This evening, I had the chance to go to the Social Media Club – Knoxville Launch Party that was sponsored by Pyxl and Mashable.  It was held in one of the hip and trendy restaurants in Knoxville – Oodles – and it was such a great turnout! There were so many professionals there networking and discussing issues that they are working with in terms of social media.  What was really exciting was to see how interdisciplinary the event was.  For example, there were people that were working in Public Relations and others that were in Marketing, and a couple of advertising executives were also present.

The event started off where you signed in and your name tag had your name, and then your Twitter username so everyone in the club would know to follow you.  Very neat!  Trey Pennington,  founder of SMC Greenville, was the guest speaker at the launch party.  He provided some great insights into social media and where it is going for public relations and in marketing.  Some of the issues that was discussed during the gathering was how many opportunities there are in social media for public relations professionals, how to evaluate financial success with social media, and the differences between b2b and b2c relations with social media.

I would have to say that the Social Media Club – Knoxville Launch Party was a huge success – great event, wonderful opportunity to meet other professionals, and fabulous discussion!  I am looking forward to attending future events and functions! 🙂

Hope you all are having a great day!

Best Wishes,

Karen