Who is in control of your brand?

Last night’s Social Media Club Melbourne (#smcmelb) event with a panel made up of ProBlogger aka Darren Rowse, Duncan Riley of the Inquisitor, Pip Lincoln aka Meet me at Mikes and MC’d by Yvonne Adele aka Ideas Culture went off pretty smoothly! We landed a Swarm badge on FourSquare and had a super rapid stream of tweets coming through on #smcmelb, thanks to a great turnout of 130-140 people, just the right amount for the venue. Brent, in conjunction with Cath, have already posted a great summary of the event, pulling out their key takeaways. Brent’s post covers the following topics:

Here’s the video for those of you who want to see the whole event.

Thanks to David Neiger for video production.

The tweet stream was thick and fast and this word cloud gives you a taste of what was discussed. Here are just a select few of the tweets

amcal

Anna

@amcal: Yes 'cause you meet interesting people with similar interests RT @aaronroach #smcmelb can running a popular blog pull you chicks?

Jun 8, 2010 @ 11:55 AM from web Powered by Tweeted

haikugirlOz

Kim Tairi

@haikugirlOz: #smcmelb yay @meetmeatmikes pip suggests tagging & categorising your posts so peeps can find my librarian heart went pitterpatter!!

Jun 8, 2010 @ 09:32 AM from Echofon Powered by Tweeted

kylielewis

Kylie Lewis

@kylielewis: @problogger: use email subs to drive blog traffic and loyalty < totally agree! Worked for me too (feedburner great for this IMHO). #smcmelb

Jun 8, 2010 @ 09:30 AM from Twitter for iPhone in reply to problogger Powered by Tweeted

tonyprysten

Tony Prysten

@tonyprysten: Why treat bloggers differently to say magazine publishers when it comes to 'selling out'? These guys have a right to earn #smcmelb

Jun 8, 2010 @ 10:04 AM from TweetDeck Powered by Tweeted

laramcpherson

Lara McPherson

@laramcpherson: Cynics who think social media will stop people from communicating with each other should be @24moons tonight witnessing #smcmelb

Jun 8, 2010 @ 10:08 AM from Twitter for iPhone Powered by Tweeted

UPDATE: Some more event reviews have started popping up

• Chloe from TechFluff.tv
• Samantha Bell
• Sharon Nathani

Our third event is now up and away, we’ve changed venues to increase capacity and improve the general experience!

Register your ticket here

A very special Social Media Club Melbourne evening where we will be privileged to chat with two globally recognised bloggers (…who also happen to reside in Melbourne!)

When: Tuesday 8th June, 6-9pm

DARREN ROWSE (@problogger) – a legitimate ‘rock star’ of the world of blogging, Darren has been making a full-time living from blogging since 2004/05 and is sought after as a speaker at major international events such as SXSW (Austin, Texas) and BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas. His Problogger and Digital Photography School blogs attract numbers most of us can only dream of! This is a story you won’t want to miss!

DUNCAN RILEY (@duncanriley) – an original part of the team that put together the b5media company, in 2007 Duncan joined TechCrunch, one of the world’s most popular tech blogs. In recent times he has devoted his energies to a start-up website called The Inquisitr, which was founded in May 2008 and has grown from humble beginnings to become one of the world’s most popular blogs (Top 100 according to Technorati.)

MC for the evening will be Yvonne Adele (aka @IdeasCulture), a popular blogger and prolific Twitterer who also happens to be one of Australia’s most sought-after speakers on the subject of ideas generation.

This will be a great night – BOOK NOW AS SPACES ARE LIMITED! Register your ticket here

LOCATION

24 Moons
AC/DC Lane (off Flinders Lane)
Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia

Register your ticket here

Keep in the loop about more Social Media Club Melbourne events & news by connecting with us onFacebook or Twitter.

Thanks for your interest in this event from the SMCMelb committee @lucio_ribeiro, @nikski, @trevoryoung, @simontsmall and @timbeveridge Follow us at @smcmelb