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- Liz Lemon loves it.
- Cleveland’s main export is crippling depression. (And every other “fact” that’s shared in this “hastily made tourism video” and this one.)
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- It’s very warm in September (when you’re not in a heavily air-conditioned conference center all day.)
- The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame is awesome.
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https://estherbarniol.com/tgb8xtq So, yeah, the time I spent in Cleveland didn’t taught me too much about this city. But, on the plus side, my time at Content Marketing World has helped me learn a few things about content marketing and conference-going in general.
https://www.galassisementi.com/ox9o9848xqo Here are my observations:
- https://www.starc.org/uncategorized/v8x71oampn Personal connections matter
go site I observed this through my own experiences and the point was hammered home in Mark Schaefer‘s presentation on making Twitter your content marketing’s best friend. (In case you missed it, Mark talked at length about how Twitter is best used as a method for being authentically helpful and building real relationships.)
enter I’m new to the world of conferences (this is only the third that I’ve ever attended), and naturally shy, so I’m still trying to figure out the best way of making connections.
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source link Because I’m new to this, I set the bar pretty low—I had two San Francisco-based content marketers I wanted to meet (Is it silly that we had to wait until we were across the country to meet in person? Maybe a little, but hey, it worked…) and a few presenters I wanted to speak to at least briefly.
https://serenitycareandcompassion.com/ldziqapjlun This helped take some of the scariness out of those empty blocks of networking times.
see https://genevaways.com/d9mjg0c … watch but social media can help you be more social
click here I had contact information for one San Francisco content marketer, but only a Twitter handle for the other. So when we made plans to meet up, Twitter helped me get in touch and make sure everyone knew where to be and when.
https://www.thevampiresource.com/rzhj85mrd5 It was also fun to see how everyone tweeted about our little meet up before and afterwards. So social media helped us connect, then meet in person, and then affirm that connection afterwards. I can also see us staying in touch via Twitter until the next content marketing event draws us to a new, exotic destination.
Buy Valium No Rx One of the speakers I was hoping to connect with was Ann Handley. I saw her present at the Copyblogger Authority Intensive back in May and started reading her latest book, Everybody Writes, so I was hoping to meet her briefly and get her autograph. (Yes, I’m a big nerd that way. Deal with it.)
get link Because I follow Ann on Twitter, I saw that she was handing out goodies at Content Marketing World, so I tweeted to let her know that I was hoping to get her autograph. She replied and we exchanged a few tweets, so when I actually met her in person, she kind of knew who I was! Social media helped me feel more comfortable being social in person.
see url If you’re shy like me, social media can be a great way of overcoming that initial hurdle and establishing some common ground with strangers so they don’t seem so… strange.
- https://retailpanama.com/b5e1m9cct8 Don’t rely on the internet (always have a back-up)
https://www.galassisementi.com/ox763eg2j Oh, boy, I’m going to do my best not to turn this into a rant. Let’s just say that the internet connection both at my hotel and in the conference center was… less than ideal.
https://jahuss.com/p47yw6me83r There were numerous occasions where I just couldn’t get my phone or my laptop to connect to the internet, which meant that I couldn’t access email, Twitter, or Google docs.
Order Cheap Xanax I’m still trying to figure out my optimal note-taking and simultaneous social-sharing strategy, but I find that it’s easier to be more thorough with everything when I’m on my computer. And while I love Google docs when the internet is flowing smoothly, they make me want to pull my hair out any time I get that “Reconnecting” box (you know, the one that’s the color of a wan banana). I also kept getting a “Twitter has failed” message on my phone, which was painfully accurate.
source url Thank goodness for my local version of Evernote on my desktop, which pretty much saved the day. Every. Single. Time.
https://retailpanama.com/u6ffeie1lvs What am I trying to say here? Always have a back-up.
- source url It’s a big, bad world out there, and I only understand a sliver of it
go site I’ve been working as a content marketer for a year and a half, so this is a field that is still relatively new to me.
source link Some of the sessions felt a little too large for me—either the speakers had bigger budgets, more buzzwords, or heftier teams to handle all the tasks and initiatives they discussed.
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source url Other presenters talked about their comprehensive, all-encompassing content and social strategies or the projects they’ve accomplished with tens of thousands of dollars (or more).
https://estherbarniol.com/axahx2p And others just baffled me with terminology and concepts I’d never heard of before.
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https://serenitycareandcompassion.com/x0r6nye I’m happy I had the opportunity to see so many talented presenters (and watch adorable kitten videos—thank you, Shafqat Islam for introducing me to BuzzFeed and Friskies’ Dear Kitten). And I feel both humbled and inspired by all the sessions I attended and people I spoke with.
Were you at Content Marketing World? What were some of the lessons that stood out to you?
Or, do you have any tips on how to make the most of your time at a conference? Drop me a line in the comments!