10 Takeaways from SXSW Interactive

03 19, 2010 Parker Blog 0 Comment

BizGreet sent Kelly, Parker and Brian to South by Southwest interactive this year, and we heard lots of great insights from a variety of people. Here’s our top ten:

1. Engage with your customers. Interact, don’t spam them – Dharmesh Shah (twitter)

2. Use the right tools to meet the needs and connect with your audience – Julie Blitzer (twitter)

3. Businesses have to evolve to a many to many model that enables lots of people to talk about you – Dharmesh Shah (twitter)

4. Have a plan – how much time does it take to do a task with social media – Christopher Doorley (twitter)

5. Brand fiction is big on twitter – Helen Klein Ross (twitter) AKA Betty Draper (twitter)

6. Tablet versions of magazines are going to be really cool – Jeremy Clark (twitter) and Scott Dadich (twitter)

7. Check out the My.BarackObama.com site, even if you haven’t caught the fever

8. You can’t scale caring – Gary Vaynerchuk (twitter)

9. Privacy matters – Danah Boyd (twitter)

10. Openness as a survival strategy – Evan Williams (twitter)

Bonus takeaway: If  Gary Vaynerchuck says he won’t curse at his talk, It doesn’t mean much.

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