Photos and takeaways from SXSW 2009
I was surprised today to learn that attendance at the venerable South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, is up by 20 percent over last year. In this economy? Yep. SXSW is one of the...
View ArticleSocial media: bringing sexy back
I just returned from a week of conferences. I started up at SearchFest in Portland, OR (put on by the dominators of search—SEMpdx) and ended in Austin, TX where I partook in both the PubCon and SXSW...
View ArticleMindBites: The how-to video marketplace
At South by Southwest Interactive a couple of weeks ago I heard about MindBites, a year-old instructional video marketplace based in Austin, Texas. I had the chance to sit down for a few minutes with...
View ArticleConnecting with your community through Twitter
Using Twitter to engage the community from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Should news organizations be wary of social media? Or embrace it? I’ve been arguing the latter for years, and now there are beginning to...
View ArticleEmbarrassing childhood stories from Diggnation’s host (and his mom)
Set fire to a house and you too could grow up to be a top podcast host After Alex Albrecht’s rocking performance at the live Diggnation show at South by Southwest, I asked his mom, Cathy Albrecht, if...
View ArticleHighlights and photos of SXSW 2010
From Guy Kawasaki’s Twitter addiction to Evan Williams’ keynote I‘ve learned long ago the challenge of covering South by Southwest Interactive, which hums along at its own idiosyncratic pace compared...
View ArticleBiz360: Tracking business intelligence
Social media smarts for business from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Monitoring, analytics and more for companies of all sizes “If you’re a brand, you simply cannot afford to sit on the sidelines any longer....
View Article2013 conferences: Social media, tech, mobile & marketing
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at TechCrunch Disrupt in September 2012 (photo by JD Lasica). Our SuperGuide to 2013 conferences and events It’s become a tradition here at Socialmedia.biz: For the past...
View Article2014 conferences: Social media, tech, mobile & marketing
Brian Wong, co-founder of Kiip, at the last Venture Summit (photo by JD Lasica). Our SuperGuide to 2014 conferences and events For the past several years, the team at Socialmedia.biz has assembled a...
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