Fortunately, we've been able find our Experts more PR opportunities in various national publications. Here are a few:
Bryan Wempen and Lance Haun in CFOworld (IDG).
Kevin Grossman in Computerworld (IDG).
Chris Selland, Brian Vellmure, Alyssa Gregory, and Esteban Kolsky in Inc.
If you know of reporters who would like to be put in touch with our Experts, email your Community Manager with the details.
Thanks to many of our Focus Experts for including us in their blogs and other articles!
Mark Schaefer in {grow}.
Dave Brock in Partners in EXCELLENCE.
Paul McCord in AllBusiness.com.
Henry Bruce in Rock Annand Group.
Michael Brenner in B2B Marketing Insider.
Matt Heinz in Innovation Excellence.
Jon Arnold in his Analyst 2.0 Blog.
Tired of taking the same surveys over and over? We are too!
That's why we crowdsourced our latest survey by asking HR professionals what they wanted to know from their colleagues, including:
Thanks to Focus Adviser Charlie Judy and Expert Michael Carty who helped us put this together.
Share your insights on their most pressing questions and see how your company compares.
Thanks to adviser Carlos Hidalgo for helping us put this together. If you have data you think might be infographic-worthy, email your community manager and we'd be happy to take a look.
We're excited to announce that July 11-15 is Focus B2B Marketing Week, which is a series of FREE webinars and roundtable panels that explores the world of the B2B marketer. From Marketing Automation to Content Marketing to Lead Generation, Focus has brought together the top experts in their fields to discuss the state of B2B marketing today.
For speaker details and to attend, click the corresponding event links below.
Monday July 11
1 pm PT/ 4 pm ET: How to Set Up an Effective Marketing Organization
Tuesday July 12
11 am PT/ 2 pm ET: B2B Marketing Tactics That Work (And the Ones That Don’t)
1 pm PT/ 4 pm ET: Modern B2B Marketing Strategies
Wednesday July 13
10 am PT/ 1 pm ET: The Four Types of Prospect Attention and How They Affect Demand Generation
1 pm PT/ 4 pm ET: B2B Lead Generation: How To Use the Phone to Drive High Quality Leads
Thursday July 14
9 am PT/ 12 pm ET: B2B Marketing/Marketing Automation roundtable with Jeff Pedowitz
1 pm PT/ 4 pm ET: Expert Best Practices in Content Marketing
Friday July 15
11 am PT/ 2 pm ET: B2B Marketing 3.0: What’s Next for B2B Marketers?
1 pm PT/ 4 pm ET: Tips on Generating Leads for Yourself
Check them out, learn something new, enjoy and leave us some feedback!
There have been quite a few Focus-related PR opportunities for our Experts the last couple of weeks.
Erica Byrd, Rob Enderle, and Mark Fidelman were all quoted in "Apps That Make Your iPod Work Like a Laptop" in Inc.com.
Ben Smith was also quoted in Inc.com about Installing Remote Access Apps on your iPad.
Matt Heinz was featured in Office Divvy after his popular answer on Focus received more than thirty "thumbs ups!"
Guy Farmer's post on Being Assertive, Not Aggressive, was featured on lifehacker.
The Dallas Morning News included Kevin Beaver in an article about a data breach in the Texas comptroller's tech office.
June 28-30, 2011 is Focus Cloud Week, which is a series of free webinars and roundtable panels that explore the business drivers prompting the migration to the cloud, the challenges, and the experiences of pioneering adopters.
For speaker details and to attend, click the event links below. All times listed are Pacific.
Tuesday June 28
10:00 am - Apple's iCloud and iOS 5: Implications for Your Business?
11:00 am - Enterprise Cloud Adoption - Defining (and Easing) the Barriers
1:00 pm - Cloud Scars: Lessons from Enterprise Pioneers
Wednesday, June 29
11:00 am - Cloud for the Rest of Us: Buying, Selling and Focusing on Cloud, Outside the US
1:00 pm - Applications and Cloud Computing: Trends, Issues, Strategies
Thursday, June 30
10:00 am - Five Common Cloud Misconceptions
1:00 pm - FISMA Clouds in 2011: Fact or Fiction?
For a listing of related events and community activity, please visit and follow Cloud Week on Focus.com.
We are making a significant investment to grow content and community on Focus around the economy in general and the energy sector in particular. We have pulled together diverse and influential experts to share insights during moderated roundtable teleconferences featuring 3-4 industry experts each.
Scheduled energy events are:
Other topics to be scheduled include:
These panels fuel community participation across Focus.com with conversations extended to social media networks.
Attend any or all of the events and let us know what you think!
We've found a new batch of blog posts from Experts inspired by Focus Q&A and Roundtables.
Peter Coffee wrote about the Stages of Enterprise Cloudification on Salesforce.com's CloudBlog.
Jonathan Gross explored Reframing ERP Contract Negotiations on his blog.
Dan Michalski and David Schwartz both used their blogs to promote their Roundtable on the online gambling market. Find Pokerati and DGSchwartz here.
We had a great turnout at last week's DemandCon meetup. All of our Community Managers showed up to meet existing and potential Focus Experts.
Jason Stewart debuted the "Free the Funnelholic" T-shirt while Adviser Carlos Hidalgo worked the crowd. Click the images below to see who else showed up.
