SOBCon starts this Friday! It is sure to be an exciting time, with over 100 attendees and some fantastic presenters. Our most excellent sponsors are providing some really cool items for all of the folks that will be there, as well as some virtual goodies that they would also like to share with the entire [...]
April 30 - May 2, 2010 • Chicago, IL
Monthly Archives: April 2009
WILF Comes to SOBCon
Today we have a guest post from Robert Hruzek, a SOBCon alumnus that I had the pleasure of meeting last year. I am looking forward to spending more time talking to him this year!
Howdy fellow SOBCon folks!
Hey, if you’re scratchin’ your head and wonderin’ what the heck WILF means – and what it has to [...]
Sunday May 3: Show the Sponsors What YOU Know
“SHOW THE SPONSORS” CHALLENGE
Sunday, May 3rd 8:30am – NOON
Meet us at 39th Floor Ballroom at Hotel 71
8:00am Breakfast begins — delicious, healthful hot and cold food on buffet
Here’s where attendees get the chance to “meet the challenge” and show corporate sponsors how social media can connect their product with their [...]
Connecting with New People
Here are some simple to follow steps toward developing your people skills and enhancing your network:
1. Be nice, and everything else will fall into place.
Our friend and mentor Liz Strauss has a motto for SOBCon, “Be nice.” How hard is that? How many people do it? Being nice creates likability and trust. People do business [...]
What I Learned By Eating Pizza from the Wrong End First
Today we are featuring a guest-post from Robert Hruzek:
[Note from the Proprietor: The basis for this post comes from an – well, let’s call it an “incident”, shall we? – that happened last year at SOBCon08 in Chicago. Unlike your typical episode of Dragnet, however, names have NOT been changed to protect the innocent because [...]
