Over Thirty Celebrities Come Together for
World's First LIVE Broadcast Tweet-a-Thon!

Twitter is quickly becoming one of the most relevant websites in the world.  From a source of breaking news to building businesses, this micro-blogging site has millions of members "tweeting" in 140 characters or less. 

Individuals, businesses and organizations who use the site are rediscovering the most basic element of expanding their influence... interaction with others.

Home businesses and large corporations alike are jumping on the Twitter bandwagon, finding that Twitter is a great place to build relationships with customers, enhance their brand visibility and make more sales.

Celebrities the likes of Britney Spears, Demi Moore, Dave Matthews, Lance Armstrong, Shaquille O'Neal, Coldplay, and MC Hammer now actively interact with fans via Twitter.

Yes, Twitter is POWERFUL!

In celebration of the highly-anticipated book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time (John Wiley & Sons), 15-year Internet entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author and Internet television Producer Joel Comm has pulled  together the world's largest collection of Twitter celebrities for the very first LIVE broadcast Tweet-a-thon!

The Twitter Power Tweet-a-Thon is a 12 HOUR charity event that will be played out concurrently in two social media venues; a live video broadcast on Ustream.tv and on Twitter.com itself.   

The first time this has ever been attempted, the event will be filled with celebrity guests such as Robert Scoble, Gary Vaynerchuk, MC Hammer, Chris Pirillo and others, as well as entertainment, Twitter tips, prize giveaways, zany antics, thousands of tweets and more surprises.



Joel Comm is an Internet entrepreneur who has been online for over 20 years. In 1995, Joel launched WorldVillage.com, which enjoys thousands of visitors each day. Joel is the co-creator of ClassicGames.com, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 1997, and now goes by the name Yahoo! Games.

Since then, Joel's company, InfoMedia, Inc., has launched dozens of web sites which offer online shopping, free stuff, website reviews and more. Joel is the author of many popular books, including the NY Times Best-Seller, The AdSense Code. He regularly makes appearances at Internet marketing conferences and seminars. Joel is a leading Social Media Expert and author of the book, "Twitter Power" Joel and his iPhone development team also recently held the #1 Paid App in iTunes position for 3 weeks.


 

Dan Nickerson is Vice President of Ideas for Joel Comm's company Infomedia Inc, and Co-Host of Joel Comm Live.

He started building websites in 1994, and in 1997 created "LinkOpp" which was one of the first text link ad systems on the Internet.   Dan has created many innovative sites and membership ideas over the last 15 years.

In 2007, Joel invited Dan to work with him in Colorado as his VP of Ideas.  Dan has gone on to create and develop many products for Joel Comm and Infomedia Inc.  He also speaks at internet marketing conferences and plans to release his first book on idea generation in 2009.

LIVE from Joel Comm's studio in Northern Colorado, Tweet-a-thon 2009 will leverage the power of Twitter to bring clean water solutions to those in developing nations.

WaterIsLife.com is a non-profit organization designated to receive donations from viewers.  There will be a number of different donation levels, with various tweet-based rewards for your donation.

This year 1.8 million people will die of waterborne disease. Waterborne disease can be caused by protozoa, viruses, bacteria, and intestinal parasites.

There are 6,500 people dying each day, the majority of those (4,500) are children- direct result of not having clean water to drink…How can you and I help?

Imagine a small, portable device that hangs around the neck of a child and gives them one year of clean water where ever they are. If they are thirsty and they are walking by a creek the filter acts like a big straw filtering the impure water and making it possible to drink without risk of disease. It has proven to be effective against waterborne diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery, and diarrhea, and removes particles as small as fifteen microns.

This device provides clean water anywhere they are: at home, at school, in the fields working… “WATER IS LIFE!”



THE GUESTS

The Twitter Power Tweet-a-Thon 2009 will be joined by some of the biggest Twitter celebrities from all walks of life.  Scheduled to appear are:

 
WIL WHEATON

Wil Wheaton's successful acting career began in 1986 with acclaimed roles in Stand By Me and Toy Soldiers. He continued to build his resume through his teen years as series regular ‘Wesley Crusher’ on Star Trek: The Next Generation and the film Toy Soldiers. But Wil is much more than just an actor; he’s an author, blogger, voice actor, and champion of geek culture.

Wil currently splits his time between acting and writing. He has recently appeared as serial killer Floyd Hansen on Criminal Minds, comic book publisher Miles Sklar on NUMB3RS, and as the voice of Ted Kord, the Silver Age Blue Beetle, on Batman: The Brave and the Bold. He's published three acclaimed books: Just A Geek, Dancing Barefoot, and The Happiest Days of Our Lives. His latest book is Sunken Treasure.

 
 

ROBERT SCOBLE

Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft.
 

 
 

MC HAMMER

Is an American multi-platinum selling MC and dancer. He has won multiple Grammy awards and is co-founder of DanceJam.com and his own record label.  Hammer recently appeared in the Cash4Gold SuperBowl commercial and released his own iPhone app on Itunes.

 
 

CHRIS PIRILLO

Is the founder and maintainer of Lockergnome which is a large blogging network. He spent two years hosting the TechTV television program Call for Help before parting ways with the show. He also hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon on TechTV. He now hosts videos on several internet sites, including CNN.com, YouTube and his own website

 
 

GARY VAYNERCHUK

After building his family’s local wine retail business into a national industry leader, Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) leveraged social media tools to build his informed but informal video blog about wine, Wine Library TV. Gary’s dual identity as both business guru and wine guy has made him the “Social Media Sommelier.”

 
 

MARK JOYNER

Mark Joyner is a #1 best-selling author of over a dozen books translated in 20 languages. He is widely recognized as one of the early pioneers of e-commerce, responsible for inventing, pioneering, and popularizing many of the technologies we take for granted today (including remotely-hosted ad tracking, electronic books, Integration Marketing, and more ...)

 
 
DOM SAGOLLA

In 2005, Dom joined Odeo and helped create Twitter. When Odeo was dissolved, Dom joined Adobe for research and development of Pacifica.  Dom co-founded iPhoneDevCamp in 2007. DollarApp was founded at the Start Conference in 2008, focused on producing specialized iPhone Apps for a common price.

 
 

ROB MCNEALY

Rob McNealy is a small business, entrepreneurship, and startup junkie. His passion is using social media to evangelize about small businesses, and coaching entrepreneurs on his Startup Story Radio podcast and blog.

 

 
 

TONY HSIEH

Tony Hsieh (pronounced "Shay") is the current CEO of online shoe seller Zappos.com. Prior to joining Zappos, Hsieh co-founded and sold the internet advertising network LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265M in 1998. Hsieh graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Computer Science.

 
 

DAVID LAWRENCE

After a 30 year career in radio, David H. Lawrence XVII is now seen on TBS' Frank TV, CBS' legendary CSI and military thriller The Unit, and as one of the Villains, puppet master Eric Doyle on NBC's smash hit Heroes. On radio, the Emmy-award winning and Clio-nominated Lawrence hosted The David Lawrence Show, Online Tonight, and anchored The Net Music Countdown, heard on over 300 radio stations and both XM and Sirius Satellite Radio. Lawrence is at the forefront of the podcasting revolution, having delivered daily RealAudio and MP3 "podcasts" via email from early 1994, and Lawrence helps other actors create their own voiceover career with his award winning Demos2GoGo voice demo service. He also teaches voicework workshops at various studios around Los Angeles.
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BRIAN CLARK

Brian Clark is the Founder of Copyblogger.  The Guardian named Copyblogger one of the world’s 50 most powerful blogs. Advertising Age ranks Copyblogger as a top 5 blog about marketing.  Technorati says Copyblogger is one of the most popular blogs in the world. The editors of Performancing named him the most influential blogger of 2007

 
 

CHRIS BROGAN

Chris Brogan is a ten year veteran of using social media and technology to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals. Chris speaks, blogs, writes articles, and makes media of all kinds at [chrisbrogan.com], a blog in the top 10 of the Advertising Age Power150, and in the top 100 on Technorati.

 

 
 

ALEXIS MARTIN NEELY

Alexis Martin Neely is a CNBC Legal Expert and America's Personal Family Lawyer, revolutionizing the legal world and guiding business owners to set up the legal and emotional boundaries they need to think and play big. She's also a best-selling author, the mom of two kids and known on her personal blog as the Intrepid Mompreneur, where she's being afraid, doing it anyway and inspiring you to do the same.

 
 
 

PETE CASHMORE

Working as a web technology consultant in mid 2005, Pete Cashmore founded Mashable.com from an unlikely location: a small town in the north of Scotland.

Focusing on up-to-the-minute news on social networks and new websites, it rapidly grew to be one of the top 10 blogs in the world according to the blog ranking service Technorati.
 

 
 
 

MIKE FILSAIME

Mike Filsaime is an author, software developer, renowned speaker, personal coach, business consultant, and most of all... an intensive marketer.

 

 
 
 

DEBORAH COLE MICEK

New Media Consultant, Columnist, Blogger and Author of “Secrets of Online Persuasion” the 1st published book on new media marketing, and author of “Twitter Revolution” Coach Deb is known as a trend setter and trend predictor for entrepreneurs world wide. Popular radio and TV show guest, Deborah Micek keeps audiences spell bound as she reveals 21st Century marketing and sales techniques in an entertaining manner.

Creator of BLOGi360, Deborah and her partner JP Micek are responsible for providing a superior new media marketing platform for small business owners giving them the unfair advantage in social media and online marketing not available anywhere else. Follow her on her popular blog http://TribalSeduction.com where she broadcasts LIVE from the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

 
 

WARREN WHITLOCK

@WarrenWhitlock is the co-author of the best selling book "Twitter Revolution: How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business & Market Online", marketing strategist, speaker, blogger and host of the Social Media show "TwitCastRadio" .. He lives in Las Vegas, and is best known for creating 32 best seller book campaigns. You can read more about Warren at http://BestSellerAuthors.com
 

 
 
 
PERRY BELCHER

Perry Belcher - Seriously Bad Ass Marketer & Neurological Copywriter With a Gift From God.

 

 
 
MATT BACAK

Matt Bacak a promotional RockStar. Using his stealth marketing techniques he became a Best Selling author, huge fan base of over 300k people in his niche and built multi-million dollar companies. Since he has been internet marketer for over 8 years now, his techniques and strategies are widely used across the internet. Matt, has taught many of the "Who's Who" of internet marketing and that's why we have him here to teach you.

 
 
 
CARRIE WILKERSON

Carrie Wilkerson is the voice of experience. From corporate life to teaching high school to direct sales, she has 'been there and done that' professionally and personally. An 'overnight mom' to 2 toddlers through adoption, her priorities instantly changed and so did her workplace. She's now built several businesses and coached others to do the same while overcoming extreme debt, losing 110lbs and having 2 more children, for a total of 4 children, ages infant through 12!

 
 
GARY GOLDSTEIN

Author, speaker, consultant, philanthropist, celebrated Hollywood film producer and President of The Goldstein Company, a film and television production company based in Los Angeles, Gary Goldstein has been instrumental in the success of many of Hollywood's biggest box-office hits. His films have generated over a billion dollars in worldwide revenue, and received numerous Academy Award nominations, People's Choice Awards, a Golden Globe and various other awards and nominations. 

 
 

PETER SHANKMAN

An entrepreneur, author, speaker, and ingenious worldwide connector, Peter is recognized nationally and globally for radically new ways of thinking about social media, PR, marketing, advertising, creativity, and just about everything else, as well.

 
 

KEN SURRITTE

Ken Surritte is the Founder of WaterIsLife.com which provides a safe drinking water solution  which is proven to be effective against waterborne diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery, and diarrhea.

 
 
MARI SMITH

Mari Smith is a Relationship Marketing Specialist and Social Media Business Coach.  She helps entrepreneurs grow their business profits using an integrated social marketing strategy, with particular focus on Facebook & Twitter. Mari shows fellow professionals how to develop powerful, profitable relationships using social media..

 
 
 
CHARLES TRIPPY

Charles Trippy is a “viral video” creator who publishes various comedy skits throughout the big bad internet.- Currently in the Top 30 All Time Subscibed on Youtube with millions of views and over 60 videos. He has done work for MTV, VH1, HBO, DirecTV as well as various news organizations.

 
 
 

DAVE COURVOISIER

Dave Courvoisier is an Emmy-Award-winning broadcast journalist who anchors the local news at the CBS affiliate in Las Vegas, NV. Dave is also an active blogger for NewMediaMinutes.com, and supports his freelance voiceover business with a blog at CourVO.biz. Dave is utilizing Twitter to marry the best of traditional media with viewers who are contributing to the news process by twittering news tips, sometimes even during the newscast. Dave is a father of 3 girls, one in college, two in High School, and is married to his bride for 25 years. Dave is an avid racquetball player, drives a collectible 2004 Chevy SSR, and enjoys an occasional cigar.
 

 
 
KEN BURGE

Ken Burge is President of Infomedia Inc.  Ken has worked for some of the largest companies in the world including an 8 year stint at Microsoft Corporation, four years at Texas Instruments, a few months at EDS (hated the suit), and has also consulted with many of the Fortune 100.

 
 

KEVIN HOUCHIN

Kevin E. Houchin is an attorney, artist, teacher, author, and principal of Houchin & Associates, P.C. , a copyright, trademark, arts & entertainment, business development, and branding firm located in Fort Collins, Colorado.

 
 
 
MIKE WILSON

Mike's Twitter Bio says simply: Garden variety code hack, nefarious webwright, and involuntary amateur stuntman. Veteran of multitudinous airplane, automobile, and corporate disasters.  We know him as the guy who Tweeted "I was just in a plane crash!”  from the cabin of Continental Airline’s 737 in Denver, CO on December 20th 2008

 
 

 

THE BOOK - TWITTER POWER

The business leader's guide to using Twitter to gain competitive advantage

Foreword by Tony Robbins

In Twitter Power, Internet marketing and Web innovation expert Joel Comm shows businesses and marketers how to integrate Twitter into their existing marketing strategies to build a loyal following among Twitter members, expand awareness for their product or service, and even handle negative publicity due to angry or disappointed consumers.

The book presents case studies of companies on the forefront of the Twitter movement, to help reader's develop their own social networking strategies. Twitter Power is the result of extensive testing and participation in the social networking community and is a must-have for any business that wants to keep
up with the social media movement.

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Whether members blast their short messages, or "tweets," to members via the Twitter Web site, cell phones, e-mail, IM, blogs or even through Facebook, Twitter is a great and effective way to keep people connected and up to date on what's going on in their social circle in real time.

But it's not just for staying in touch with friends. It's also a great way to publicize your business or organization. Presidential campaigns use it to keep supporters and volunteers up to date; activists use it to coordinate street protests; and the office of the Prime Minister uses it to keep Britons informed on politics. But most importantly, businesses are using it to interact with customers and other businesses in a whole new way.

Twitter Power shows you how to leverage the power of Twitter for instant business benefits—like reaching new markets and increasing sales. You can build a loyal customer following, expand your brand, and generate instant buzz when you integrate Twitter into your existing marketing strategies.

 

"The best businesses of today and tomorrow are using this high-tech, low-cost, and low-hassle technology to gain real advantages over their competitors."

Joel Comm, one of the world's leading social media and online marketing experts, covers every aspect of the Twitter phenomena. He explains what Twitter is and why it works; how to jump into the conversation and build a following; how to use it to build better teams and stronger brands; how to make Twitter your ultimate customer help desk; and how to use it to drive traffic to your Web site.

 Plus, Comm includes case studies of businesses that use Twitter successfully, giving you the examples and best practices you need to succeed.

Success in business is about staying connected—to colleagues, teams, and especially customers. Twitter offers a new, high-tech way to achieve that connectedness and build a better brand with a core of loyal, enthusiastic customers. If you want to learn to grow your business one tweet at a time, Twitter Power will show you how.

 

You are invited to join Joel, his special guests and co-host Dan Nickerson
for what is sure to be a ground-breaking Internet event
you will not want to miss!

February 19th, NOON TO MIDNIGHT EST

 

 
 

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