Notes & Photos from the MCM Meet-up
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
I had such a great time yesterday at the local meetup for Music City Marketers. We spent a good 7 or 8 hours together, sharing resources and ideas and then grabbed dinner together afterwards as well.
Its a fairly small group, usually ranging from 10-30 people. There were about a dozen of us that met up yesterday so it was small enough to really pack in a lot of networking.
The lady on the far left in the photo above is Sonya Nave, and it was her first time joining us. She does graphics & copywriting, so that was a great connection. The guy on the far right is Zack aka techshaman and is very skilled at blog design & cover graphics - another great connection made.
Interesting to note is that everyone in the photo above is an Elite Member at my primary site, except Sonya of course since she was new to the group. But particularly interesting to me was to hear how many of the Elite Members are working together on the side now.
Several have partnered up on projects, they have formed accountability groups, etc. All of it was news to me, but I was really pleased to hear it. The SSWT community makes up some of the best people on the ‘net… I’m biased of course, but it truly has grown and taken on a life of its own over the years.
The man standing behind me in the photo above is Kirk Ward, and yes - he really is that tall (8 ft or so I think). I would guess that it takes that kind of height to house all of the personality that man has!
To my left (right of me in the photo) is Quinn Moore then Gary Leggett, and behind them is David Dutton and then Russell Portwood. Russell organizes the Knoxville TN meetups, the next one being November 15th.
I’ll close by sharing a few photos…
Kirk and his infamous note-taking system… 
The seating arrangement was intentional (I’m deaf on the right side) 
Make it a point to join us for a future meetup, or find local groups in your area. You’ll be glad you did! And be sure to join the SSWT Community online if you’re not already involved. Between the interactive newsletter, weekly webinars, discussion forum & elite group… there’s a lot of cool stuff going on 
Best,
