All over the world people are celebrating Social Media Week this week – drawing more than 60,000 attendees across thousands of individually organized events, with half a million connecting to the conference online and through mobile devices.
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Next week is Social Media Week and our SVP of Strategic Agency Partnerships, Eric Forst, will be kicking it off on Visible’s behalf at a panel produced by the LA chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and sponsored by Visible. The panel, Facebook’s Impact on Entertainment PR and Marketing will include social media and entertainment industry all-stars and will focus on the impact of Facebook on entertainment industry PR and marketing. Topics include best practices, case studies, and strategies for social success in the industry, as well as tactics to avoid.
The best part of it all? It’s free! So if you’re in the LA area on Monday make sure to stop by the event and see Eric and other professionals from Facebook, major studios, talent agencies, and PR/marketing firms speak about how social media is changing the entertainment landscape.
This week celebrates Social Media Week, a global event platform for conversation, collaboration and learning to advance the understanding of social media’s role in society. I was checking out the event Website and its history – pretty impressive as it began in New York in 2009 and in two years has become a nine-city, biannual, global event. I couldn’t help but think back to its founding year and reflect on social’s growth since 2009, a year that was a true turning point in the evolution of social media and ways businesses engaged.
When I think back to 2004/2005, social media began with a few million blogs and the start of social staples like Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. Along the way it picked up Twitter and continued to grow at an alarming pace, further fueled by increases in Internet use and smart phone adoption. Brands could no longer ignore its impact on their business and many began to monitor and listen to online conversations. They began see the value in directly connecting with their customers through social media. By 2009, what was a few million blogs grew to 126 million, Twitter hit 27.3 million tweets per day, Facebook commanded a user base the size of a large country and social had become serious business – changing forever how businesses market, sell and service their customers.
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Celebrating the Good and the Great—It’s Social Media Week
Posted by Ellen Enrico on September 19, 2011Today kicks off Social Media Week and we’re excited to be part of this great event. Social Media Week (SMW) is a global platform that connects people, content, and conversation around emerging trends in social and mobile media. This 5-day long event is delivered primarily through a network of internationally hosted bi-annual conferences and online through social and mobile media. Social Media Week brings hundreds of thousands of people together every year through learning experiences that aim to advance our understanding of social media’s role in society.
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