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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Curtis Rogers<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Announcing the first Southern Social Networking Summit (#ssns)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
November 23, 2009<br>
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Contact: <br>
Wanda Jewell, Executive Director<br>
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance<br>
3806 Yale Avenue<br>
Columbia, SC 29205<br>
803.779.0118<br>
<a href="mailto:wanda@sibaweb.com">wanda@sibaweb.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>Announcing the first Southern Social Networking Summit
(#ssns)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'>(Columbia, SC)—The Southern
Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) is<b> </b>calling “…All Activists,
Artists, Booksellers, Bloggers, Chefs, Crafters, Dancers, Designers, Educators,
Festival Organizers, Government Workers, Human Resources, Internet Engineers,
Jugglers, Librarians, Marketers, Non-Profit Executives, Publishers, Retailers,
Singers, Social Networkers, Twitterholics, Videographers, Writers, Wine Guys,
& Zookeepers” to the first ever<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center'><strong>Southern
Social Networking Summit (#ssns)<o:p></o:p></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'>Conquering the world one
hashtag at a time!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'>#SSNS is a meeting on the
application of on-line social networking to the arts, humanities & business
being held January 6 and 7, 2010 in Greenville, South Carolina at the Hyatt
Regency. Detailed information about the program and schedule can be found at <a
href="http://www.sibaweb.com/ssns">http://www.sibaweb.com/ssns</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'>The Summit is a collaborative
effort between SIBA and other arts organizations, nonprofits, bookstores and
marketing entities with the stated goal of using social media more
cooperatively and effectively to increase audiences and constituencies, and
better respond to the changing environment and trends in the communities they
serve. Among the questions being asked and addressed: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'>How does an organization make
time for social media networking, and which are the best fit for the
organization’s mission? What marketing partnerships are available and how does
an organization incorporate them into social media marketing? What new trends
are on the horizon, and how do you take advantage of new trends when you have
small staffs (and smaller budgets)? How do we move the conversation from
insiders to outsiders?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'>The Summit program includes
both presentations and extensive “brainstorming” sessions, and features several
high-profile speakers who have gained reputations for their effective use of
social media: <b>Gary Vaynerchuck</b>, aka “The Wine Guy,” who leveraged social
media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to promote Wine Library TV, his video
blog about wine, into a viewership of over 80,000 per day. <b>David Allen</b>,
a leading authority on personal and organizational productivity and author of <i>Getting
Things Done</i>, which <i>Time Magazine</i> labeled as "the defining
self-help business book of the decade." <b>Dan Zarrella</b>, an expert on
viral marketing and regular contributor to <i>Wired</i>, <i>The Wall Street
Journal</i>, Mashable and TechCrunch, and author of <i>The Social Media
Marketing Book</i>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'>Registration for the Southern
Social Media Summit is free for attendees who stay at the Hyatt Regency in
Greenville, and $135 for commuters. But space is limited to the first 150
registrants. The event is co-sponsored by:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'>Fiction Addiction (Greenville,
SC)<br>
HarperStudio (New York, NY)<br>
Hyatt Regency (Greenville, SC)<br>
The Open Book (Greenville, SC)<br>
The South Carolina Book Festival (Columbia, SC)<br>
The Social Media Club of Greenville (Greenville, SC)<br>
The South Carolina State Library (Columbia, SC)<br>
Table 301 Restaurant Group (Greenville, SC)<o:p></o:p></p>
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