Marketing Bloggers Converge in NYC

April 10, 2008

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Last weekend, dozens of the most creative and influential marketing bloggers from around the world gathered at Blogger Social ‘08 in New York City. They came from near and far, including Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and all over the U.S.

While most are finding it hard to describe the weekend in words, I think Gavin Heaton may have summed up the experience best when he said the time together helped solidify the transition from community to friends.

I have too many great memories from the weekend to share in one post, so I’ll highlight just one conversation that stands out. Friday night, at the 14th floor lounge in the Library Hotel (quite possibly the best hotel in all of NYC), Luc Debaisieux, Matt Dickman and I discussed how big agencies are extremely slow to integrate emerging media and social networks with their tactical menus while the nimble smaller firms have quickly embraced everything. Luc tossed out a Jurassic Park metaphor that was spot on - the big agencies are the T-Rex dinosaurs slowly pounding along and the small firms are the Velociraptors zooming by. Coincidentally, the Jurassic metaphor also applies to the merger and acquisition activity.

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6 Responses to “Marketing Bloggers Converge in NYC”

  1. John Wall on April 10th, 2008 12:24 pm

    Hey is Luc doing his best Hiro?

  2. Mario Vellandi on April 10th, 2008 12:43 pm

    Awesome pics, and a great time Todd; wish there had been more of it.

  3. Daniel on April 11th, 2008 12:35 pm

    Wish I were there, Todd!

  4. Gavin Heaton on April 11th, 2008 3:50 pm

    I love that photo of Luc! It was great to be able to hang out with you for a bit! And let me just say, everyone loves that old newspaper!

  5. toddand on April 12th, 2008 1:46 pm

    Me too, Gavin. Next time you’re in Chicago, you have a place to stay. Mario and John - thanks for stopping by. Wish we had more time to chat in NYC. Next time.

  6. Luc Debaisieux on April 21st, 2008 8:13 am

    Hi Todd,
    It was a great pleasure meeting you in NYC. My wife and I had a lot of fun reading the newspaper archive you gave us, thanks again.
    To John Wall : You nailed it John… I had precisely Hiro Nakamura in mind there, linking to a post I once wrote about time and space. ; )

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