Mixergy

Jesse Stay wants to bring Lunch 2.0 to Salt Lake City and asked me how it works. Since others have been asking how to bring Lunch 2.0 to their cities, I thought I’d respond to Jesse in a blog post that lists some of the common questions I’ve been getting.
What are the rules?
You don’t need [...]

At the Mixergy education sessions, when I see the audiences’ pens moving while a presenter is talking, I know they’re going to tell me they love that speaker. When I ask people what they thought of one of my panels, their response usually includes how many pages of notes they took. “Greatpanel Andrew! I got [...]

If you review the Mixergy invitation process and give me feedback, I’ll post it here and link to you. Paul, Brandon, Michael and I have been working hard to make Mixergy.com the invitation site that helps guests mix. And we could use your feedback.Here’s who gave us feedback this week.

kevinmlynch.org went through the whole site [...]

To prepare for the Mixergy sessions on “How to Grow Traffic to Your Site” I did a pre-interview with every speaker. I thought you might want to see some of my notes.
5 traffic lessons from Michael Dorausch of Planet Chiropractic

Use Google Trends to see what people are searching for. If you see a subject that [...]

From today’s article in Venture Capital Journal:
Unlike Silicon Valley—where VCs and entrepreneurs have gathered in places like Bucks and Il Fornaio for years—Los Angeles doesn’t have longstanding networking locales. “The scene in LA changes so fast that if we had a spot the next month it would be lame and no one would want to [...]

Yesterday I did a Lunch 2.0 @ Experian Interactive Media.
You may not know EIM, but you know their companies: LowerMyBills.com ClassesUSA.com Instant Approvals.com ExpertsOnCredit.com AffiliateFuel.com.
Full picture set here. I was asked not to shoot video, but I think Vak at TechZulu got permission so check out his site.
Thank you Barbara Mayo for inviting us to [...]

Soon, I’ll post details, pictures, videos, thanks-yous and more from the Mixergy Traffic Panel. For now, if you attended, could you please give me your feedback?
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If you’re considering bringing Lunch 2.0 or any other Mixergy event to your company, I think this video will help understand the benefits of doing it. (Contact me for details on getting started.)
Thank you Woody Pewitt for bringing Lunch 2.0 to Microsoft. You’re a big reason why the tech community is growing in SoCal.

More pictures here.
I’ve also started shooting video of some of the guests to help you get to know them.
Randy Merritt is with Vencore Capital. He talks about how he finds potential deals at Mixergy events.

Deepu John is with iSherpa Capital. The lunch was at its height when I shot this video, so it’s a little [...]

The full program
This is an audio program. Listen and/or download it here:
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My 30-minute interview with him is here (right-click this link to save).

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A few useful lessons from this program

I interviewed “Party Charlie” Scola (whose book party you’ve got to attend) to ask him for tips on how to organize events–because I want to make it [...]

Tickets are now available. Get yours here.
This panel is about growing your traffic through sites like these:
Putting this event together was hard, because most of the people who know the secrets of getting traffic through social media and search engine optimization refuse to talk publicly about it. With all the hushed conversations I’ve had with [...]

The full program
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Download my interview with Chuck Longanecker here.

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A few lessons from this program

Chuck Longanecker co-founded digital-telepathy, a company that designs online businesses. He started his company after getting laid off from another startup. In my interview with him, he talked about how early on, when [...]