Blaugust #LBM
Did you wake up this morning, tired, with a slight hangover, dehydration and a ringing in your ears?
If you did, it’s probably because you went to the Blaugust #LBM last night, which was another cracking evening. Thankfully, the tiredness and the hangover were quickly resolved with a nice cup of coffee. Now I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one to be quite surprised by how good Starbucks’ new instant coffee really is – see the picture to the left if you haven’t seen one of them yet. There was much scepticism last night, but so far the chat on Twitter today has been really positive and I’m delighted to have a life time supply – well at least enough for 20 cups (I grabbed the left overs before heading off for my train). Thanks so much to Starbucks and the Edelman crew for supporting our event.
OK, so the heat was a little much last night, but I suppose we are in British summer time, apparently. I think I’ll probably head for a slightly larger venue next time, as much as I liked the Old Crown, I would hate to be in there when they fill it with 80 people. We had around 60 and it was packed. Oh and I’m told the wine selection was pretty dreadful, at least according to our resident expert .
So what was great about last night?
Well, apart from the coffee and free beers, from Londonist delivered a really interesting talk. Can you imagine producing over 20 blog posts each day, I struggle with one every week! This was followed by Chris from Buy.at who talked a bit about monetisation through affiliate promotions – I was surprised to hear the potential through this channel. I’ll certainly be giving it a go at some point soon.
It was great to see some old hand LMB’ers and new newer faces too. I had a good time chatting with Ruthy, Godwyns, Splendid Chris, the Bitch Buzz crowd, Mirona plus one, Jason and the Edelman folks and so many others. I always love the friendly atmosphere you all create!
That’s it from me, hope to see you all at the next #LBM which looks like being another cracker – details coming soon.
Andy
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