Spent a long weekend in St. Louis MO at the Indie Buzz Boot Camp (http://www.indiebuzzbootcamp.com) getting schooled by Bob Baker, Ariel Hyatt, Derek Sivers, Tom Jackson, Nancy Moran, John Taglieri, and a great group of attendees as well. It was a killer weekend and I came home so amped up and ready to rock I can hardly describe it.
Bob Baker kicked off the seminar on Saturday with an intro on goals and intention that was great, and something I consistently try to put off. The one time I wrote down all my goals (Jan 1999 by the way) I accomplished them all within a year and didn't know what else to do with my life afterward. I think I have a vague and deep fear of doing that again lol.
Anyway, here's a pic with me and Bob Baker:
http://www.bob-baker.com
I'd heard about the IndieBuzzBootCamp from Bob back in October at the Taxi Road Rally... but it was my friend Ariel Hyatt who convinced me last week in her newsletter to go. Ariel kicked off the seminars by detailing a brilliant implementation strategy for musicians to take advantage of the Web 2.0 social network tools on Saturday morning. She made it very clear how to use Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Utterz, MySpace, and blogging to drive revenue.
Here are some pics with me and Ariel:
http://www.arielpublicity.com
In the last photo above Ariel was whispering "Try to be serious" and I could barely stop myself from breaking out into wild fits of laughter. Man, I love Ariel, she's so fun. A great friend.
The early afternoon was mind-boggling... as Tom Jackson took the stage and fulfilled his personal mission of "Changing Lives" by completely changing mine. If you EVER have a chance to see him in person, you simply have to go. Don't wait. Don't put it off. Just go see him.
Anyway, here's a pic with me and Tom Jackson:
http://www.tomjacksonproductions.com
Late afternoon was plenty good... because it was one of my all time favorite people in the world... Derek Sivers (President and Programmer of CD Baby). I'd seen Derek's presentations many times before, so I was already familiar... and in some ways I was just so blown away by Tom Jackson that I almost felt sorry for Derek... it was like when The Who had to follow Jimi Hendrix after Hendrix lit his guitar on fire, know what I mean? :O)
Anyway, here's a pic with me and Derek Sivers:
I'll come around with another blog post later about this conference... I learned so many things, but for now I just wanted to post some of the photos and get a start. More soon.