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Nokia x SMW13: See Them In Action
Being their third year powering SMW, our friends at Nokia have really come to SMW13 with some amazing ideas around engaging our audience. Never one to want to just be on the stage, Nokia has plenty for everyone to enjoy this February. Not only are they powering our mobile app, SMW Live and SMW RealTime…
Go Deep: Deep Focus’ Predictions for 2013
We’ve talked about the major growth of 2012 for the fields of social and digital media across all industries- and this leads us to be excited about the potential of 2013. We’re not the only ones. Ian Schafer of Deep Focus has been a long-standing member of our Advisory Board- and he knows social and…
Be a Better Photographer- Tips for #PicYourCity
With the launch of #PicYourCity and the opportunity to compete for a trip to the SMW city of your choice this February, we thought we could all use a nice review (or crash course) on how to better use your smartphone camera. With the increasing applications and better cameras on our mobile devices, the images…
This is a guest post by Mark Simpson. According to HubSpot, 93% of adults on the Internet are on Facebook, yet only 1% of a brand’s Facebook fans will ever make their way to the company’s main website. Many blame their low conversion rates on Facebook: “Facebook ads don’t work.” “I have a ton of…
Entering the final stretch to SMW12, we’ve helped you meet Nokia LA’s Robyn Yoslow, Nokia London’s Mark Hindle and Edoardo Cassina, and Nokia Jeddah’s Abdullah Alghadouni and Adel Sartawi. We’re now featuring Pino Bonetti. Pino has a regular contributor in the relationship between Nokia and Social Media Week. We think you’ll love getting to know him as much as…
The Power of Mobile: SMW12 Events Focused On Your Phone
Mobile and social media are nearly synonymous these days. Social media is powerful and interesting because mobile lets people engage in real-time. So, we asked the man behind our mobile site to tell us which events he’d recommend this SMW12. Todd Shingler of Mobile Perspectives came back with these. Registration is first-come, first-served. Make sure you register today- and given the…
If you’re accessing Social Media Week from your phone, then you’re probably already familiar with our mobile website. But here’s a little background that you may not be familiar with. Originally launched ahead of the February 2012 event, SMW’s mobile website has delivered nearly half a million pages of information to visitors from 151 countries…
This is a guest post from OpenSite. Where were you when news of the tsunami hit Japan in 2011? How about when Michael Jackson died? Probably online, according to many experts who claim that social media has become the main media source for hundreds of millions of people. Not just in the U.S., either; Facebook…
If you love data and tech trends around the world, then you’ll quickly become a fan of Jalak Jobanputra. This past February, Jalak presented the digital and mobile trends to watch around the globe- all from the eyes of an investor. Watch her travel the globe below, and catch our recap of the major trends…
You may (or may not) have noticed that we’ve been changing things up at Social Media Week- building out new products, enhancing old ones. From the one-click registration system to our new mobile apps and down to our new mobile website, we want to improve the overall experience of SMW. And that means making SMW…