Nominations being accepted for SocialBizAwards

by Roohi Moolla on August 16, 2010

SocialBizWorld AwardKnow someone who’s doing something cool with Social Media?

Heard of someone whose leveraging Facebook to the max?

Let us know, we’re looking for nominations for our first SocialBiz Awards to take place at the SocialBizWorld Conference in Petaluma, CA (Sonoma Wine Country) October 22nd, 2010.

They’ll get entered to be a recipient of a SocialBizAward.

If they win, they’ll get a FREE full conference pass to SocialBizWorld in October, and so will you! (worth $295).

Think of those people and businesses that you’ve seen use social media tools in a very unique and innovative way. Nominate your favorite social media superstar!

Award winners will receive a free conference pass which includes access to GREAT keynote speakers the likes of Mike Volpe (HubSpot), Patrick Schwerdtfeger (Tactical Execution/Webify Your Business) as well as fantastic hands-on workshops and roundtables offered by social media mavens all over the country. Lots of networking opportunities, breakfasts, lunches, etc.

The awards ceremony will take place on Friday night October 22nd with appetizers, wine flowing from Parducci Cellars, a salsa dancing party, and a chance to network with some of the top experts in this new media industry.

Email us at info@SocialBizNow.com or complete the form below. Tell us who they are and why you feel they’re deserving of this award (person or business) and of course let us have their contact information!

Let the nominations begin…




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HubSpot VP Mike Volpe to keynote at SocialBizWorld

by Roohi Moolla on August 2, 2010

We are so excited to announce that Mike Volpe, VP of Inbound Marketing at HubSpot, will be keynoting at SocialBizWorld. HubSpot is an Internet marketing software company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts with over 3,000 clients and $33 million in venture capital.

Mike is a cutting-edge B2B inbound marketer and speaks at numerous conferences including Inbound Marketing Summit, SEM for SMB Conference, MITX, Worldcom PR Conference, AMA Albany, NEDMA Conference, Boston University PRSSA and Harvard Business School Marketing Conference. Mike leads HubSpot’s lead generation and branding strategy through inbound marketing, including blogging, search engine optimization, video marketing, and social media.

Every attendee of SocialBizWorld will also receive a copy of HubSpot’s recently published book “Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Blogs and Social Media”, written by HubSpot’s co-founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah.

Click here to read more about Mike…

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San Francisco-based VerticalResponse will be presenting 2 workshops at SocialBizWorld in October, a Beginner and an Advanced session on “The A, B, C’s of Email Marketing and Social Media”. Stay tuned for more details in the next day or so…

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