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Puerto Rico 140Conf MeetUp unites Entrepreneurs

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Recently Raul (@rj_c) has been helping out our friend @Mark_Hayward, owner of The Palmetto Guesthouse in Culebra, Puerto Rico, with organizing a 140Conf Meetup in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Once the details were finalized, we were able to spend time with @JeffPulver , founder of the 140Conf.com and @AlanWeinkrantz who helps with media relations of the #140Conf. We also met Gilad Zirkel and Marc Fischman from @Hashtagart (@Zirkel and @MarcF) who accompanied Jeff and Alan.

We stayed at the San Juan Marriott (Our Client and sponsor of the event) where the event took place and enjoyed conversations with people from all industries in Puerto Rico. The great thing about the event was that many of the individuals, 125 in total, were small businesses owners, entrepreneurs, web and app developers, bloggers who write on a variety of topics, and even a professional clown.

Jeff took the microphone and told us what sparked the #140Conf and what he expected people to learn while attending. One of the key takeaways that stuck in my head was that he wanted all types of people attending the event. There is no elitism and everyone from the farmer to the fisherman should attend this conference.

Prior to the event, Alan had the chance to tour and interview Dana Montenegro, owner of  Seriously Creative or @Space4Ideas on Twitter. This leads us to the video below where you can hear Dana explain the concept behind this unique workspace and his views on startups and entreprenurialship.

I agree with Dana when he says there are talented individuals on this island that are starting their own businesses and collaborating with like minded individuals provided that they are able to come together and meet. This is exactly what the 140Conferences are about; collaboration, innovation, and perhaps the chance to work together in order to create mutually beneficial opportunities.

If we are to enable these types of collaborations on the island we must find Sponsors to bring this 140Conf, that is becoming a global event, to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. If you or your company are interested in Sponsoring, please let us know in the comments or contact form.

Were you at the #140Conf Meet-Up in San Juan last Tuesday? 

What were your key take aways?

Thanks to Alan Weinkrantz for the video.

 

Interviewed at Hispanicize Conference

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Raul Colon, President and Co-Founder of CIMA IT Solutions was interviewed by La Opinion, a Spanish newspaper based in Los Angeles, about the Hispanicize 2011 Conference and his perspective about attracting brands to bloggers.

He was among 450 plus attendees at the 2nd annual conference for Public Relations and Social Media. Raul was invited to moderate and speak at several sessions last week.

Thanks to reporter Jorge Morales Almada for the interview and La Opinion for this opportunity to promote our small business.

A comercializar el blog by Jorge Morales Almada


We will be @ Hispanicize 2011!

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This year we were presented with the opportunity to join prominent Latino professionals at the Hispanicize 2011 Conference. If you don’t know what Hispanicize is,  here are a few lines from their website to let you know what they are about:

“Hispanicize 2011, the 2nd Annual Hispanic PR & Social Media Conference, (April 6-8, 2011) is the premier marketing event devoted to provide in-depth professional development and networking opportunities for brand marketers, bloggers, non profits and marketing agencies focused on Hispanic public relations and social media.

We are thankful for the opportunity given to us by the founder of Hispanic PR Wire and CEO of Hispanicize, Manny Ruiz (@papiblogger) .

Below are the sessions that Co-Founder and President Raul Colon, will be moderating and presenting along with Louis Pagan (@LouisPagan), managing partner and co-founder of Hispanicize.

COMMUNISPACE’S HISPANIC IDENTITY PROJECT: UNDERSTANDING AND TAPPING INTO THE U.S. HISPANIC MARKET VIA PRIVATE ONLINE COMMUNITIES

SESSION OVERVIEW: The session will focus on Communispace’s Hispanic Identity Project, a research project conducted to better understand the growing U.S. Hispanic population, and its findings.

The Hispanic Identity Project’s research findings will help companies better understand and engage with the Hispanic market via online communities in the U.S., and tap into the business opportunity this growing market represents.

The new partnership between Communispace and Starcom MediaVest to create on a new online Hispanic community will also be covered.

MODERATOR:
Raúl J. Colón, Co-founder, President of CIMA IT Solutions Corp
PRESENTER:
Manila Austin, Ph.D., Director of Research at Communispace
Maria Vasallo, Community Manager, Communispace

 

THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF DEVELOPING CORPORATE HISPANIC WEB SITES IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
(SPONSORED BY: STONE CROSSING SOLUTIONS)

SESSION OVERVIEW: Developing Hispanic corporate web sites has radically changed in an era where Latino Internet and mobile usage trends show that Hispanics are highly engaged, heavy users of social media.

In this panel session led by Joe Kutchera, author of “Latino Link: Building Brands Online with Hispanic Communities and Content” , you’ll learn how some leading corporations are transforming their Hispanic web sites and other digital properties to make them more engaging and culturally customized. Attendees will discover why the Digital Divide is practically over and they’ll hear why and how online content initiatives can drive measurable results among Hispanics.

MODERATOR: Raúl J. Colón, Co-founder, President of CIMA IT Solutions Corp
Panelists include:
· Dave Rodriguez, Marketing Manager, Ford
· Joe Kutchera, Director of Digital Marketing, Acento agency
· John Vojtush, President/COO, Stone Crossing Solutions

POWERFUL INSIGHTS ON HOW TO USE TWITTER TO BUILD FOLLOWERS AND ENGAGE WITH LEGIONS OF LATINOS

SESSION OVERVIEW: Next to Facebook, Twitter is the social media of choice for most U.S. Hispanics but brands and agencies are still struggling with how to effectively use Twitter to build communities and engage with Latinos. If this describes your predicament, this is the session you’ve been waiting for!

Join Twitter Latino thought leader Louis Pagan, managing partner of Hispanicize and co-founder of LATISM, as he takes you on a detailed guided tour through everything you need to know to become a confident, community building brand on Twitter Latino.

Join Hispanicize managing partner and LATISM co-founder Louis Pagan, one of the nation’s best known Twitter Latino masters, show you the tricks of the trade as he gets granular on every best practice you need to use to become a Twitter Latino champion.

PRESENTERS:

Louis Pagan, managing partner of Hispanicize and co-founder of LATISM
Raúl J. Colón, Co-founder, President of CIMA IT Solutions Corp

5 Small Business Benefits of Being at #SXSW

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Photo Credit by Jose Padilla ( @jpadilla_)

We where present at #SXSW and had the opportunity to experience it from a Small Business point of view. Different to other smaller conferences focused on many of the same subjects, I can clearly say that if you are a Small Business Owner the environment of #SXSW makes you feel right at home.

There were sessions focused the small business owners in mind. There were also great people attending the event, who wanted to get to know you as a person first.

Benefits of Being at #SXSW

Some of the clear Benefits we received as a small business were the following.

1. Access to a Large Network

Tapping into a Large Network of Quality People with common interests without measuring how big your organization is or who you are. Giving you the opportunity to meet people from various professional levels from different types of organizations.

2. Pool of Ideas

Many people together exchanging ideas from various perspectives. You had developers, marketers, bloggers, and people from various walks of life sharing their experience from their point of view.

3. Refresh

Refreshing your current efforts. It might be frustrating to get things done when you have individuals or a group of people that don’t get what you do. Based on conversations and interactions, new ideas will arise helping you take a new approach at something that you have probably been frustrated about.

4. Experience Latest Tech Tools

It can also help you find new tools and gadgets. I usually end up learning about the most practical and cost effective gadgets and applications when I am surrounded around peers who have been using them. I end up getting tools that are better and faster at getting things done than what I might be currently using. A good example of interesting apps I was recommended during #SXSW were Beluga  and Liveshare which I learned at a party sponsored by their creator Cooliris.

5. New Relationships

Extending your network with stronger relationships. It is not the same to meet someone online than meeting them in person and continuing the conversation online. Every time I have met someone in person and later on reached out to them online I  created great  relationships.

Did we miss any other benefits of going to a conference like SXSW?

If you want to read about our Raul Colon’s (Co-Founder & President) experience at SXSW feel free to visit his blog.
Photo Credit by Jose Padilla @jpadilla_