Jeff Namnum

Incredible impact, impossible deadline

So I’ve been blessed to be part of an amazing collective of some of the most talented people in Long Island, NY (@LITweetUP) for the past 2 years or so. One of the things that has made that experience amazing is that we do things, as oppossed to just talking about them all the time. In fact, the most amazing things we’ve done together so far, most people would’ve said we shouldn’t have tried. Shouldn’t have tried for a lot of reasons (distributed team, no command and control, etc) but the one that comes to mind right now is this:

we never had enough time.

Why bring this up? Because I read about something yesterday that could really help our community, if only we could put some legs behind it, and then I dismissed it because we have no time to get it done. I just realized that was stupid, better to try something and improve on it next time, than to do nothing at all.

So here’s the deal:

I have an idea that could make an impact on our communities (focusing on the small businesses), help build your brand as a social media / marketing / PR professional and make you feel really good.
It will be in my favorite style: inexpensive, we can do it anywhere, easy to do (if not plan), and fun & social.
We’ll have to pull it together in 1 week or less to make it effective.

That’s it, that’s all I’m giving you for now. Wanna find out more, reply in the comments, shoot me a tweet (@namnum) or call me at 516-882-7712. I’ll be releasing all the details this weekend to those who ask.

If there’s enough interest, we’ll do it, if not, I’ll do it myself in a smaller way and then we’ll do it again & bigger next year, when there’s more time.

But come on, do we really need more time?

Pictures from Social Media Camp Long Island 2010

What to Expect on Friday at 10am – Social Media Camp Long Island Update

Lots of folks are new to the whole camp, unconference style event and have been asking what in the world Friday was going to be like. Here’s a real quick walk-thru of the day just to give you a feel for it. You might also want to check out some of the photos on Flickr and maybe even this video of a BarCamp. SocialMediaCamp is not a techie event like BarCamp is, but it’ll give you some idea.

Can’t wait to see you there!

Talks with smaller audiences – Social Media Camp Long Island Update

I wanted to quickly address a question I’ve been getting a lot in the last couple of days, what to do if you have a topic idea that may not draw 20, 30, 50 people. Since time is tight and typing takes longer I’ll try and release a couple of video updates to respond to questions as they come up. (I’ll try to remember to carry my Zi-8 to avoid the seasick effect of the cell phone vid)

Premature Enunciation – Why Shooting Off Too Early Doesn’t Create (Sales) Fulfillment

Premature Enunciation from Jeff Namnum on Vimeo.

Yes, I know the video is a little cheesy but I don’t care it was fun This video is a brief promo and summary for my topic at Social Media Camp Long Island. My hope is to get people thinking about how to better engage in sales in Social Media spaces (and in Real World spaces).

Social Selling is a topic that is constantly on my mind. I feel strongly that as we move into this next era of business and communication, selling thru relationships and by trading gratitude for business is the way that sales will be done, but it’s not the way the average mom & pop store owner is used to. By re-examining some basic concepts of how small business has succeeded (and driven our economy) in the past I hope that the people who join this conversation at #SMCampLI will walk away realizing that they already know how to do this, they just needed to look at it a little differently.