Residents of Mexico are calling it a “Social Marketing Tsunami,” and I am calling it a well-deserved vacation, haha!  Tweet to be Heard, the international social marketing conference of the season will be held in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico from October 21 to October 24, 2010.

If you want to learn everything you need to know about social media and you want to have a little fun doing it, then this is the conference to attend.  I will be sharing the stage with some great speakers:  Trey Pennington, Richard Snyder, William Michael, Victor Garcia and Lynne Barstow.

I am extremely honored to be speaking at this spectacular event.  When I was invited through a direct message on Twitter a couple months ago, my reaction was purely selfish because I just thought about ocean, sand, sun – a mini-vacation in the tropics, yeah .  I mean come on, have you ever heard of a conference that plans for a siesta (a nap break) in the middle of the day, and all kinds of outdoor and evening activities planned through midnight?  Admit it, you would be a little selfish too if you were invited.  Right?  And, who says you can’t mix business with pleasure?

Event director, Robert Dry is planning an amazing schedule that is attracting people from around the globe.  He hand-selected each speaker based on their knowledge and expertise in social media.  “I solicited input from my group of influencers by asking them who they considered to be gurus of social marketing and they came back to me with a small group of about eight well-known presenters that they would want to hear speak.  I did online research of each possible speaker’s Twitter posts, websites and other related accounts to further fine tune the list of speakers to just those that had an ÏT factor and extreme knowledge of the online world,” mentions Dry.

I don’t want to give too much away.  If you are really tempted to join the fun, let the schedule help you make the decision: http://www.tweettobeheard.com.

And by the way, if I wasn’t so transparent online, this amazing opportunity would not have come my way.  This is why it so essential for every business owner to make time for their online marketing.  You never know when the next tropical vacation, media coverage, or new customer opportunity is going to come along!

Arriba! Arriba!