Last October I attended the Future of Social Media conference (FOSM) with my colleague, John Welsh (Digital Director, UBM Information), full of expectation. I was not disappointed. The content and speakers were good and found the practical real-life talks inspiring. After all, most social media-type events cater more for the technical geek-type audiences – not marketers actually going back to an office implementing Social Media (SM) campaigns.
Many questions like: what’s the ROI for SMM?, how does SM actually benefit our business? and commonly how do we actual measure SM success – is there a formula? weren’t fully answered in my opinion. British Airways – on the other hand – was particularly useful – managed to coach the audience through Social Media marketing campaigns like the Metrotwin one.
This years FOSM conference includes a music theme with Last.fm speaker Spencer Hyman in the line up. A question I’ll have for Spencer is whether the now not-so-recent redesign has had any effect on their audiences?
I’ll be writing up notes from the conference, but only after the talks. Here are the speakers from the conference:
Determining the future and maintaining the momentum in Social Media marketing
Andy Hobsbawn, European Chair, Agency.com
Counterintuitive new truths of marketing
Rohit Bhargava, SVP Marketing, Ogilvy
The new generation – reaching your audience through Social Media applications
Jackson Bond, Senior Manager Corporate Development, Xing
Understandign and leveraging future online communities
Mark Watts-Jones, Head of Innovation, Orange
Social Media marketing and social music revolution
Spencer Hyman, COO, Last.fm
The future of search engines – exploring how the future of Social Media will be incorporated into search
Cesar Mascaraque, Managing Director, Ask.com
A web analytics view of Social Media – the future and the measurement challenges
Vicky Brock, Strategic Programs Director, Web Analytics Association
Establishing tomorrow’s Social Media’s landscape
Hart Cunningham, Founder, PerfSpot
Kevin Lawver, Chief Architect, Music Intelligence Solutions
The full speaker line-up and agenda for this years show can be found on the FOSM website.
Tags: conference, fosm, Social Media
