clients. He is currently the social media guru for SEO.com.

Vince will be presenting on ways to use social media as a lead generation tool. Your not going to want to miss this event.

The Details:

• Where: Noah’s in Lindon
• When: Thursday July 29th 2010
• Time: 6:30PM – 7:00PM Networking and Food Sponsored by Doba
• 7:00PM – 8:30PM Presentation + Q&A time

We’d like to thank everyone who came out to support the April SMCUV meeting. We had a wonderful time and were so lucky to hear from such an amazing and knowledgeable presenter, Josh “Shua” Peters. This month’s meeting was held at Thanksgiving Point in the Garden Room, and we couldn’t have asked for anything better. It was beautiful and the staff made us feel welcome. We are grateful for LotusJump for sponsoring our event, which meant we were able to enjoy a delicious buffet catered by Thanksgiving Point!

Just to give you a small recap, in case you weren’t able to attend (you missed out!):

We started the meeting with introductions and were able to get to know more of our fellow Utah Valley social media lovers.

Next, we heard from LotusJump who spoke briefly on utilizing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) software that allows users to perform their own SEO. This LotusJump program compiles tasks that are categorized (buzz tasks, question and answer, content generations tasks, etc.) and teaches the user how to get the most out of their own SEO management. Small businesses and individuals can use these programs to market their products and generate traffic to their websites.

Finally, we heard from our key note speaker, Josh “Shua” Peters. Josh gave an exciting presentation on G.L.A.M, which stands for:

Goals

Listening

Actions

Measurement

We spent time on each piece to emphasize its specific importance in social media as it applies to our businesses. Our goals need to be somewhat flexible, but be in line with our mission as a business. It is important to listen not only to our customers, but what everyone on the web is saying about our company. If we listen, we will be better able to respond appropriately. Our actions are determined by setting our goals and our content is created by what we have heard after we listen. Finally, we need to measure our progress and our ROI. What did we gain, what did we profit, and what do we need to change?

Josh is also the co-author of Twittfaced, which can help further your knowledge of how to really utilize social media for your company.

Ultimately, our meeting was very successful and we were grateful to all of you for your attendance and support. We hope to see you next month!

It’s time for our April meeting.

We are excited to have Josh Peters come and Speak on social media GLAM (Goals Listening Actions Measurement). He will be discussing how they intertwine and why each factor is important for your organization. Please come and join us!

Josh Peters will present on GLAM

Josh is a social media & internet marketing consultant and author from Salt Lake City, He co-authored the book Twittfaced and has worked with Fortune 500, non-profits, single owner businesses and everything in between. Josh occasionally guest post on sites like Mashable, Utah Pulse, Utah CEO, etc. We’re honored to have him speak with us.

Here are the Deets.

• Date: Thursday, April 1st (no joke)
• Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Networking, Dinner, and Announcements,
• 7:30 p.m. –  8:30 p.m Presentation & Workshop
• Place: Thanksgiving Point, Garden Room

Menu*

*Food will be sponsored by Thanksgiving Point and Lotus Jump

Ignite Salt Lake

We’re rounding the bend to the end of the month, which probably means everyone is wondering what in blazes we have planned for March.

March’s scheduled SMCUV event actually overlaps with one of the coolest events of the year… Ignite Salt Lake. We decided that rather than competing with such a cool once-a-year event, we’d join forces and lend them our support.

Ignite consists of an awesome lineup of speakers who tackle a variety of subjects. Each speaker is given 5 minutes and 20 slides that auto-forward every 15 seconds.  You can learn everything from “how to survive a zombie apocalypse” to “how to see through walls.”

Basically it will be a night of fun, education and random presentations to make you think and laugh.

Ignite Salt Lake goes from 6:00 – 10:00 pm at the following address:

The Stateroom
(21+ only)
638 South State Street
Salt Lake City, UT

See you there! (If you’re over 21.)

Mark your calenders for Feburary 4th, you’re not going to want to miss out on this one!

Photo courtesy of Simon Smith

Come and learn  to Get Your Message Out: How to Market Yourself Online. Our focus this month is on branding yourself, and what better way to start than with tips and tricks for effective online marketing.

We’ll have a special panel discussion with Seth Jenks, presenting: “Google is the new resume” and Enoch Chapman, presenting: “Communicating Effective Marketing Messages.”

Seth Jenks:

Seth is the worker of all things Search and Social at APX Alarm. After getting his start in social media as the online marketing director at Advent Creative in Cache Valley, Utah, he helped develop (along with @marshallt) the social media and SEO strategy for the Ogden Standard Examiner, to cope with the shifting industry.

Seth has had the pleasure of working with and consulting for business all over the nation on the topics of SEO and social media. Seth was also a guest speaker at the University of Colorado with the infamous Gwen Bell of Kirtsy fame and was recently named this years president of SMCUV.

Enoch Chapman:

Professional Technical Adviser with over 20 years experience working in marketing, systems integrations, training and education as well as various development languages. Enoch has worked with many prestigious clients including: ModusLink, Propay, IBahn, Team Everest, Agel, Novell and many others. With each company Enoch has increased revenues and productivity by thorough analysis of practices, processes and technology.

Enoch is one of the most sought after Consultants in the Utah Valley Consultancy Market.

This month, we’re also pleased to have refreshments provided by Dream Dinners of Orem, beginning at 6:30 pm. Our panel will begin at 7:00 pm, with networking from 8:30 pm to 9:00 pm. We’ll be meeting at Utah Valley University in room 213B in the Student Center.

Feel free to comment with any questions or concerns. We hope to see you there!

It’s NOT too late to attend the world’s first-ever awards event recognizing excellence in social media! Tickets are on sale until Friday, October 30!

Why attend? How about networking opportunities with like-minded people, a keynote by David Bradford, the CEO of Fusion-io, and meeting the best social media users in the state? Plus a great dinner, great company and an overall great time!

When making your purchase, please be aware that we will NOT be sending out printed tickets. Just come to the registration table and tell us your name – you’ll be on the list.

Get your tickets now, before you hear about the USMAs on everyone else’s blog, Twitter, Facebook….

Thursday, September 3 is the next SMCUV event.

We are excited to have George Wright of the “Will It Blend” viral phenomenom as our presenter this month.

George has a proven track record of delivering strategic thinking, brand awareness and marketing strategy to drive strategic, sustainable, corporate growth.  These new strategies and tactics can be adapted and implemented by other companies without a large financial investment.

During his career, George has produced several award-winning campaigns and is the recipient of multiple awards, including a Clio, the .net Award , Silver Anvil, Golden Spike Award, YouTube Awards short list, and 2007 Best of Broadband and two Gold Communicator awards.

In addition to being a thought leader on the social media and viral marketing, George has demonstrated that YouTube and other social media sites can be harnessed to achieve corporate purposes.

Described by Entrepreneur.com as one of the 13 best marketing ideas of “all time”, George Wright’s Will it Blend? viral marketing campaign has changed the face and the future of online marketing.  Seen by more than 200 million people on the Internet and reported on by traditional media outlets like the Today Show, the Tonight Show, the History Channel, The Big Idea, etc.  Will it Blend? continues to deliver unprecedented corporate awareness through social media channels.  This new form of marketing has delivered a 700 percent increase in sales for Blendtec, a small Utah based blender manufacturer, with an initial investment of $50.

Thursday, September 3rd at 7:00, we will be meeting at The Noni building in Provo

Map and address: http://bit.ly/BZsgl

For our August meeting Cary Snowden is going to present on comprehensive social media marketing, featuring a basic social media marketing plan outline. Let’s get tactical about this and lay out the basic steps to starting your own social marketing initiative.

7:00 PM August 6, 2009 Novell Campus, Blding A

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Come Join us August 6, 2009 for the next SMCUV meeting.

Cary Snowden of Square Compass will be the speaker for our August Meeting. Snowden will share  his expertise on social Media, including a “how to” section for best results. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Social Media in the state of Utah.

You can learn more about Cary Snowden here, or read up on his current projects ListPipe and Considered Sales.

The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM and will be held in Building A on the Novell Campus.

We will have more details soon. See you all there!