I am excited to be a panelist tomorrow, Oct. 23, 2009, at the San Diego Social Media Symposium, presented by Nuffer, Smith, Tucker and San Diego State University. The event will bring together leaders in public relations, academia, and traditional and new media, along with local business leaders.

Discussion will center around the impact that social media is having on our respective industries, and opportunities for all to prosper in the social media landscape. In my panel of three, I will be sharing my thoughts and questions about how new media and traditional media are changing todays overall media landscape. I am honored to join Tammy Carpowich , director of new media at KPBS, and Rob Hopwood, Internet content producer and social media specialist at SignOnSanDiego.

John Moore, Word of Mouth Marketing Associations Chief Evangelist, who designed and implemented marketing programs for both Starbucks Coffee and Whole Foods Market, will be keynote speaker. I invite you to check him out LIVE at 9:15 am. If you are on Twitter, follow the discussion using the hashtag sdsms.

This is a very special time to have an online presence Today, with the help of technology, anyone with a passion or something of value who wants to test his/her idea out has the ability to do on his/her own terms and chosen pace. Word of mouth WOM, I have found, is KEY in the mom niche, and only after embarking in San Diego Bargain Mama read center of page did I come to find that word of mouse is WOM on steroids I will share tomorrow how from my perspective as a stay-at-home mom, I have been able to engage and interact with a customized community in such a powerful way, that I have been able to build a brand from the comfort of my own home. The process of connecting so vastly with the outside community is a learning experience that, without doubt, is a step-by-step learning process

I can rest assured knowing that many others are on the same boat, navigating themselves through endless entrepreneurial possibilities and loving it every step of the way Thank you for helping build the SDBM community and stay tuned for further developments As always, your comments and contributions Contact@SanDiegoBargainMama.com are very much appreciated and invited

Added on November 3, 2009: Panelists from event share thoughts.

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