ad:tech San Francisco 2009 Wrap-Up
Apr 27th, 2009 by msdanielle
Another conference has come and gone. And this time it was ad:tech San Francisco. The three days I spent in the bay area were pretty fantastic, and this was by far one of the most fun and most productive conferences I’ve been to yet. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but sometimes that can make for the most exciting times.
ad:tech Summary
I flew into San Francisco’s SFO airport from Long Beach for the first time. Little did I know, I could take the BART train from the airport to my hotel. And when I say “from the airport” I literally mean the BART station is inside the airport. How cool is that? And when I say “to my hotel” I mean that when I popped out from the station on Montgomery Street, I looked to my left to see my hotel doorway staring me back in the face. Sweet.
After dropping off my luggage I went to meet my friends Jasper and Nick at the conference hall, which was in Moscone West this year. I’m not sure if it’s because the main hall was already reserved for RSA, or if the conference itself was smaller, but it was still a large and busy expo hall regardless (on both floors).
I met my rep Eleah from AKMG for the first time, and she gave me a really cool skateboard which I’m not sure what I’ll do with. But it’s cool nonetheless and was by far the best on-the-floor buzz item at the show. However, for the women out there, I wouldn’t recommend picking up the board at the start of the walk if you’re in heels, especially if you’re going to be running around for five hours straight…. Just sayin…. But I was still able to make my rounds through the aisles of booths and scout for traffic sources. There were a few vendors there I haven’t yet worked with so that was good, but in all the expo hall was what I expected.
Day 1 of ad:tech ended with us party-hopping, beginning our night at Cat Club for the nickycakes party – a small venue with lots of guys and no air conditioner. There was jello wrestling, boobies, and an open bar. Too bad I’m not a guy because I would’ve appreciated it more, but the alcohol was great! Then we made our way over to Ruby Skye for ClickBooth’s party, which was a lot of fun. Thanks to all the sponsors who made the night a ton of fun!
The second day was much like Day 1, with the exception that I got to sleep in and have lunch with my friend Max. Once I caught up with the group it was back to networking at Moscone and planning the night’s events. The one great thing about these conferences is that there are a slew of people who are all of the same mind-set, and once you’ve met them in person, it makes all the difference in the world.
The guys at Tracking202 held a really cool Meetup202 at club Mighty. I’ll be posting videos from that event soon. We then ended up at Advertise.com’s AdverCircus party at 1015 Folsom, featuring a team of fire dancers and an open bar. I’d like to thank the organizers of ad:tech, as well as all the great account managers and affiliates. Keep an eye out for some photos and videos in the coming days!
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It was great meeting you and it’s the nice wrap up. I think advertise.com party was at Ruby Skye and Clickbooth was at ten15, just to say it
Keep up the good work.
I was thrilled when you stopped by and hung out with us at our VIP area, (thanks blu sky (sorry about the mispelling))
You add a fresh happy spark to internet events when you pop up.
It is a nice break from the “I make like 10X the money you do dude” atmosphere
I am glad you had such a great time!
Much Love,
dk
Looks like you had a great time with your trip to San Fran. I hope that my online business will allow me to travel and meet others at meet ups and seminars like this
Good seeing you at AdTech, even for a brief second. Glad you had fun at the networking events- it was a bit too crazy for me, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’ll be at a few more shows this year, so I’m sure I’ll see you again soon.
Sounds like the party was gooood girlfriend! I look forward to seeing some videos of the fun that was had inbetween all the hard networking.
Hi again girlfriend! I was just checking to see if there is any fresh news on your blog, but alas – Nothing!!
I really look forward to hearing more of your adventures and insights, so keep the posts coming, OK!