Coming up on October 30 in Lombard, Illinois . . . here’s a press release about an event that’s expected to draw over 500 people and 50 exhibitors. Need a business to business social networking or social media marketing strategies speaker? We released new about the expo via PRWeb.

Social Media Talks Buzz Up Lombard Chamber Business EXPO

Lombard, Illinois October 16, 2009 — Successful businesses know that one of the best places to network is a chamber of commerce business EXPO. …

[This post is one in a series from Ragan's Social Media Revolution Conference, which took place in Chicago on June 24-26.
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For two of the best examples of corporate communications and PR on twitter, follow @allanschoenberg and @cmegroup. Allan Schoenberg is director of corporate communications for CME Group, the largest exchange in the world in terms of market cap. To Social Media Club Chicago folks, Allan is a great guy who regularly attends our events …

This post is one in a series from Ragan’s Social Media Revolution Conference, which took place in Chicago on June 24-26.
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So, what’s with the Clydesdale video? Brian Solis, who keynoted Ragan’s recent social media conference, covered online PR strategies and tactics that work. Towards the end of his talk, Brian mentioned this project he created for his client. Watch the video for a behind-the-scenes look at how Anheuser-Busch’s commercial talent gets trained. Here’s a copy …

Martin Murray, senior corporate news representative for Public Service of New Hampshire started out by talking about how social media is changing news coverage. When a transformer caught on fire, and Martin got there every other person in the crowd had a phone and was updating their own personal networks. His job is to respond to the media, but the media wasn’t looking for the utility reps – they were covering it on their own.

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Wendy Clark, a member of GM’s social media team, talked about how they managed bankruptcy crisis coverage from May 31 to June 5, 2009 and took us behind the scenes to see how GM drives their social media vehicles.

[This post is one in a series from Ragan's Social Media Revolution Conference, which took place in Chicago on June 24-26.
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Before we dive into the notes, this is a big week for GM with the opening …

Looking for a workshop for your group? Here’s the collateral information I use in my Social Media Sampler Workshops. More information about Barbara Rozgonyi, social media, online marketing and PR keynote speaker – workshop leader.

Social Media Sampler for Chamber of Commerce: Putting a Face on You and Your Business

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Thanks to Mark Ragan of Ragan Communications, shown here, for hosting a tremendous unconference for communicators in Chicago last week.

Free and open, both in terms of dialogue and registration fees, the unconference gathered all kinds of communicators to talk about social media.

Marketing and PR types took over a bright room with a strong wi-fi signal while the internal folks met downstairs in a room without windows and iffy wi-fi [maybe it was just me].

Starting out in Marketing and …

Presentation notes by David Bullock on his Barack 2.0 project with Brent Leary.

In June 2008, they decided to start tracking Barack Obama on social media. They used Snag-it to capture to 1100 artifacts from the campaign. Then, they took the ideas and put them on the blog – all time and date stamped to give them an online record of publishing an event. He was nothing more than a citizen journalist.

Everyone can become a citizen journalist.

David Bullock’s …

Prelude: Soon I’ll be presenting a program to computer consultants about how to use the power of social networking to build your brand and strengthen client relationships. To illustrate how to add entertainment value to build your brand and strengthen client relationships, in this post we’ll compare social networking and marketing to the movie Monsters vs. Aliens. Put on your virtual 3D glasses. Ready? Let’s go!

Three Ways to Market: 2D, 3D or 3D IMAX

Monsters vs. Aliens came out …