Skittles and SXSW

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March sure did come in like a lion here in New England. I was ready for spring, but instead we ended up with a dumping of snow yesterday. That is why I’m talking about candy and Austin on today’s Managing the Gray.

SXSWI wanted to share my thoughts on the newly launched Skittles web site. If you haven’t seen it yet, they’ve taken the conversations happening about the brand on various platforms including Twitter and Flickr and have brought them directly on to their site. Not the first to do this, but I’ve still got mixed feelings about it.

I also give my 16 Tips for Surviving South By Southwest on the show. I learned a lot last year and even if you are not going this year, I hope some of the advice will help you at the next conference you attend. Most of these work for pretty much any conference you might attend.

If you are going to be attending SXSW, be sure to say hello.  Where I’m planning to be can be found here, but all of that is subject to change of course. The only place I know for sure is Saturday in Room C from 5-6 when my panel is happening. Be sure to come up and say hi afterward.

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  • http://www.davemadethat.com Dave Delaney

    Hey C.C.
    Great episode as always! You even inspired me to post some tips for SXSW on my blog too. Thanks for that.

    The Skittles site was given an age verification because they couldn’t manage the content on Twitter. So, if anyone on there was cursing about Skittle’s stunt, you can bet the wee ones would have seen that too.

    Looking forward to seeing you in Austin! Bring on The Fray!

    Cheers,
    Dave

  • Mike Volpe

    Nice show – the cool part of Austin is 6th Street – I think COPPA might have had something to do with age verification as well. Make sure to say hello to @repcor there.

  • http://www.alexdesigns.com Alex Harris – AlexDesigns

    Another tip for SXSW that (i think) you didn’t mention: DONT OVERPACK

    If you want, you will get a ton of free stuff including t-shirts on the expo floor and you wont be able to bring it all home. So leave room for the schwag.

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