Wondering where the money is in geo-loco aka geo-location services? Curious what players have traction or perceived traction? The July 21, 2010 San Francisco-based event: Geo-Loco Conference 2010 will include opinions and insights from investors, entrepreneurs and the big brands who control the spend, and are leading the investment and innovation from all sides.
Developers and business executives have an opportunity to learn about the new breed of infrastructure companies who are helping to drive the geo-location revolution, and dig-into the latest SDKs, API and integration mash-up technologies.
The event is specifically targeting big brands and large franchises, small businesses and service providers, advertising agencies, advertisers and marketers, investors, venture capitalists, strategic partners and of course infrastructure providers.
Readers of Down the Avenue and We Blog the World are being offered a 33% discount — register now to take advantage of the discount, which is sure to sell out quickly given the growing hype and interest.
There are no lightweight speakers in this great line-up:
– Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures (Keynote)
– Robert Scoble, Rackspace
– Keith Lee, Booyah (MyTown)
– David Thacker, Greylock Partners
– Dev Khare, Venrock
– Matt Galligan, SimpleGeo
– Andy Ellwood, Gowalla
– Rob Lawson, Brightkite
– Perry Evans, founder MapQuest and Closely
– Gary Gale, Nokia
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
