Like Minded Equestrians and Equine Dentistry meet in KY
Posted by Geoff Tucker on Sun, Feb 21, 2010
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It's 6 am Sunday morning and the roads are clear and fast in Lexington KY. Melissa and I are heading towards Hickory, NC for some horses teeth - as usual. But less than 36 hours ago we worked our way from a bunch of horses in Alpharetta, GA into this Bluegrass mecca for horses and equestrians. This blog is about those short 36 hours and the incredible equestrians we met and what was discussed.
These people came from all areas of the industry. In fact, I was the only veterinarian, let alone equine dentist. We had been invited by a forward thinking individual along with a nucleus of his friends to join a hand selected group of about 40 people to discuss social media and the equine industry. Twitter, Facebook, blogging, search engine optimization, and other yawn-able things to most horse owners.
But those of you that know me, I was in my element. You see, over the past 18 months I have immersed myself into this. This is an e-letter being blasted to all my clients using http://www.streamsend.com/. I then am posting it to my blog page ( http://www.theequinepractice.com/Blog/ ) which is supported by a content management system called http://www.hubspot.com/. Through this company, it is optimized for search engines such as Google. If you type in EQUINE DENTISTRY into Google, my web page will appear on page one.
Simultaneous to the blog post, a notice will appear on Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/EquineDentistryWithoutDrama ) (1,999 friends this morning - who will be number 2000?), and Twitter ( https://twitter.com/EquinePractice ) (1624 followers) to people around the world. I will then make a special post to my Facebook Fan Page ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Palm-City-FL/The-Equine-Practice-Inc/139814325299 )which is my business site (279 Fans). I need to work on this address!
By the time the Sunday morning cup of hot coffee ( or ice cold soda) has been poured, literally the whole world will know about the adventures of Equine Dentistry Without Drama™ over the weekend. And this is so awesome to me because our message of horsemanship as the basis of veterinary care and equine dentistry is important to the three of us here at The Equine Practice (http://wwwtheequinepractice.com).
Thank you and a big Florida HOWDY to all of you that made this fun and informative. All of you will be forever a friend and a source of information and inspiration. OK OK!! I'll get the Barn Pics™ going again.
Glenn (and Jennifer), you are a visionary. Chris, Chris and Jim, Samantha, and Jeanne - awesome job in putting this together and hosting the program. John and Bill (Succeed) and Mary (Markel Insurance) - thanks for the food and drink and supporting this group as sponsors. Templeton and Sam - great singers and songwriters that lift you with their words and sing blissful foot-tapping melodies (hey Nashville - wake up!). Tess, Chad, Erin, Sara, Sarah, Linda, Frankie & Sandy, Vinnie, Jackie, Jackie, Lizzy, Linda, Penny, Meg, John, Patrick, Lyndsey, Lisa, Laura, Karen (thanks for saying that this vet understands equine nutrition), Cheryl & Jerry & Courtney ( my dinner partners - great conversation), Lisa (my longtime Twitter buddy), Darcy, Steve and Jennifer, Debbie (all the way from California!), and Marya Z (always at the end of the list???)
Y'all are friends. Catch ay later and keep the shinny side up going home today. Geoff and Melissa
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