{"id":2577,"date":"2018-06-18T12:22:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T11:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2018-06-29T12:32:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T11:32:36","slug":"cma-live-2018-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/cma-live-2018-review\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA Live 2018 Review: Poetry in Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZrqnrfXrQxY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>CMA Live<\/strong> &#8211; what an event!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Nope &#8211; it&#8217;s nothing to do with the <em>Country Music Awards<\/em>&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And, believe me, that&#8217;s a good job &#8211; &#8216;cos I can&#8217;t sing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And I can play only half a dozen guitar chords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s the annual conference of the:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">CONTENT MARKETING ACADEMY<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CMA-Live-400px-PNG.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2591 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CMA-Live-400px-PNG.png\" alt=\"CMA Live\" width=\"400\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CMA-Live-400px-PNG.png 400w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CMA-Live-400px-PNG-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">What&#8217;s that, David?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s &#8220;the UK&#8217;s leading content marketing, social media and business growth conference&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;ve attended it for 3 years on the run &#8211; and got lots of takeaways from every one\u00a0of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So I decided to do a <strong>review<\/strong> of <strong>CMA Live 2018<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But because I knew that some of my readers might not appreciate a review of a\u00a0conference, I looked for a <strong>different<\/strong> way to approach it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So let me introduce you to <em>David the Poet<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/address-book-2246457_640.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2584\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/address-book-2246457_640.jpg\" alt=\"David the Poet\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/address-book-2246457_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/address-book-2246457_640-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">David the Poet<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Before you laugh, let me warn you that when I say <em>poetry<\/em>, I actually mean <em>limericks<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Yup, I wrote a whole load of <strong>limericks<\/strong> about the speakers and what they said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And then I recorded it onto video &#8211; with some music, and lots of photographs and videos clips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So even if you weren&#8217;t there, I think you&#8217;ll enjoy the review.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The <em>Pressing<\/em> Inside Joke<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But first, let me give you a tiny insight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The first keynote speaker, Brian Fanzo, encouraged us to &#8220;press the damn button&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2588\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Brian2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2588\" src=\"http:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Brian2.png\" alt=\"Brian Fanzo\" width=\"500\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Brian2.png 940w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Brian2-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/davidwithington.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Brian2-768x816.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Fanzo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">That was the theme of his talk. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In other words, make sure you create good content but don&#8217;t wait until you think it&#8217;s perfect; just &#8220;press the damn button&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I&#8217;m letting you in on that, so that you can laugh at my take on it in the <del>poem<\/del>\u00a0limerick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">So without further ado&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">May I present to you&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">David&#8217;s review of CMA Live 2018<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Turn up the volume and enjoy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZrqnrfXrQxY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">CMA Live 2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">If you want to check out next year&#8217;s conference, and maybe secure an early bird ticket, here&#8217;s where to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fatso.ma\/uE1I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">check it out and get your ticket<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">See you in 2019 in Edinburgh?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMA Live &#8211; what an event! 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