Just checked in on my LinkedIn campaign. This is the one that uses job titles. Not a ton of impressions, but I can live with that at this level of targeting. Going to send this off to the team, we might run this longer given the low weekly spend.

Tomorrow we’ll send out another update to the speakers. Karla put together a nice survey with questions ranging from “are you confirmed” to “are you going to the speaker party” and a bunch more stuff that will help a little on marketing – is this their first time speaking, first time in Orlando, etc. We’ll combine with a request/plead to blog about attending. Most of the speakers will blog/tweet about it at some point, but earlier helps – we can link to it and retweet it. Interesting that our interests are aligned – more attendees is good for as an event, and good for the speakers too.

Tuesday will be our weekly email to the entire list and it’s mostly done. Information heavy this week and more graphics/color too. I’ll post a copy after it goes out. Writing the message is fun, but it is work. Something to keep in mind for marketing, the best/hard to find case would be one person “marketing” and the other focused on the messages/twitter.

My secret plan to boost attendance by decreasing the job rate is still there, but the logistics are a little crazy. We’ve got a “special event” planned for October 15th and I had hoped to delay registration for that one until close to SQLSaturday, but – I need to see the reg count on it to make some decisions, so I can’t wait until 2 weeks out. I had limited options for dates and I still think I can do some good with it. The secret part? Soon all will be revealed!

With not much time left, I’m thinking about where I’m at and I just haven’t made much headway on adding to our existing list. LinkedIn has been minimal. We’re trying to reach people via other channels, but that is indirect list building.