This year's Social Media Week in February saw the inclusion of yet another part of the world that has made strides in adopting social media for social, business and political uses: Lagos, Nigeria -- Africa.

Last week turned out to be a good one with Served Fresh Media relaunching New York Viral Media Meetup (@nyviralmedia) at a sold out event full of digital media minds looking for insights into the latest viral media tricks and trends.

After a successful event with the IBM Smarter Commerce team at their 2012 event in Orlando (featuring Guy Kawasaki) where IBM broke a Guinness World Record and the event trended on Twitter for two days in a row, Served Fresh Media will be back with our team of awesome Social Media Amplifiers, helping to bring the event to the online audience and the online audience to the event along with other fierce social media influencers!

Last weekend, I had the privilege of presenting a talk at the launch of Beekman 33 Idea Salon (an intimate gathering of like-minded individuals who share a passion for creativity, art, food, music, tech, and collaborating). I was surprised at how effective and inspiring the event turned out to be...

Social Media Week is, without a doubt, the most popular, long-running event focused on the business and growth of social media.  The event (now in over 20 cities worldwide) dominates the Twitter trending list as tens of thousands of digital media professionals, entrepreneurs, students, curious folk and the media gather at over 500 hundreds in ten cities worldwide, over the [...]

We had the thorough pleasure of covering Curalate‘s Marketing without Words: Social Engagement Through Imagery Conference at Social Media Week New York last night. At Marketing Without Words, industry thought leaders from social’s most successful brands and agencies will come together to discuss the future of social media and how they’re leveraging Pinterest/Instagram to grow their audience, form stronger relationships [...]

Look up in the sky! It’s a plane! It’s Jarobin Guerra Gilbert — one of our fierce Social Media Amplifiers on the beat! Jarobin’s social media skills were in full effect for us last week at Social Media Week 2013 — so much so that he was recognized as being the 7th top social media influencer tweeting at Social Media Week.  [...]

It could happen to any of us. You’re planning an event (a BIG event that your bosses will love you for and that will leave attendees wanting more). The details of the event are all set (location – check, dates – check, sponsors – check). And then there’s social media… How do most events (particularly big conferences, expos and festivals) [...]

We were excited to have the opportunity to work with the incredible team at IBM for their 2012 Smarter Commerce Global Summit (@IBMSmrtCommerce, #IBMSCGS), September 5-7, 2012. The event exceeded capacity (can you say packed house?). IBM broke a Guiness World Record for longest handshake signifying the meaning of truly connecting with people in person and substantively (here are the first [...]

We’re very excited to be producing this special event for our client, PointBurst (a social media amplification platform that promises to change the game). Working with the team at PointBurst has been incredibly rewarding and fun and we look forward to gathering some of New York’s most thought-provoking digital media mavens for this event (taking place June 21st) starting with  David [...]