Alan Weinkrantz's presentation on the opportunity for people who in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to disrupt the geo-location boundaries of the physical world.

1. Why Your Voice
Really Matters....or
The Rio Grande Valley Disrupts
Social Media Boot
Camp - McAllen, Tex
Aug 14, 2010

2. About
• PR guy for 25 years
• Social Media for the last 5 years
• Blogger with.... 4 blogs
• Story Teller
• Content producer

3. I eat my own dog food
• working directly clients
• working with Agencies
• I am my own client
• I’m on Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn, etc.

4. The #140conf events provide a platform for
the worldwide twitter community to: listen,
connect, share and engage with each other,
while collectively exploring the effects of the
emerging real-time internet on business.

5. Celebs, Media Personalities, Business
and Gov’t Leaders, the Homeless,
Ex-Cons, School Children, Educators,
Writers, Musicians, etc

6. NY, LA, London, Tel Aviv,
Barcelona, Austin, NY (take
II), SFO,Boston Detroit and
now...

7. 140Conf Road Trip
http://roadtrip.140conf.com

8. Connecting with voices from all over the Mid-West
Text
follow - @jeffpulver

9. Big Brands Are Listening and want to connect
deep into your market!
Buick
Glaceau
Doubltree
Kodak

10. Meet: Becky McCray-
owns a liquor store and
cattle ranch in Alva, OK
@BeckyMcCray

11. http://smalltown.140conf.com/

12. Words of Wisdom from Becky....
1. People in small towns have access to the same technology,
the same real time tools, that people in big cities do.
2. Most small towns in the US have broadband access, though
many rural areas still are stuck on dial up.
3. And rural people worldwide are creative, using mobile web
access and smart phones to access Twitter and all the real time
tools you're used to.
4. The State of Now is reshaping small towns just as much as
it’s reshaping big cities.
5. Real time connections through Twitter and other services
have given small town people new ways to interact and share
ideas.
6. Through the live stream you can be involved in the world of
the discussion, real time to watch, connect and engage.

13. How does RGV Disrupt?
• Reflects the future demographic of our
nation
• Great place to live
• weather
• Texas Coast & Beach
• borders with Mexico
• cont’d

14. How does RGV Disrupt?
• No more than one hour away to get to an
airport that will take you anywhere in
the world
• Border Region in Texas / Mexico is
2,000,000 + people - larger than San
Antonio :)

15. Mindset:
• The world is yours
• Your reach is world wide
• Find like minded people to connect with
• Leverage your location

16. Consider
• Your geo-location on the Texas / Mexico
border region creates a new type of
virtual trading community
• Monterrey, and not San Antonio is the
Big City.... with a population of 3.5
million people

17. Copy of presentation
• online today: www.alanweinkrantz.com
• copy and share with others
• this is just what I believe and seems to
work
• your mileage may vary

18. Contact
• Alan Weinkrantz
• 210-820-3070
• alan@weinkrantz.com
• @alanweinkrantz - Twitter
• google.com/profiles/alanweinkrantz
• FaceBook, LinkedIn too!

19. Thank You
© 2010