Measuring Influence


Joe Fernandez
Klout

Community, Outreach


Greg Hounslow
WestJet Airlines

Social Networking: Google+ & Facebook


Steve Rubel
Edelman

Dave Kerpen
Likeable Media

Gaining Wisdom, Insight and Intelligence from Social Media Monitoring


Patrick Gladney
Social Media Group

Scott Lake
Swix

Mathew Ingram

GigaOm & mesh co-founder
Moderator

 
Panel: Monitoring has become an integral part of the social media landscape. The challenge facing many companies is figuring out what the data means and what to do with it so they can make smart strategic and tactical decisions. This panel looks at pulling intelligence and insight from social media after it has been monitored and filtered.
 

The Value and Role of Content Marketing


Marcus Wilson
IdeaPaint

Marcus Sheridan
The Sales Lion

Mark Evans
ME Consulting & mesh co-founder
Moderator

 
Panel: It seems like the old adage that ”Content is King” is alive and well as more companies recognize that providing existing and potential customers with a steady flow of content (blog posts, videos, whitepapers, case studies, podcasts, photos) is a great way to drive engagement, loyalty and stickiness.
 

Life in a Post-Desktop World


Benjie Levy
Score Media

Nina Sohi
Blu Trumpet

Andrew Osis
Poynt

Stuart MacDonald
FreshBooks & mesh co-founder
Moderator

 
Panel: In a world in which the PC is surely but slowly fading into the background, what does the emergence of mobile computing meant to marketers when it comes to reaching consumers and driving sales?
 

Social Media in the Trenches


Gail Gabrielle Ordogh
Real Sports

Sheldon Levine
Sysomos

Dorothy Steel
Invest Ontario

Michael O’Connor
Clarke

Media Profile
Moderator

 
Panel: For all the talk about best practices and tools, the best advice about using social media comes from companies and people on the front lines who can provide real-world insight into how to leverage social media to drive awareness, customer service and sales.
 

Data Here, There and Everywhere.


Rod Smith
IBM

Joe Fernandez
Klout

Stuart MacDonald
FreshBooks & mesh co-founder
Moderator

 
Panel: Analyzing and Leveraging Big Data How can you measure, analyze and leverage the growing mountain of data to make smarter strategic and tactical decisions? How do you determine the most relevant metrics, and what are the best approaches and tools to use?
 

Luxury Brands and Digital Marketing


Felicia Yukich
Four Seasons
Hotels & Resorts

Joanna Track
Dealuxe

Jason Lonsdale
TAXI

Mark Evans
ME Consulting &
mesh co-founder
Moderator

 
Panel: A growing number of luxury brands are using digital marketing and social media to reach and engage with consumers. How are their approaches, efforts and campaigns different than non-luxury brands? Is the use of digital marketing hurting or helping luxury brands?
 

Search Beyond the Little Square Box


Kunal Das
Microsoft

Krista LaRiviere
gShift

Stuart MacDonald
FreshBooks & mesh co-founder
Moderator

 
Panel: With the growth of social media and the real-time Web, how is searching changing and where is it going? What’s the impact on search engine optimization and search engine marketing?

Seven Unique Content Strategies to Brand Your Company
and Make You the Voice of Your Industry


Marcus Sheridan
The Sales Lion

 
Workshop: Let’s face it, most business blogs are boring. And frankly, they’re just not telling shoppers and consumers what they really want to hear. In this session, Marcus Sheridan will not only show seven powerful ways by which businesses will gain huge SEO and branding visits through content, but he’ll also take the audience to the ‘next level’ of understanding how consumers think, feel, and the things they truly want to be reading about.
 

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