It’s always great to connect offline with someone you’ve connected with online. And this week I was able to put a few faces to a few blogs.
First up was DUST!N from the Casual Fridays blog. As the VP of Programs for the Business Marketing Association (Tulsa Chapter), DUST!N invited me to share some Starbucks Tribal Knowledge at the chapter’s last meeting. Afterwards, DUST!N and I discussed a cool online venture we may introduce. If you have yet to wander over to the Casual Fridays blog … do so now.
Next was Matt Galloway from The Basement blog. While at the BMA Tulsa event, I met Matt (and Hetty, his super-savvy marketing research wife). Matt has emerged on the blogging scene recently with his passionate takes on the power and potential of word-of-mouth marketing. His recap of the WOMMA NYC event was excellent!
And I also met with Ethan from The Vision Thing blog. Recently I shared some thoughts about Whole Foods Market and in comments to my post, Ethan clued me in on the Sprouts Farmer’s Market store in Plano. After trading a few emails, we scheduled a time to tour the Sprouts store and then Ethan recorded our conversation where we dissected … I mean discussed … the Sprouts shopping experience. This conversation should turn up on one of Ethan’s The Sound of Vision podcasts.
But wait, there's more … I get to put a few more faces to blogs next week when Steve Rubel (Micro Persuasion) and Shel Isreal (Naked Conversations & It Seems to Me) are in Austin speaking at The Blogging Enterprise Conference. And … on Thursday, Mike Landeman (Here’s the Thing [blog] & Ripple [business]) and I will connect over a few beers at the Ginger Man.
Thanks for bringing the Autopsy practice to Tulsa for a day. Everybody thoroughly enjoyed the presentation. You really delivered the goods John.
We'll have to get you back to Tulsa soon!
Careful speaking about the optay ecretsay ojectpray. I'd hate for that information to end up in the wrong hands.
Posted by: DUST!N | October 31, 2005 at 08:45 AM