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Photos from the Lenovo Lounge / Social Media Club Blogger Party

We had a great time last night partying the night away at the Lenovo Lounge, inside the Aquaknox Restaurant in the Venetian. We ate. We drank. We danced. We drooled over cool tech. We saw lots of familiar faces. We made some new friends. We had a good time, and from the photos, we will [...]

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SMCH8: Chris Heuer Speaking at the TweetHouse on Social Advertising

Join Social Media Club’s Founder, Chris Heuer along with Cat Lincoln (Clever Girls Collective) and Shawn Rorick (LVIMA and DWExpo) this Wednesday to dig into the ‘why, how and where’ on/around Social Advertising. Social Advertising: Launching and Running Ad Campaigns That Get Results Speakers: Cat Lincoln, Shawn Rorick, Chris Heuer There’s more to social than [...]

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SMCH8: Take a Tour of the Lenovo Lounge at CES 2012

Several years ago Lenovo decided to forego the typical tradeshow booth at CES and instead, rented the Aquaknox Restaurant (inside the Venetian) and turned it into their very own product showcase. Pure genius. In the video below, Lenovo’s event designer and lover of fuzzy purple hats, Rebecca Welles, gives us a quick tour through this [...]

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SMCH8: The Lenovo / Social Media Club Blogger Party is SOLD OUT.

The last official invites have been released and it looks like the party is currently ‘sold out’, but we expect some of the rascals who signed up to get consumed by a random Blackjack table, so we are building a an official wait list. So go ahead and still sign up, odds are good we will [...]

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SMCH8: One week until CES!

We are now seven days away from the Lenovo / Social Media Club Blogger Party, and the invitations are being sent out this week. Have you requested yours yet? There will be great food. An open bar. The room will be full of interesting technology. And our pal, the Jackalope, will make a showing too. We [...]

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SMCH7: Thank you eBay!

I would like to give a round of thanks to our friends at eBay and x.com for sponsoring the Social Media Club dinner party last Thursday and supporting our Clubhouse activities while in Paris, France to Le Web. eBay launched their X.commerce platform, which is an e-commerce technology platform designed for all the ways consumers choose to [...]

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SMCH7: Marco Tempest is a magical genius

Marco Tempest is a Cyber Illusionist. An Adventurer. A Scientist. A Dreamer. He is also a Virtual Magician. The first time I saw Marco was when he spoke wat TED about the ‘Magic of Truth and Lies‘. Simply brilliant. If you have not seen this presentation, stop what you are doing now, click that link [...]

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SMCH7: The Power of #RamonWOW. How Great Customer Service Can Drive Sales.

I’ve known Ramon De Leon for some time now. He is a positive force within our Social Media Club Chicago community, and has inspired (and mentored) several people to launch Chapters in other cities as well (hello Social Media Club Guanajuato!). Ramon owns six Domino’s pizza parlors in the local Chicago area and has been [...]

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SMCH7: The Social Media Club International Dinner Party

On Thursday night we had a great dinner in Paris. Scratch that. On Thursday night we had an incredible dinner in Paris. With the support of the x.commerce team, we invited several of our international chapter leaders (Paris, Amsterdam, Stockholm, San Francisco and Copenhagen) as well as friends and supporters of Social Media Club to [...]

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SMCH7: Don’t Build a Company, Build a Cause.

Big request from Ben Parr to every single entrepreneur in the world, one I hope that folks at Le Web, as well as on the livestream, heard loud and clear (can you see a theme starting to form for me here on the blog?). The first half of Ben’s presentation shared some of his thoughts around trends for [...]

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