#smwldn. Social Media Week London

No two ways about it, Social Media Week London 2013, powered by Nokia, was an unqualified success. More events, more attendees, more conversation: more celebrating the many things which make this such an exciting industry to be involved in.

Any event is an excellent opportunity to showcase your brand or organisation and grow its social media presence.

This weekend I joined one of my clients, @LUAAOfficial and their sister company @UrbanArtsExp, at the Lollibop Festival in Stratford. While I couldn’t claim to share their appreciation of “Rastamouse” (yet...) I did spot three ways that you can harness the power of social media and events.

Ready. Steady. GO!

If you hadn’t heard Social Media Week will be back in beautiful blighty this September the 23-27th to be exact, you probably knew that already. Did you know that tomorrow, that’s right the 23rd of April event submission finally opens!

We are so excited to see your entries we could almost shout it from the rooftops! So guys if you haven’t already come up with some fantastic events what’s the hold-up? Get those thinking hats on and knock our socks off with your submissions.

As you probably already know Social Media Week London will be back in September. If you didn’t know then I am sorry to be the one to break the news. Although it must have been a mighty big rock you were hiding under.

Social Media Week February is running in 8 global locations, it may feel a little too last minute to longhaul it to the other side of the pond to NYC or Tokyo but the European locations are just a hop, skip and a jump across the channel.

With lots of the events being run in English it really is worth having a look, or getting involved in a google hangout!

The impact of social technology is only just being felt, as the full repercussions of a world where frictionless sharing is the norm, but this is just the start. As social technologies expand into the offline world, creating links between the retail experience and the online world, the possibilities are endless.