An Evening with Tim Hayden: In Pictures and Tweets
What a treat to spend the evening with Austin’s Tim Hayden of Blue Clover. You might know him by his former twitter handle @GamePlanHayden. He has a new job and a new twitter name: @TheTimHayden. If you aren’t following him on twitter – please do so NOW.
I liked Tim from the first time I met him. He doesn’t come in preaching the gospel of social media. He questions. He provokes. He teases. He ridicules what he sees as mass media hype. Yep, I like him a lot.
So, here’s how the evening went:
Jeff Canton from Meals On The Move
Meals On the Move was our food sponsor of the evening. They deliver from a bunch of different restaurants in the Dallas area. From single orders to large catering events, they can bring what you want right to your door. I love that!
For our soiree, they catered from Dodie’s in Addison: Jambalaya, Salad and Bread Pudding. Their team was super nice and they handed out $10 off coupons to our members. SCORE!
They are welcome back anytime…
“@momdelivers! thanks for dinner at #smcdallas. I’m going to have to visit Dodie’s soon! Great food!”, tweeted @KatFarmer.
Yummy New Flavors from Paciugo
Paciugo Gelato co-owner, Cristiana Ginatta
It was a huge BONUS to also have Dallas-based Paciugo also on board, serving us a sneak peak of their 4 new Summer flavors:
- Chocolate Chipotle Butter Pecan
- Roasted Banana Cashew-Heath Crunch
- Durian
- Organic Maple Caramelized Bacon.
@FrankLogic tweeted, “With bacon ice cream does it mean we can eat ice cream for breakfast finally?”
@Orangecast commented, “Food at #smcdallas excellent. How can u not love #paciugo
The Crew from Magic Logix
After the Cajun fest was over and people were trying to undo the top button on their pants without anyone else noticing… Our first speaker was up:
“Hassan Bawab of MagicLogix talking about page rank and SEO… (they) are able to help w/ caching & compression, DNS, JavaScript etc.”, tweeted @FriscoStyleMatt.
After Magic Logix’s presentation, Precise Agency added their two cents to the conversation.
“According to @PreciseAgency Facebook is averaging 15k new users per day”, tweeted @Elysa
They also dropped a cool statistic that there are “15000 new users a day on foursquare”, said @StratfordX.
Finally, our featured speaker was ready to take the floor.
SMC Attendees with Tim Hayden
@FriscoStyleMatt tweeted, “Going to throw gadgets/tech under bus and talk trends, behavior, says @TheTimHayden http://twitpic.com/1pinyr”
@OhSoCynthia tweeted, Tim just threw out a Gary Vanynerchuk quote, “Content is King, but Mktg is Queen. And the Queen rules the house.” Y-E-S.
“What makes people excited about living and sharing? It’s content above all else.” tweeted @AGardina.
“Three points of engagement – live, mobile, online. All two way communications.” tweeted @LevelTen_Colin.
Mike Merrill gives SMC swag to Tim
“90% of word of mouth takes place offline – and mobile is going to make that even higher. Get out of the cube.” tweeted @AGardina.
Did you know that “Only 40% of Americans have smart phones?” tweeted @FrankLogic. I found this an interesting statistic.
I really liked this Tim tidbit that @AGardina tweeted, “Look at humans and know what they want. Use the technology to match that – don’t let the technology dictate what you do.” This is why Tim is so fantastic at what he does. he GETS it.
Tim gave us some social media predictions:
- The Hispanic market is moving into the mobile market faster than any other demographic. Target them there.
- Twitter is going to slow up or “fizzle”. People don’t have time to sit and look at TweetDeck all day (AMEN!) It needs to integrate into a more usable platform or the masses will not adopt it.
- The real opportunity for the iPad is not with the consumer base, but in the B2B market. Think medical, restaurants and retail. What can you develop for that?
Interesting observation from @CatherineKaram, “The majority of people (here) are with an agency – maybe shows how many brands are scared to try social media on their own?”
And @YoBlake summed it up by commenting, “I think they are going to rename @TheTimHayden the “Chuck Norris of Social Media” after his #smcdallas event tonight. Great job!”
I concur.
A huge thanks to our wonderful sponsors for making tonight such a fantastic experience:
We couldn’t do this without you!
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