From the desk (and BlackBerry) of Keith Parnell

Earlier this week we launched the new Digital Media Seminar portal. The concept has been in the works for a while and through lots of hard work we are finally live.

What is Digital Media Seminar?

Digital Media Seminar is a series of seminars, training, conventions, meetings, and general gatherings about the digital media world. See more about what Digital Media Seminar is here.

See a list of all digital media upcoming events that may interest you here. Included in the events list are our Coffee with the CEO sessions.

See videos, slidedecks, agendas, etc. from 2009 digital media events here.

See videos, slidedecks, agendas, etc. from past 2010 digital media events here.

For a sample list of topics that we’ve discussed in past Digital Media Seminar events, click here. I think you’ll like these.

And of course, if you would like to request a new digital media event or would like to host an event, let me know here.

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From the Google Buzz website -

Go beyond status messages. Share updates, photos, videos, and more. Start conversations about the things you find interesting.

No setup needed
Automatically follow the people you email and chat with the most in Gmail.

Share publicly or privately
Publish your ideas to the world or just to your closest friends.

Inbox integration
Comments get sent right to your inbox so it’s easy to keep the conversation going.

Photo friendly
See thumbnails with each post, and browse full-screen photos from popular sites.

Connect sites you already use
Import your stuff from Twitter, Picasa, Flickr, and Google Reader.

See updates in real time
New posts and comments pop in as they happen. No refresh required.

Just the good stuff
Buzz recommends interesting posts and weeds out ones you’re likely to skip.

Buzz from your phone
See buzz around you and tag posts with your location. Point your phone’s browser to: buzz.google.com.

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Below is the slidedeck from my presentation to the Williamsburg Internet Marketing group yesterday. We had a great couple of hours discussing blogging for business on many different levels.

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Be sure to register for these cool social media events at coffeewiththeceo.eventbrite.com so we can allow our hosts to plan for crowds.

February 2nd location:
Panera Bread
300 Constitution Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

February 9th location:
Bean There Cafe
733 Eden Way
Chesapeake, VA 23320

February 16th location:
Aromas Coffee
706 Towne Center Drive
Newport News, VA 23606

February 23rd location:
Fair Grounds Coffee
806 Baldwin Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23507

Coffee with the CEO: Let’s Live Social Media in Hampton Roads!

10:00am - 11:00am

Come out on Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM and have coffee with Keith Parnell, CEO of JASE Digital Media, CLO of NeedLocalHelp.com, and Co-Principal of New Media Conventions.

No agenda. No sales. Just sharing.

Talk social media.
Talk new media.
Talk about your business.
Talk about how to grow your business.

Let’s live social media!

Join the video series online at CoffeeWithTheCEO.com

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It seems like each time I go out in public, I learn something new. Each time I attend a social networking event, I learn something new. Each time I speak at an event, I learn something new. Most times that I log into my online social media space, I learn something new.

Why does this happen? Because I listen. I want to listen. I want to be a sponge when I’m around smart people - you!

I think we must think that way to progress positively in our lives. I know we must think that way to progress in our business lives.

I tell you all this to get you to speak up. Blog about your thoughts. Blog about your business. Blog about mindmapping or brainstorming.

Technology has created this massive platform for you to be a rockstar. Use it. Let others see how freakin’ smart and innovative you are. Let me see how freakin’ smart and innovative you are. I want to read what you have to say.

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On Tuesday a group of professionals will gather over coffee to discuss business strategies, new media tactics, how inbound marketing can help small businesses in Hampton Roads, and many other hot topics.

Come out to Fair Grounds Coffee off Colley Avenue in Norfolk and join us in this open discussion. No agenda. No sales. Just sharing and free networking with other like-minded business folks.

Let’s live social media for business together!

Register for Tuesday’s Coffee with the CEO here.

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A group of professionals is meeting on Tuesday morning at Aromas in City Center in Newport News. Stop by and join us.

There’s no agenda and no sales - just sharing of information about our businesses. We’ll share ideas, processes, social media initiatives, lead generation through Internet marketing, how to make inbound marketing work for your business, how to efficiently use the tools that are available to us, and many other topics.

Register for Tuesday’s meeting here. Bring your business cards to qualify for drawings for social media shirts and Coffee with the CEO stickers.

Coffee with the CEO is for you. Let’s do it!

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Pingdom, a service that monitors the uptime and performance of websites and servers on the Internet, recently published the results of a study they performed analyzing men vs. women and their use of social media.

Overwhelmingly, women outrank men. Does any of this data surprise you?

• Twitter and Facebook have almost the same male-female ratio; Twitter with 59% female users and Facebook with 57%.
• The most female-dominated site? Bebo (66% female users), closely followed by MySpace and Classmates.com (64%).
• The average ratio of all 19 sites was 47% male, 53% female.

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A group of professionals is meeting on Tuesday at Panera Bread on 21st street in Norfolk. Stop by.

There’s no agenda and no sales -  just sharing of information about our businesses. We’ll share ideas, processes, social media initiatives, lead generation through Internet marketing, how to make inbound marketing work for your business, how to efficiently use the tools that are available to us, and many other topics.

Register for Tuesday’s meeting here.

Coffee with the CEO is for you. Let’s do it!

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We’re giving away two free social media t-shirts at 2010’s first Coffee with the CEO session. Be there Tuesday morning with your business card for a chance at one of the cool shirts.

Come out to Panera Bread on Constitution Drive in the Pembroke/Town Center area of Virginia Beach, VA on Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM and have coffee with Keith Parnell, CEO of JASE Group Marketing & New Media, CLO of NeedLocalHelp.com, and Co-Principal of New Media Conventions.

No agenda. No sales. Just sharing.

Talk social media.
Talk new media.
Talk about your business.
Talk about how to grow your business.

Let’s live social media!

Join the video series online at http://www.CoffeeWithTheCEO.com

Please register online at http://coffeewiththeceo.eventbrite.com

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2009 brought many new social media interaction options and technology advances. So it was only inevitable that Santa would hop onboard.

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A group of professionals will gather tomorrow at Panera Bread in Ghent, Norfolk, VA. We will talk social media, new media, inbound marketing, lead generation, brand quality. We can talk about your business. We can talk about my business. We can talk about whatever you want.

Join us for coffee!

Come out to Panera Bread on 21st street in Ghent, Norfolk, VA on Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM and have coffee with Keith Parnell, CEO of JASE Group Marketing & New Media, CLO of NeedLocalHelp.com, and Co-Principal of New Media Conventions.

No agenda. No sales. Just sharing.

Talk social media.
Talk new media.
Talk about your business.
Talk about how to grow your business.

Let’s live social media!

Join the video series online at www.CoffeeWithTheCEO.com

Please register at http://coffeewiththeceo.eventbrite.com

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On Twitter? Follow me at @parnellk63.

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I’ll be teaching a how-to class on Twitter in a few weeks. The idea behind the session is to get non-profits and museums across Virginia onboard with the powerful networking aspects of Twitter.

I’ve come up with this course description and bullet conversation points. If this looks like something that would benefit your organization, feel free to contact me to setup a date. I’d be more than happy to talk with your action officers, decision makers and executives on the true power of social media and new media marketing.

Twitter for Your Organization - The Why and How

Building and maintaining your organization’s brand and reputation is a crucial aspect of the success you achieve. Twitter, one of the power players in this era of social networking, has proven to be an efficient tool to help with brand management.

But why tweet? Here are some of the topics we will cover in this session on tweeting to help you understand how Twitter can help your organization.

- What is Twitter and how does it work?
- Why should we tweet?
- The Twitter lingo.
- How to get started tweeting, creating an account, setting up a profile.
- What software programs can I use to tweet?
- How to post tweets.
- How to manage multiple Twitter accounts.
- How to @reply to others and retweet (RT) other tweets.
- The right way to interact with other twitterers.
- How to add Twitter to your blog.
- How to add Twitter to your Facebook page.
- Twitter marketing with your mobile phone.

Teacher: Keith Parnell, JASE Group Marketing & New Media

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A group of professionals will gather tomorrow at Panera Bread in Ghent, Norfolk, VA. We will talk social media, new media, inbound marketing, lead generation, brand quality. We can talk about your business. We can talk about my business. We can talk about whatever you want.

Join us for coffee!

Come out to Panera Bread on 21st street in Ghent, Norfolk, VA on Tuesday morning at 10:00 AM and have coffee with Keith Parnell, CEO of JASE Group Marketing & New Media, CLO of NeedLocalHelp.com, and Co-Principal of New Media Conventions.

No agenda. No sales. Just sharing.

Talk social media.
Talk new media.
Talk about your business.
Talk about how to grow your business.

Let’s live social media!

Join the video series online at www.CoffeeWithTheCEO.com

Please register at http://coffeewiththeceo.eventbrite.com

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On Twitter? Follow me at @parnellk63.

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This week I sat down with several business professionals in Virginia Beach and talked social media, blogging, holiday shopping online, business strategies, marketing concepts, advertising traditions, SEO, return on investment (ROI) measurement methods and economic spending.

Coffee with the CEO attendees: Mike Key, Jeremy Bailey, Anne Bailey, Gerald Briscoe, Bill Boyer, Jaime Krapf, Chris Faircloth, Scott Janney, Cedrick Harris, Anthony Gartner, Rose Thornton, Alison Creamer, Naoma Doriguzzi, Sonya Schweitzer, Keith Parnell

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