Socon2011 - Brand Journeys In Social Media

Microsoft SharePoint
SharePoint For Internet Sites is a product that sits with the Digital Marketing Platform Group within Microsoft. The Digital Marketing Platform Group is focused on working with Digital Agencies and the Marketing teams within customers to build solutions that centre around Customer Experience Management or 'CXM'. SharePoint has become a great platform to build a Digital Marketing strategy upon; spanning Intranets, Extranets and Websites plus there are now fantastic links with the wider Microsoft business such as Advertising, Bing Maps and Search. Social enterprise has long been a passion of the Digital Marketing Platform Group and with one platform we are able to feed consumer trends and general digital trends into the heart of the business and help you to build compelling digital experiences for users both inside and outside of your organization.

3xScreen Media
3xScreen Media provides live and on-demand online video services for Agencies, Corporates, Events and Sports. We specialise in HD live streaming, HD live production, HD live webcams and on-demand HD streaming. Utilising our HD Livepacks we live stream from anywhere without the need for an internet connection nor satellite truck. www.3xscreen.co.uk

Ace-A-Metric.com
Ace-A-Metric is a social lead generation network that gives advertisers the ability to market highly targeted lead campaigns and promote surveys through the social web. Ace-A-Metric.com provides self service or a fully managed service to clients who are typically FTSE or Fortune 500 companies looking to reduce the cost of lead generation and shorten their sales cycle.

STEEL
We've been digital specialists for 16 years. Our mantra is smart digital thinking. It means we put clear and concise strategic thinking first in everything we do, whether that's producing a single email, an e-commerce website, social media strategy or a digital rebrand. 80% of our clients have been with us for more than 5 years and we believe in being honest, down to earth and using plain English.

Actiance
Actiance enables the safe and productive use of Unified Communications, collaboration and Web 2.0, including blogs and social networking sites. Formerly FaceTime Communications, Actiance's award-winning platforms are used by 9 of the top 10 US banks and more than 1600 organizations globally for the security, management and compliance of unified communications, Web 2.0 and social media channels. Actiance supports all leading social networks, unified communications providers and IM platforms, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter AOL, Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Microsoft, IBM and Cisco.

EngageSciences
EngageSciences is in award winning social marketing and commerce platform that helps companies attract customers, engage followers and amplify fans. Brands such as Forbes, Unilever, Play.com, Nokia and Speedo achieve industry leading social marketing and commerce results using our platform.

PlayGen
PlayGen is the leading consultancy, design and development studio providing gamification and producing games, apps and platforms for increasing engagement and influencing behaviour. PlayGen provides playful solutions that transform the users’ perspectives and relationships with a subject or product. Increasing awareness and loyalty, boosting the virality of products or subject and ultimately increasing revenue . Clients have included MoD, TSB, NHS, McKinsey, BBC, Eden Project, Wellcome Trust, where PlayGen has delivered multiple award winning gamification and games solutions.

Media Partners

Figaro Digital
Figaro Digital publishes a quarterly magazine and runs a series of regular seminars, ticketed conferences and digital health check forums that connect brands, agencies and technology suppliers.

Chinwag
Chinwag is the UK's leading community for digital media and marketing professionals, supporting the sector's growth through blogs, forums, live events, trade missions and a recruitment website. Founded in 1996, it now reaches 35,000 people in the UK and overseas. Chinwag also runs Social Media Week London, a week-long festival with 110 events focused on social media and its impact and the Digital Mission series, helping UK firms to understand the opportunities and challenges of overseas markets. The firm also provides consultancy services ranging from digital and social media strategy, through to collaborative working practices and event design.

http://www.chinwag.com
http://www.jobs.chinwag.com
http://www.digital-mission.org
http://www.socialmediaweek.org/london

Social Media Influence
Social Media Influence provides intelligence and analysis for business professionals looking to understand and navigate the ever-evolving world of online communication. Social Media Influence publishes industry reports and best practice white papers for social media practitioners as well as providing social media training and consultancy.

Editorial:
bernhard at socialmediainfluence.com
Training and consultancy:
matthew at socialmediainfluence.com
Sponsorship and advertising:
mark at socialmediainfluence.com

Bima
If you work in digital Britain, the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) is for you. We exist to support and promote the British digital industry, share knowledge and best practice and reward great work and encourage the next generation. If you are involved in digital, you can benefit from being a BIMA member. BIMA offers its members a host of marketing and media opportunities, not to mention free networking events, all designed to help you raise your agency's profile, including: free BIMA award entries, the right to use the BIMA logo in creds/tenders, directory listings, speaker slots at conferences and PR in industry titles.

Only Marketing Jobs
Only Marketing Jobs is rated as the No.1 niche UK career website displaying the latest marketing job vacancies from leading direct employers and specialist recruitment agencies. More than just a job advertising site, OMJ are prolific community builders and social recruiting thought-leaders, offering tangible value through online groups, networking events and our award winning marketing blog.

Ad Ops Online
Launched in 2008, Ad Operations Online is a news portal dedicated to all things ad ops. We feature news, interviews, events, commentaries that are relevant to ad ops professionals. Occasionally, you will see news covering the larger sphere of online advertising and online marketing.

TechnologyMarketers.com
TechnologyMarketers.com is the free online community for B2B marketers in the technology industry to share best practices on topics including content, events, email, PR, SEO, social media and more! Ask peers for advice on your day-to-day marketing tasks, share your experience with the community and read expert blogs all in one user-friendly community.

The E-Commerce Network
The E-Commerce Network is a LinkedIn group of more than 44500 members from all around the world composed of sub groups dedicated to specific languages and countries.

The goal of the E-Commerce Network is to act as a meeting point for both E-Commerce professionals and people willing to learn more about this very fast growing market.

Join the community:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=45691

Digital Lounge
Digital Lounge is a community of like minded digital professionals run for the digital community by the digital community. We are from a wide variety of backgrounds but have one thing in common; the desire to take digital to a higher plane and drive growth across the industry. Our core offering are networking events for senior professionals working in digital In London and Brighton.