August 17, 2009

BuzzCity Tours : August & September 09

We’re always happy to share good news and the latest is our nomination for the Best Social Media Company Award at this year’s upcoming ME Awards. The Awards are taking place on 1st October at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, London and we’ll find out then if we’ve won.

Meanwhile, this next month will be another busy month for our executives as we tour a few mobile industry conferences across several regions. This will be a good chance to meet with our team mates for updates on what we’ve been up to recently.
Chester Ng will be attending the 3rd Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit (August 25th - 26th , SMX Convention Centre, Manila) and will be happy to share with you the latest on mobile internet use in the region, especially in the Philippines.


On 31 August, Michael de Souza will be speaking about mobile communities and social networks at the ‘Mobile: Evolution or Revolution?’ pre-conference workshop of Telecoms World Africa 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. He will be at the event on the Monday and Tuesday, so feel free to catch up with him there.

US based advertisers continue to reach their overseas markets via our network and are exploring more creative campaigns on mobile. Cindy, who has run many of these campaigns, will be at ad:tech Chicago (September 1st - 2nd @ Navy Pier, Festival Hall) and will be on hand to assist with your enquiries.

Manish from our India office will be at the 3rd National Conference of Mobile Content & Services ( 2nd Sept, Intercontinental Eros Nehru Place in New Delhi). Manish has been working on our India based campaigns and will be happy to share campaign ideas.

If you are in Singapore this September, please be sure to make time and catch Kok Fung at the Asia Mobile Advertising & Mktg Conference 2009 (14th – 15th September @ Conrad Centennial Hotel). Kok Fung will be talking about planning for mobile advertising campaigns. He will share insights on user demographics, usage patterns and tips on crafting, measuring & improving your mobile internet campaigns.

Kok Fung Will also be at the Social Networking World Forum (22nd and 23rd Sept @ Grand Hyatt Singapore, Singapore). Kok Fung will join a panel of experts discussing ways to make the mobile internet a better experience. Kok fung will share our experience with mobile users, user generated content and results of our various research on mobile use.

We also hope to see our European partners in London where we will have a stand (Booth 438) at ad:tech London ( September 22nd – 23rd @ National Hall, Olympia). On hand to assist with be Wandrille, Anna, Cindy and Hisham

We look forward to catching up with you! Please email partners[at]buzzcity.com to arrange a meet-up with any of our team.