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		<title>How to pretend you&#8217;re at #Pubcon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Temple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not at Pubcon in Las Vegas but everywhere I turn I&#8217;m reminded that the rest of the world is there. Twitter, blogs and photos are all reminding me that I&#8217;m missing a fun and informative event. So what I decided to do is just pretend I&#8217;m there. No one will know the difference and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not at <a href="http://www.pubcon.com/">Pubcon</a> in Las Vegas but everywhere I turn I&#8217;m reminded that the rest of the world is there. Twitter, blogs and photos are all reminding me that I&#8217;m missing a fun and informative event. So what I decided to do is just <strong>pretend I&#8217;m there</strong>. No one will know the difference and people won&#8217;t hold it against me or think less of me for not attending one of the premiere industry events of the year. Feel free to use my 3 step method to pretend, so people think you&#8217;re there as well. <em><strong>Shhhhh, I won&#8217;t tell if you don&#8217;t tell!</strong></em></p>
<p>1. <strong>Fake Live Blog</strong> &#8211; According to this blog post, live blogging of the sessions are <a href="http://www.onlinemarketer.com/live-blogging-inaccurate-unedited-reporting/">inaccurate reporting </a>so no need to worry about getting it right. Now don&#8217;t go just copy someone else&#8217;s inaccurate reporting, that&#8217;s called plagiarism my friend and that&#8217;s downright evil. But if you copy from more than one person, well that&#8217;s called research;). Here&#8217;s some places you can do that research,<br />
<a href="http://www.webuildpages.com/blog">We Build Pages</a>, <a href="http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/">Bruce Clay</a>, <a href="http://www.seroundtable.com/">Search Engine Roundtable</a>, <a href="http://www.marketingpilgrim.com">Marketing Pilgrim </a>and <a href="http://www.toprankblog.com">Top Rank</a>.</p>
<p>2. <strong>Fake Tweet</strong> &#8211; Make sure you tweet very vaguely and just often enough that people think you&#8217;re around. Tweet so it looks like you&#8217;re at a session like &#8220;This session sucks #pubcon&#8221; or &#8220;That sure was a stupid question #pubcon&#8221;. </p>
<p>Make sure your friends can&#8217;t find you for drinks or dinner with tweets like &#8220;I&#8217;m to drunked to know were iam&#8221; or &#8220;wow that was a good meal#pubcon&#8221;. And be sure to include some casino tweets, after all you are pretending to be in Las Vegas, &#8220;Just won a bundle on craps #pubcon&#8221; or &#8220;What&#8217;s with this dealer? #pubcon&#8221;</p>
<p>3. <strong>Fake Flickr Photos</strong>- This will really fool &#8216;em. Post some pictures you previously took of the seo&#8217;s you know are at Pubcon on flickr and retag them Pubcon 2008. They won&#8217;t remember cause they were probably drunk when the picture was taken. Make sure you don&#8217;t get too much background info so they can figure it out. Add in a picture or two of your last trip to Vegas to make it more real.</p>
<p><strong>Bonus</strong> &#8211; If you really want to pretend you were at #Pubcon, stuff a pair of dirty socks in your mouth, bang your head against the wall a dozen times or so and then go outside and throw all your money into the street. Go to bed and when you wake up, you&#8217;ll feel just like you would at Pubcon. <em><strong>Now wasn&#8217;t that fun?</strong></em></p>


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