Two weeks ago I interviewed 5 people who had gone to the Atlanta eBay on Location event. Right now 4 of my friends are just home from the ECMTA Summit n Las Vegas. So what's the secret to "learning, networking and having fun" at these events?
Well this is my take from my interviews, and my experience at two eBay Live events and years of going to Toy Fair in NYC.
1.Wear comfortable shoes (and clothes)
2 Bring your camera, your flipcamera, your laptop, your netbook
2.bring extra batteries and memory for cameras/cellphones and laptops
3.depending on how long you're going to be gone, have a "designated shipper doing emergency backup substitute pinch hitter" shipping of your products
4. learn beforehand how to tweet/twitpix etc and facebook from your new droid or I-phone
5. Take business cards - LOTS of business cards
6. Take something to bring home business cards in and bring them all home. a sandwich baggie will do, just something to keep them from being lost in among the dirty socks.
7. As you collect biz cards, write on the reverse who the person is like CEO of Outright.com or CEO of ebay.com and any other identifying infor you need to remember who the person is (6ft tall blonde weightliftr chick will work for something things.)
8. Keep a notebook either on the computer or in your pocket and write notes to yourself - all those "money" ideas you have walking around a meeting/conference/convention hall that you definitely won't be able to remember tomorrow, let alone when you get home.
9. SLEEP - before hand, to rest up. At the location - partying all night is ok if you're 28. If you're over 30 you need some rest. Maybe not as much as this old lady but some. (heck when I was 20 I still needed 8 hrs of sleep to be able to "THINK".
10? What do you think you need (besides spending money... for food, drinks and cabs??
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