Meet Your Monsters: Solving Traditional Broadcast Webmares “The digital world is not all that scary – despite the monsters under your mainframe! This panel will focus on successful case studies in how the medium is being used effectively. The players will present new models for the future.” [Bridging Media – Session] Panelists: Boris Mann: Raincity […]

Monetize, Monetize, Monetize! “Where’s the money? How do we get it? Changing the mentality of the traditional business model is the name of the game. Case study examples and conversation around how building an online presence and community strengthens producers’ abilities to monetize multi-media platforms and projects.” [Bridging Media – Session] Panelists: Jordan Behan: Tell […]

Buzz Builders: Using Multi-platforms To Build A Buzz and An Audience Around Your Project “From film to television to the internet, defining your audience is an integral portion in the conceptualizing stage of a project. Are you using the accessible channels of communication to speak to your audience, draw a crowd and create buzz around […]

John and I were whisked off to the Bridging Media conference this morning thanks to PR queen (and fellow West End resident) Colleen Coplick. Upon our arrival at the Hanger (which really is a hanger… big huge loading doors, lack of sufficient power sources and heat) I ran into Kris, Darren, and of course organizer […]

Contributed by John Biehler Once again, SXSW Interactive dropped a huge pile of swag on all attendees. The first year I attended, I ended up having to get an additional bag for all the goodies on the way home. Where possible, I brought extra swag for coworkers that didn’t make it to the conference and […]

Contributed by Colleen of Shot Heard Round the Web By now, if you pay attention to the tech news at all, you’ll have heard about the absolute train wreck the Mark Zuckerberg keynote was at South by Southwest. I’m not chiming in with anything particularly new I don’t think, but I did want to offer […]

This April I’ve been invited to be a panelist at the Massive Technology Show. The panels have been announced, and the speaker bio pages are now up on the show’s website. Photo Credit: Jeffery Simpson on Flickr – From the Miss604 Group Pool I’ve discovered that my panel, New Media: Collaboration in Business, will be […]

Contributed by Colleen of Shot Heard Round the Web Austin is fabulous. I officially love this city. Photo Credit: Chris Heuer on Flickr This is my first SxSW experience and it’s nothing at all like i expected. I stopped going to the panels after my first two (tho I did make an exception for Blame […]

Contributed by Colleen of Haute Culture I completely started a trend at SouthBy this year. I didn’t mean to, it just happened! We were headed to the Red Eyed Fly for the Fray Cafe Sunday evening. Walked past this fabulous tattoo parlor and decided just to go check it out. Called True Blue Tattoo, it […]

Everyone is talking about it, from musicians to geeks and social media fanboys and girls, it’s the uber popular SXSW (South by Southwest) festival and it’s happening next week. The SXSW MUSIC AND MEDIA CONFERENCE showcases hundreds of musical acts from around the globe on over fifty stages in downtown Austin. By day, conference registrants […]