With all the excitement from Social Media Day 2012, we wanted to have a place to recap it all. If you come across something that we are missing, please let us know right here.
Social Media Day San Diego 2012
Pre-event
- San Diego is the Latest City to Officially Recognize Social Media Day – Mashable.com
- Get Social at Social Media Day – San Diego Magazine
- Tech Savvy: Social Media Day San Diego – DiscoverSD.com
- San Diego To Celebrate Social Media – NBC San Diego
- Social Media Day – San Diego 6
- Mari Smith Promoting Social Media Day San Diego – Fox 5 San Diego
- Social Media Day San Diego – San Diego Magazine
- Join Us for Social Media Day – Social Media Club San Diego
- We are co-hosting Social Media Day San Diego #SMDAYSD – Brands with Fans
- Celebrate Social Media Day – The Zen Mom
- Celebrate Social Media Day San Diego – San Diego Bargain Momma
- Social Media Day – The Buzz Ladies
- Celebrate Social Media Day 2012 in San Diego – Ad2 San Diego
- 5 Reasons to Attend Social Media Day San Diego @SMDAY #SMDAYSD – MarketingMelodie
Post-event
- Social Media Club San Diego Celebrates Social Media Day San Diego – Social Media Club San Diego
- San Diego Hosted One of The Best Social Media Days… Worldwide! – tylerjanderson.com
- Social Media Day – The Pulse SD
- Social Media Day San Diego - Aspenspin.com
- A Recap of Social Media Day San Diego – Master’s of What
- Social Media Day San Diego (vs. London vs. Munich) – TonicMarketing
- Social Media Day June 30th – The Liking Authority [VIDEO]
- Facebook Photo Album – Dining Out SD
- Photos – KrisJohnsonShotYou.com
- Fun for Moms at Social Media Day San Diego – SD Mom’s Night OUT
- Facebook Photos – By Lisa Strickland
- Social Media Day Engages Parallel 6 – Parallel6
- Event Recap – Social Media Day San Diego 2012 – AD 2 San Diego
2012 Sponsors
Marina Kitchen
Marina Kitchen is the brand new 19,000 square foot restaurant inside the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina. Marina Kitchen specializes in modern comfort food and features a locally produced and seasonally fresh menu from the land and sea.
Facebook: facebook.com/MarinaKitchenSD
Twitter: @MarinaKitchenSD
San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina
As the centerpiece of the inspiring San Diego Bay, the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina is a premier San Diego, CA hotel perfectly located between the San Diego Convention Center and the San Diego Marina. The hotel is also the home of the Marina Kitchen.
Website: marriott.com/sandt
Facebook: facebook.com/SanDiegoMarriottMarquisAndMarina
Twitter: @MarriottMarina
San Diego Magazine
San Diego Magazine is your guide to the Best of San Diego. As a thank you for participating in Social Media Day, subscribe today for only 1$ an issue. Use code: SDM01.
Website: sandiegomagazine.com
Facebook: facebook.com/sandiegomagazine
Twitter: @sandiegomag
Mashable
Mashable is the largest independent news source dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and technology. Mashable’s 50+ million monthly page views and 4 million social media followers have become one of the most engaged online news communities. Numerous studies and leading publications have declared Mashable the most influential online news outlet and a must-read site.
Website: mashable.com
Facebook: facebook.com/mashable
Twitter: @mashable
Meetup
Meetup is the world’s largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.
Website: meetup.com
Facebook: facebook.com/meetup
Twitter: @meetup
SDSU’s College of Extended Studies
SDSU’s College of Extended Studies reaches out to the greater San Diego community, the nation, and the world with a wide variety of lifelong learning classes, seminars, and certificate programs. Career advancement courses are offered in many areas of management, leadership, and quality improvement while self-enrichment courses range from accounting to web design. Additionally, the College offers over 50 certificate programs, online courses, and many other learning opportunities.
Website: ces.sdsu.edu/blog
Facebook: facebook.com/SDSU.CES
Twitter: @SDSUCES
Casual Fridays
Casual Fridays is a San Diego based Interactive and Social Media Agency led by Tyler Anderson. Brands and businesses hire Casual Fridays to have a premium online presence through social media marketing and branding, online advertising and inbound marketing.
Website: casualfridays.com
Facebook: facebook.com/CasualFridaysInc
Twitter: @_casualfridays
Fandom Marketing
Fandom Marketing takes an integrated approach to connect brands with people using technologies. And, they do it in a way that benefits business. They are social marketing specialists, it’s their passion, and it’s all they do. One of the masterminds behind Fandom Marketing and playing a huge role in hosting Social Media Day San Diego is DowntownRob.
Website: fandommarketing.com
Facebook: facebook.com/FandomMarketing
Twitter: @FandomMarketing
Social Media Club San Diego
The San Diego Chapter of Social Media Club is one of the fastest growing chapters across the globe. Our organization allows you to engage with and learn from social media and marketing professionals in San Diego. Our chapter regularly hosts events, including book signings, panels, information sessions, and much more!
Website: socialmediaclubsandiego.com
Facebook: facebook.com/SMCSanDiego
Twitter: @SMCSanDiego
popchips
Forget frying (unhealthy). Forget baking (undelicious). Popchips, an all-natural line of popped chips they loved to eat and did not have to hide.
Website: popchips.com
Facebook: facebook.com/popchips
Twitter: @popchips
Stone Brewing Co.
Stone Brewing Co. was founded in 1996 by Greg Koch and Steve Wagner in San Marcos, CA. Named “All-time Top Brewery on Planet Earth” by BeerAdvocate magazine in 2008…AND 2009! The most popular and highest rated brewery – ever! Now the 11th largest craft brewery in the United States.
Website: stonebrew.com
Facebook: facebook.com/StoneBrewingCo
Twitter: @StoneBrewingCo
NBC San Diego
Exclusive stories, breaking news, weather & conversation. Get NBC San Diego on your iPad, iPhone, Android or other mobile device http://www.nbcsandiego.com/mobile/.
Website: nbcsandiego.com
Facebook: facebook.com/NBCSanDiego
Twitter: @nbcsandiego
LEGOLAND California Resort
LEGOLAND® California Resort has plenty that’s new. At Pirate Reef, a buccaneer-filled boat races down a flume between two battling pirate ships. The Resort features more than 60 rides and attractions, including LEGO® STAR WARS™ Miniland area, SEA LIFE™ Aquarium and the world’s first LEGOLAND Water Park. For information, visit www.LEGOLAND.com.
Website: California.Legoland.com
Facebook: facebook.com/legolandcalifonia
Twitter: @LEGOLAND_CA
car2go San Diego
car2go San Diego is North America’s very first all electric carsharing service. Our free floating concept means there is no return time or return location, you just simply park the car back within the home area and we take care of the rest. Recharging, insurance, cleaning, roadside assistance, gps navigation, and parking are all included in the affordable rental price. car2go is just what it sounds like: a car to go!
Website: sandiego.car2go.com
Facebook: facebook.com/car2go.sandiego
Twitter: @car2goSanDiego
ALTITUDE Sky Lounge
ALTITUDE Sky Lounge is the place to be seen in San Diego. At 22 stories high, ALTITUDE Sky Lounge is the region’s tallest open-air bar and boasts one of the city’s best panoramic views of San Diego.
Website: ALTITUDESkyLounge.com
Facebook: facebook.com/AltitudeSkyLounge
Twitter: @ALTITUDESky
Rubios
After first tasting a fish taco in San Felipe, Mexico, Ralph Rubio returned to San Diego to hand-craft his own recipe and introduced America to the fish taco. Since 1983, Rubio’s has served delicious fish tacos and fresh Mexican food for customers.
Website: rubios.com
Facebook: facebook.com/Rubios
Twitter: @RubiosTweets
DiscoverSD.com
DiscoverSD.com is proud to be a sponsor for Social Media Day San Diego. As a leading online lifestyle guide, we bring San Diego the best in hotels, restaurants, shopping, beauty and more. With the latest news, photo galleries and event listings, we have our fingers on the pulse of what’s hot, now.
Website: discoversd.com
Facebook: facebook.com/discoversd
Twitter: @discoversd
Daphne’s California Greek
At Daphne’s, we offer fresh, high-quality and healthful food without compromising great taste. We’ve added a dozen menu items that build on a “California-fresh” ideal with savory, rich and robust Mediterranean undertones.
Website: daphnesgreekcafe.com
Facebook: facebook.com/DaphnesGreekCafe
Twitter: @daphnesgreek
Fox Sports San Diego
WE ARE FOX SPORTS. WE ARE SAN DIEGO. FOX Sports San Diego is your TV home to the Padres, Chargers, Ducks, and Clippers. Follow us on Twitter, @FOXSportsSD.
Website: foxsportssandiego.com
Facebook: facebook.com/foxsportssandiego
Twitter: @FoxSportsSD
Fox Sports Girls
Meet the FOX Sports San Diego Girls, two new female hosts who each day will guide viewers through the outstanding lineup of live games and programming on FOX Sports San Diego. www.FOXSportsSanDiego.com
Website: foxsportssandiego.com
Facebook: facebook.com/foxsportsgirls
Twitter: @FSSD_Girls
The FotoBox
The FotoBox is a San Diego based photo booth rental company. We are a hit at all sorts of events – the perfect party favor that captures the excitement of your event!
Website: TheFotoBox.com
Facebook: facebook.com/TheFotoBox
Twitter: @TheFotoBox
Uber San Diego
Uber is your on-demand private driver. Request a ride at any time using our iPhone and Android apps or from m.uber.com. “The service eliminates everything bad about a taxi experience.” – TechCrunch
Website: uber.com
Facebook: facebook.com/uber
Twitter: @Uber_SD
Mari Smith
Mari Smith is a renowned Social Media Strategist and one of the world’s foremost experts on Facebook marketing. Through her consulting and training agency, Mari guides businesses to turn social interactions into profitable brand loyalty utilizing every employee’s reach — social, from the inside out.
Website: marismith.com
Facebook: facebook.com/marismith
Twitter: @marismith
La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse advances theatre as an art form and as a vital social, moral and political platform by providing unfettered creative opportunities for the leading artists of today and tomorrow. With our youthful spirit and eclectic, artist-driven approach we will continue to cultivate a local and national following with an insatiable appetite for audacious and diverse work.
Website: lajollaplayhouse.org
Facebook: facebook.com/LaJollaPlayhouse
Twitter: @ljplayhouse
Magners Irish Cider
Magners Irish Cider is dedicated to producing a carefully crafted, all-natural cider that is just for you. Through its deep-rooted Irish heritage, Magners Irish Cider is dedicated to producing a carefully crafted, traditional quality cider which offers a unique drinking experience: refreshment – the Irish way.
Website: usa.magners.com
Facebook: facebook.com/magnersusa
Twitter: @magnersusa
Banshee Wines
We craft distinctive wine that over-delivers in every possible way. We want to give the world wines with real joie de vivre. Banshee owns no vineyards of its own (yet!) but works in lock-step with high-end vineyard owners and wineries to produce wines of depth, purity and balance. We spend ridiculous amounts of time working on finalizing each blend to make them just so and then we try to convince people that it’s “a tough job but someone’s gotta do it.”
Website: bansheewines.com
Facebook: facebook.com/bansheewines
Twitter: @bansheewines
Bellus Academy
We are dedicated to the beauty industry and committed to providing high quality education. We are
nationally accredited to ensure we meet high standards and are members of professional
organizations to remain on top of the latest industry and professional trends.
Website: BellusAcademy.com
Facebook: facebook.com/BellusAcademy
Twitter: @BellusAcademy
BBB of San Diego
We provide consumer information and services to the public free-of-charge. At the San Diego BBB, we are ready to alert you to new scams, and happy to help you make decisions about important purchases or donations. BBB’s Mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. Our Vision is an ethical marketplace where buyers and sellers can trust each other.
Website: sandiego.bbb.org
Facebook: facebook.com/BBBSanDiego
Twitter: @SanDiegoBBB
Gaglione Bros.
Our goal is to serve delicious, fulfilling cheesesteaks and subs that leave our customers coming back time and time again.
Website: gaglionebros.com
Facebook: facebook.com/GaglioneBros
Twitter: @gaglionebros
Margerum Wine Company
Margerum Wine Company is committed to creating handcrafted wines using only the highest quality grapes so that we can make wines that are indicative of the place where they are grown. We strive to make wines naturally, to make wines that have individual characteristics and to make wines with personality. The scale of production is kept at a level where we can touch and know the wine as it is raised to the bottle – the antithesis of mass production.
Website: margerumwinecompany.com
Facebook: facebook.com/margerumwine
Twitter: @margerumwine
TapHunter
TapHunter helps you find awesome beer on on tap and in bottles at local bars, bottle shops and tasting rooms. Download the FREE iPhone or Android app today! Life is too short to drink crap.
Website: TapHunter.com
Facebook: facebook.com/taphunter
Twitter: @taphunter
Gogobot
Gogobot helps millions of people create, share and discover extraordinary travel experiences by harnessing the power of the social web. Named by TIME as one of top 50 websites of 2011 and by Mashable as one of the 9 hot social networks to watch in 2012, Gogobot is well on its way to revolutionizing how we travel.
Website: gogobot.com
Facebook: facebook.com/gogobotsd
Twitter: @gogobotSD
A7D Creative Group
A7D Creative Group located in North Park and catering to the Bar, Restaurant and Beverage Industry with creative concepts, branding, media relations and unique social media concepts!
Website: a-7-d.com
Facebook: facebook.com/A7DCreativeGroup
Twitter: @a7d
Dream Job University
Are you one of the many people who know that you should be using LinkedIn, but don’t? Do you want to learn? Learn the “secret strategies” that headhunters use when using LinkedIn? Dream Job’s Leveraging LinkedIn Course will show you how to Leverage LinkedIn, step-by-step.
Website: dreamjobuniversity.com
Facebook: facebook.com/DreamJobU
Twitter: @DreamJobU
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dreamjobuniversity
The Pulse SD
The Pulse does event coverage and video marketing with an interview style! We are the E-news of San Diego but instead of focusing on celebrity gossip, we celebrate and focus on the amazing businesses in San Diego! We spotlight local business owners and learn about their personal story.
Website: thepulsesd.com
Facebook: facebook.com/ThePulseSD
Twitter: @thepulsesd
Kris Johnson Photography
Kris Johnson is a San Diego based photographer whose creative outlook and unique editing style bring a sense of soul to his work. With 12 years experience, from corporate media campaigns to one-on-one private sessions, Kris Johnson Photography is prepared to capture that special moment that you can share for a lifetime.
Website: krisjohnsonshotyou.com
Facebook: facebook.com/krisjohnsonshotyou
Twitter: @krisjohnsonshot
Hera Hub
Hera Hub is a spa-inspired, shared workspace for female entrepreneurs. This flexible work and meeting space provides a productive work environment for women who primarily work from home. Hera Hub members have access to professional space to meet with clients and to connect and collaborate with like-minded business owners, thus giving them the support they need to be prosperous.
Website: herahub.com
Facebook: facebook.com/herahub
Twitter: @herahub
Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
Kermit Lynch was raised in the wine region of San Luis Obispo, but for forty
years his name has become synonymous with French and Italian wines. Convinced early on that the
wines of Europe were better suited to his palate than those of California,
Kermit has become an advocate for authentic wines that express their
terroir.
Website: kermitlynch.com
Facebook: facebook.com/kermitlynch
Twitter: @KermitLynchWine
ResorTime.com
At ResorTime.com, we allow everyone – not just owners of Timeshare properties – to rent luxury resort condos at hundreds of resorts in the US and Mexico. We are one of the largest and most established rental reservation services in the Timeshare Industry, offering travelers discounted condo rentals around the world, on a daily or weekly basis, without having to take a Timeshare tour. Now anyone can enjoy the space and convenience of a luxury resort condo and save up to 50% a night at hundreds of exciting vacation destinations, on every vacation!
Website: ResorTime.com
Facebook: facebook.com/resortime
Twitter: @resortime
The Zen Mom
A resource for moms because motherhood isn’t always so zen!” It is an informative and inspirational website for parents looking for a little peace and balance in the chaos of parenthood. Founder Angela Chee is a Host, Spokesperson, Writer, and through her consulting company Zen Media Inc. she helps businesses build their brand and communicate effectively with the media.
Website: thezenmom.com
Facebook: facebook.com/AngelaCheeTV
Twitter: @thezenmom
Brand North
Brand North is a San Diego-based full-service branding and advertising agency offering a wide range of traditional and digital marketing solutions, referred to as “tradigital”.
Website: brand-north.com
Facebook: BrandNorth
Twitter: @brandnorth
Del Mar Interactive
Del Mar Interactive is a full service marketing and interactive firm based in beautiful Del Mar, San Diego. We specialize in online marketing, web development, website launches, SEO, brand awareness campaigns, social media campaigns and more. Del Mar Interactive provides unmatched quality and innovative online strategies for startups and small businesses.
Website: delmarint.com
LinkedIn: LinkedIN.com/Company/Del-Mar-Interactive
Twitter: @DMI_Tony
Social Media Buzz Club
Social Buzz Club is a collaborative content sharing network where influencers who drive traffic to your websites using their social networks! It’s based upon reciprocity… every member tweet and share others’ content to their social accounts before qualifying to submit their content for sharing by the members. Members are able to reach prospects in their target market because of the extensive content search features and the high quality contacts of our members.
Website: socialbuzzclub.com
Facebook: Facebook/socialbuzzclub
Twitter: @socialbuzzclub
Sprout Social
Sprout Social helps businesses engage and grow their audience, and put social media to work for their bottom line. The Sprout Social web application integrates with Twitter, Facebook Fan Pages, LinkedIn and other networks where consumers are engaging with businesses and brands. In addition to communication tools, it offers contact management, competitive insight, lead generation, reporting, analytics and more – all in a package that’s intuitive and easy to use. Try them out for 30-days for free.
Website: sproutsocial.com
Facebook: Facebook/SproutSocialInc
Twitter: @sproutsocial
Dlvr.it
Small businesses, publishers, bloggers and brands use Dlvr.it’s Promoted Stories to extend the reach of their content including blog posts, video, images, and ebooks to increase reach, visibility and engagement. Directly access our network of readers via thousands of social news feeds, search engines and news sites across the web or through mobile devices and tablets. Have your content placed in The New York Times, cNet, WashingtonPost, ABC-local and more. Get started at http://dlvr.it/promote.
Website: dlvr.it
Facebook: Facebook/dlvritinfo
Twitter: @dlvrit
Ashes on the Sea
San Diego’s Ashes on the Sea introduces Captain Ken’s personal harbor tours and boat training. We get up close where the big boats can’t!
Website: ashesonthesea.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/sdburialatsea
Twitter: @sdburialatsea
Cali Comfort
Cali Comfort BBQ Restaurant & Sports Bar is quickly becoming a local’s favorite in San Diego for enjoying Low & Slow Cali BBQ, West Coast Wings & Waffles, Cali Mai Tai Fishbowls, and local draft beer while watching all your sporting passions in high definition. We strive to create a welcoming village atmosphere where close friends gather to eat, drink and tell stories.
Website: calicomfortsd.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/calicomfortsd
Twitter: @CaliComfort