Los Angeles, CA – May 19, 2009 – Twiistup, Southern California’s premier event showcasing innovation and connecting professionals from the worlds of technology, media and entertainment, invites startups to apply for 10 free ‘Showoff’ slots at Twiistup 6 starting today. Twiistup 6 takes place on Thursday and Friday, July 30 and 31, 2009 at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, Calif.

Showoffs at Twiistup have the chance to gain exposure and visibility in front of a mix of investors, entrepreneurs and other influencers in the tech/media industry. This year, a panel will select 10 entrants based on qualities including:

- contribution to technology, innovation and entrepreneurship
- value and appeal
- originality and inspirational or thought-provoking content

Jackie is the co-founder of Heavybag Media, an interactive marketing firm. She develops marketing strategies that utilize social tools, community platforms, traditional and non-traditional media and cutting edge technology in order to enable brands to engage their audience on a meaningful level.

In addition to her role at Heavybag Media, Jackie is an interim member of the Board of Directors for the Social Media Club and Director of the LA Chapter of the Social Media Club.

(CC) Brian Solis, www.briansolis.com and bub.blicio.us.

At Twiistup 4 Jackie & co. brought a bed to liven up the corporate pitch.  The curiosity is killing us to see how she tops the ‘get in the sack’ message at Twiistup 5.  Oh yeah, and her choice for the top Showoff as well.

Hardly vintage given that this is only a little over a year old but it sure seems it.  This was the very first promo-video that we cooked up for Twiistup 1.  Nothing beats a sketch pad and some Sharpies.  Can you do better?  We’re going to have a contest with a killer prize package (think VIP treatment) soon – details to follow.  For now, just think alternative mediums and brush up on your knowledge about Twiistup 4.

Vroooom!

A promotion team for a zoo in Germany walked this dog around to get their headline ‘Come to the Zoo before the Zoo comes to you‘ across.

Credit: Dyna for the nice find here.

Red Cross has some really cool mobile billboards. This one is in front of the Ferry Building in San Francisco. Displays a depiction of a major disaster – and I guess the message is that Red Cross is there, or at least this mobile billboard is. Either way, it’s damn cool.

Between the Embarcadero and Montgomery BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station in San Francisco you will see some interesting marketing. When you stand in front of the sliding doors on the left hand side you will see a flip book style commercial for Westin. As the train moves, the film strip gives the sense of motion. Westin shows a blooming flower then cuts to the line ‘Morning Stretch.’ The final frame/s show the Westin logo with the tagline ‘This is how it should feel.’ The Westin chain along with Hotel W has some of the most comfortable hotel beds I’ve slept in. They also have some of the best looking hotels, as big chain hotels go. This form of advertising was totally unexpected and reminded me of the urban myths around ’subliminal advertising’ from the 80s. Or was that true? Bravo Westin and BART for a killer idea.

Noah Kagan was a Showoff at Twiistup 1. He gave us a sneak peak of Mint and a great presentation despite the shitty sound system. Noah is also the guy behind Community Next and as I’m sure you know it’s this Saturday. I just checked the Community Next site and there’s 7 ‘procrastinator’ tickets and a few more ‘pre-party’ tickets left. I attended and sponsored the first Community Next at Stanford and it was a killer event. Noah Kagan puts on a great show so I have no doubt that this one will be killer as well. Hope to see you there. Here’s the details..

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When: Saturday, July 14, 2007, 9a PT – 4:45p PT

Where:
Plug and Play Tech Center
440 N. Wolfe Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

We just added mucho “Twiistup 2 – I’m in” badges in several flavors to the Toybox. Snag yours and let your techie friends know you’ll be at the party. Want to throw some toys in the toybox? Send us a note.

It’s not quite a Kwik-E-Mart but still great marketing.  An Italian casino has added some life to the baggage claim with the roulette / luggage carousel.  Big money if your suitcase lands on black 29.