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Keep SXSWi Weird
by Jake McKee on 20 Mar, 2010 - 7 comments
Paraphrasing Bono: There’s been a lot of talk, maybe too much talk about this year’s SXSWi. This next song is Douchey South by Douchey. This year’s SXSW Interactive had 12,000 people attend. It was bigger than SXSW Music for the first time. It had 4,000 people more than the year before. Largely I heard two […]
SXSW Survival Guide 2010
by Jake McKee on 10 Mar, 2010 - 3 comments
It’s that time of year again! This is a rehash of last year’s version, but that’s OK. It’s the same advice I’d give this year too! So with that, here’s some SXSW tips I’ve found over the years… 1. It’s casual, baby. Austin is one of the most laid back cities on Earth, and with […]
GasPedal Interviews Jake
by Jake McKee on 30 Nov, 2009 - Comments Off on GasPedal Interviews Jake
In advance of my upcoming speaking gig at the Super Genius conference, GasPedal interviewed me about what I’m going to be talking about. The interview is embedded below!
Visit us at the Social CRM Virtual Summit
by Jake McKee on 06 Nov, 2009 - Comments Off on Visit us at the Social CRM Virtual Summit
Ant’s Eye View is sponsoring a pretty cool event next week. It’s all virtual and it should be all awesome. From the official AEV blog post, here’s the details: This year there have been a lot of online discussions on Social CRM – what is it? can it work? who is doing it? Now is […]
Apparently I’m a Supergenius
by Jake McKee on 04 Nov, 2009 - Comments Off on Apparently I’m a Supergenius
If you’re a fan of awesome conferences and events, never pass up a chance to go to one put on by Andy Sernovitz. He’s a master of the fun time. Andy invited me to speak about my LEGO experience at Word of Mouth Supergenius in December, and it’s sure to be one hell of a […]
AEV @ SXSW
by Jake McKee on 31 Aug, 2009 - 5 comments
The Ant’s Eye View team has four sessions in the SXSW 2010 Panel Picker this year. We need your help! Can you vote us up? It’s Never What They Say, It’s What They Mean When someone yells online, it’s easy to get caught up in the negativity, seeing visions of doom and gloom. But more […]
Come see me speak: Making money is easy, just ask your customers
by Jake McKee on 12 Mar, 2009 - Comments Off on Come see me speak: Making money is easy, just ask your customers
If you’re in Dallas, or you don’t mind coming to town, I’ll be speaking to the DFW BMA on Monday, March 23. Are you coming? Making money is easy, just ask your customers. Making money is easy. Your customers and clients are telling you every day how to do it, but too many companies are […]
SXSW Survival: 2009 Edition
by Jake McKee on 02 Mar, 2009 - 6 comments
In advance of SXSW last year, I put together some survival tips for the SXSW event and I wanted to dust them off and polish them up for 2009. If it’s your first time at SXSW Interactive (or if you were too blitz to remember much last year), you might be be wondering how you […]
SXSW Accelerator Finalists Announced
by Jake McKee on 16 Feb, 2009 - Comments Off on SXSW Accelerator Finalists Announced
The SXSW Accelerator finalists have been announced, and I’m personally looking very forward to the event. There’s a great line-up of startups that you’re going to want to see. Here’s the list of finalists. And here’s some more info about the program: The newest addition to the mix of activities in Austin is Microsoft BizSpark […]
Twestival cometh!
by Jake McKee on 09 Feb, 2009 - Comments Off on Twestival cometh!
In a matter of a couple of weeks, a grand experiment has been conceived and prepared. Are you going to pitch in? On Feb. 12, users of the micro-blogging service Twitter will gather in over one hundred cities around the world to share the love and raise money for charity:water, a not-for-profit bringing clean, safe […]