SMWLA
Mark your calendars—Social Media Week is returning to Los Angeles September 23-27, 2013. Led by Drew Baldwin and Joshua Cohen of Tubefilter and the Streamy Awards, SMWLA 2013 will feature another week of free, engaging events featuring keynotes from leaders in social media and communications technology, roundtable discussions, workshops, classes, demos, and more. For those…
The morning session on Day 4 of Social Media Week LA started with a show of hands of how many people watch television with a connected device. Most of the hands in the room went up. Not as many for how many watch with two, but the big message today is that real time conversations…
SMWLA Cross-City Food Truck Challenge Winners
The Social Media Week Cross-City Challenge is at its end and the results have been, well, surprising! Chicago took the ultimate lead with Vancouver following at a close second. London came in third and Los Angeles came in fourth (boo!). For the final points tally for each entrant, you can check out the leaderboard but…
Social Media Week Day 3 went live with K-Swiss and “f*cking Kenny Powers” and later “f*cking Matt Damon” — the video not the person. The team from Jimmy Kimmel Live talked about transitioning from mediocre marketing to creating a 2nd stream experience that bumped up the show ratings and built Jimmy Kimmel’s Brand. Pop-up Pantry…
Startups, Smart Girls and Sports were the three big topics streaming during Day 2 of Social Media Week LA. The words authentic, organic and VC were also in heavy rotation, especially if you’re in business to build relationships, not just with your audience, but with big brand partners as well. Forget the vanity metrics and…
Social Media Media Week LA went live at io/LAand the historic Egyptian Theatre September 24 – 28, 2012. We’re excited about what this conference means for the growth of communication, interaction with each other and the organizations that we care about. Troy Carter — Lady Gaga’s manager — packed the house. Mobile Roadie, ParkMe and…
Madame Tussauds Hollywood, the legendary wax museum, announced this week the official kick off of its “Social Media Figure Contest” during Social Media Week Los Angeles, a worldwide event exploring the social, cultural and economic impact of social media. For the first time ever, consumers will have the opportunity to select who they would like to…
Called “the most remarkable talk-show host ever on TV” by TV Guide, Larry King is behind the mic again – this time online – as host of Larry King Now for Hulu and Ora.tv. The cable news pioneer sets up shop at the historic Egyptian Theatre during Social Media Week. He sits down with actor, comedian, rapper, and…
How Social Media Integration Is Moving Beyond Calling Shotgun
by Rohit Bhargava There is a game my brother and I used to play when we were kids and my guess is that you played it too. It had its own set of rules that we all knew, and they were irrefutable. Get within visible distance of your car, and then the first person among…
by Kerianne Mellott The panels and events held in Los Angeles for Social Media Week all get four stars and two huge Facebook thumbs-up “likes” from me. I’m particularly excited about the following events that pull the folks from behind the glamorous curtain of Hollywood and into their own spotlight to shed some light on how…