Comments on: SES New York Party Schedule http://www.seoloser.com/2007/04/09/ses-new-york-party-schedule/ ...a loser among losers Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:03:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Joseph Morin http://www.seoloser.com/2007/04/09/ses-new-york-party-schedule/#comment-892 Joseph Morin Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:05:40 +0000 http://www.seoloser.com/2007/04/09/ses-new-york-party-schedule/#comment-892 Hey Kris, Shoot me a note next time you're heading to a conference and I'll get you into the private party scene. Ask Hooley how I hooked him up. The purpose of the list and mentioning the private parties is twofold, I put the times up there so that the party and event planners can use it as a reference so that several parties don't go on simultaneously - which has happened, one year in San Jose we had six public parties all occuring simultaneously. This way we prevent 'party collision' as Danny calls it. The other is that those in the know are aware that I drop little clues to give an indication as to which party is going on i.e. "You can get in if you're LUCKY" keyword being lucky = Google. The trick here is to work an angle with your rep to see if you can get an invite directly from the party hosts. Many times the search engines or other sponsors get a little intimidated when the parties are public and the attendee count gets upwards of 6,000. Last year a search engine threw a really great party open to the public and was one of the best search parties EVER - but I also heard that the SEO crowd drank the bar dry and bartenders actually had to leave and go buy more alcohol. Total cost for the party? A quarter of a million dollars. Wow. They didn't throw a party this year. If you followed my party schedule from the beginning, I had a lot more information early on - however as venues began to fill up - event coordinators would email me and ask me to either remove the RSVP address or take the party completely private - there actually were several open parties but as we got closer to SES, I removed a lot of identifying information. It pays to check early and often in order ensure a great SES networking experience. In fact, I would put just as much effort into planning your post conference networking schedule ahead of time by posting, email around and working every angle you have as you do planning your session coverage. Little fact: at SEW we get more views of the party schedule than we do for the actual conference coverage...what does that tell you? Joe Hey Kris,

Shoot me a note next time you’re heading to a conference and I’ll get you into the private party scene. Ask Hooley how I hooked him up.

The purpose of the list and mentioning the private parties is twofold, I put the times up there so that the party and event planners can use it as a reference so that several parties don’t go on simultaneously - which has happened, one year in San Jose we had six public parties all occuring simultaneously. This way we prevent ‘party collision’ as Danny calls it. The other is that those in the know are aware that I drop little clues to give an indication as to which party is going on i.e. “You can get in if you’re LUCKY” keyword being lucky = Google. The trick here is to work an angle with your rep to see if you can get an invite directly from the party hosts.

Many times the search engines or other sponsors get a little intimidated when the parties are public and the attendee count gets upwards of 6,000. Last year a search engine threw a really great party open to the public and was one of the best search parties EVER - but I also heard that the SEO crowd drank the bar dry and bartenders actually had to leave and go buy more alcohol. Total cost for the party? A quarter of a million dollars. Wow. They didn’t throw a party this year.

If you followed my party schedule from the beginning, I had a lot more information early on - however as venues began to fill up - event coordinators would email me and ask me to either remove the RSVP address or take the party completely private - there actually were several open parties but as we got closer to SES, I removed a lot of identifying information. It pays to check early and often in order ensure a great SES networking experience.

In fact, I would put just as much effort into planning your post conference networking schedule ahead of time by posting, email around and working every angle you have as you do planning your session coverage. Little fact: at SEW we get more views of the party schedule than we do for the actual conference coverage…what does that tell you?

Joe

]]> By: Nathan Holley http://www.seoloser.com/2007/04/09/ses-new-york-party-schedule/#comment-703 Nathan Holley Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:44:09 +0000 http://www.seoloser.com/2007/04/09/ses-new-york-party-schedule/#comment-703 spot on mate, well done and the truth too. don't worry too much about it, the search scene is high school for many people just laugh em off. spot on mate, well done and the truth too. don’t worry too much about it, the search scene is high school for many people just laugh em off.

]]> By: SEOLoser http://www.seoloser.com/2007/04/09/ses-new-york-party-schedule/#comment-695 SEOLoser Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:47:34 +0000 http://www.seoloser.com/2007/04/09/ses-new-york-party-schedule/#comment-695 Yup, seeya there. Did you say karaoke? :) Yup, seeya there. Did you say karaoke? :)

]]> By: eric hebert http://www.seoloser.com/2007/04/09/ses-new-york-party-schedule/#comment-689 eric hebert Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:05:46 +0000 http://www.seoloser.com/2007/04/09/ses-new-york-party-schedule/#comment-689 So I'll see you at the dive bar across the street (I hear they have karaoke!) So I’ll see you at the dive bar across the street (I hear they have karaoke!)

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