The Social Fresh Cruise 2010 will depart from New Orleans, LA on December 2, 2010. We will be on the Carnival Triumph headed to Cozumel, MX. The key to the success of the 2009 Social Fresh Cruise was our awesome list of attendees. We look forward to welcoming most of them back in 2010. We plan on keeping the event intimate while increasing the number of attendees through invitations to Social Media Insiders. Do you have an Invite Code? Reserve your spot now!

Social Fresh Cruise is one of the most unique social media events of the year. Leaders in social media preach the importance of taking online connections offline as one of the keys to building the strongest networks. The one hour interactions at conferences are nice, but sharing a once in a lifetime experience traveling together is unmatched in creating life-long friendships. Make 2010 the year that you deepen your online relationships! The key to Social Fresh Cruise is our attendees. In 2009, Social Fresh Cruise proved to be an opportunity for Social Media Insiders to getaway, relax, and unplug with others who were equally as a passionate about the future of social media. Although the popularity and awareness of Social Fresh Cruise has grown tremendously since last year, we will keep the number of attendees manageable to keep the intimacy of the of the event.

Social Fresh Cruise Sessions:
Many of the 2009 Social Fresh Cruise attendees felt like they could learn more by working together to a solve problem(s). Plus, most of the attendees are presenters at Social Media Conferences throughout the year and they felt like we could offer a more unique experience from the Social Fresh Cruise Sessions. We loved the feedback, so the 2010 sessions will include planning a Social Media Campaign/Strategy for a charity, facilitated roundtable discussions, and a Keynote from Chris Brogan.

Bon Voyage Tweetup.
In 2009, one of the highlights was meeting the Miami Social Media Community at the Bon Voyage Party. This year there will be a Bon Voyage Tweetup in New Orleans on 12.1.10, so that we can meet the New Orleans Social Media Community in person.

Reserve your spot now with a $50 deposit! Follow @SoCruise for all Social Fresh Cruise (#SoCruise) Announcements.

As you follow along, hopefully you will decide not to miss Social Fresh Cruise 2010. Some of you may decide that you would like to plan a cruise with a large group of people who share one of your passions. Social Fresh Cruise was booked by Cruisedeals.com. CruiseDeals.com is a leader in group cruising and enjoys being a part of the Social Media Community. If you are interested in planning your own group cruise, don’t waste time contact me immediately: rtucker [at] cruisedeals [dot] com.

Just wait for me to respond when I get back from the Social Fresh Cruise on 11.16.09

About Social Fresh Cruise and the Bon Voyage Tweetup:

On 11.11.09, many of the Social Fresh Cruisers are invading Miami from Boston, NYC, Austin, Chicago, Charlotte, & other cool places across the US.   The Social Fresh Cruise departs on 11.12.09 on the 4-night Carnival Destiny Cruise to Cozumel, Mexico.   The Social Fresh Cruise (hashtag #SoCruise) is an opportunity for Social Media Leaders, Influencers, & Innovators to get away, unplug and focus on strengthening some of their key relationships while sharing a once in a life time experience.  We will take advantage of our time at Sea to have 6 hours of Social Media Sessions lead by Chris Brogan, Greg Cangialosi, Jason Keath, Amber Naslund and others that will spark conversation and ideas throughout the cruise.   The Starting Price for the Cruise is only $395 per person which includes all your meals, 3 hour drinks included beach party at Carlos & Charlies, Private Cocktail Parties on the Cruise, Dinners as a group, On Board Entertainment… We have a few spots remaining and we just started pitching sessions for the last two 45 minute Conference Sessions. If you need an Invite Code, Contact info@socialfresh.com .  You have your Code, Book Now!

The Team of cool people helping us with the Tweetup:

We’re very fortunate to have a great team on the ground in Miami helping us plan and promote the Social Fresh BonVoyage Tweetup.  The DoubleTree Grand Hotel has been an awesome partner; getting us an incredible Group Rate for the Social Fresh Cruisers and providing the venue for the Tweetup.  If you’re traveling  a couple of hours for the Bon Voyage Tweetup and would like to stay at the Hotel; contact me at rtucker@cruisedeals.com so you can take advantage of our Group Rate.

A special thanks to @MiamiandBeaches who helped us get the venue and is bringing many of their members in the Miami Hospitality and Travel Industry who are embracing social media and are excited to meet our guests from out of town.

We will be joined by the South Florida new media community, including Social Media Club South Florida, RefreshMiami , AWC, and others at the Bon Voyage Tweetup.  The Social Fresh Cruisers want to be able to put a Face to a Twitter ID for as many in our South Florida Network as possible!

View From DoubleTree Grand Hotel Biscayne Bay

The Basics:

Date: 11.11.09
Time: 6 PM - 11 PM
Location: DoubleTree Grand Hotel Biscayne Bay - Blue Moon Restaurant/Lounge
Address: 1717 N. Bayshore Drive | Miami, FL 33132

You have to invest time and money in activities that get you face to face with key people in your network. You build real relationships during the face to face activities. On 11.12.09, the Social Fresh Cruise will give you the opportunity for 4 days to enjoy awesome dinners, watch broadway-style shows, private parties, play in the Casino, and participate in interactive social media sessions with others who are leading the way on the Social Web.

I challenge you to read Greg’s blog post about Real Relationships and try not to get excited about joining Greg, Chris Brogan, and many other Social Media Leaders on the Social Fresh Cruise. I don’t believe it’s possible!  

The investment is only $395 per person which inlcudes all taxes and fees. We have a few spots remaining, email info [at] socialfresh.com to request an invite code.

Four 45 minute sessions are set. We are excited to announce that Chris Brogan will do a Reverse Q&A, Greg Cangialosi will be presenting the Future Interconnectivity of Email & Social Media, Amber Naslund Building ‘Real’ Communities, Jason Keath the future Democratization of specific Industries facilitated by Social Media (a similar panel Jason is pitching for SXSW made it to #8 on the Hot List). The subject matter on these may change slightly as we get closer to the Cruise!

To insure that the content is valuable and relevant to everyone sailing on the Social Fresh Cruise, attendees will pitch Session ideas, Q&As, Panels, interviews, etc. for the remaining 4 sessions. We are going to use IdeaScale to facilitate the process. Many attendees have inquired about the opportunity to speak on the Cruise, this is your chance to speak or suggest a topic. So get your pitches ready and we’ll start the process soon. Follow @SoCruise on twitter for the announcement with link to start making your session pitches.

Recently, there has been very few updates on the Social Fresh Cruise. With the cruise being 4 months away, those of us organizing the Social Fresh Cruise have been pretty busy with some cool stuff that is not-quite related to the Social Fresh Cruise. But everything that is going on gets me excited about the cruise because all of this effort will be focused on the cruise as it gets closer! Hopefully, it gets you excited about the huge potential of the Social Fresh Cruise!

So what is so exicting?
If you haven’t noticed, Chris Brogan is usually busy and is always working on exciting projects. This past week has been extremely exciting thanks to Trust Agents, Chris Brogan’s Co-Authored book with Julien Smith going on sale! Of course, the Social Media Community is assisting in making this book a best-seller.

No doubt Jason Keath, founder of Social Fresh, has been busy! The 1st Social Fresh Social Media Conference hosted on August 24th, 2009 in Charlotte, NC has sold out and has a huge waiting list! This shows the strength of the Social Fresh Concept that will be taken from land to the Sea on the Social Fresh Cruise! And of course I am looking forward to the great learning and networking at the 1st #SoFresh Conference, now only 3 days away.

Lastly, the Cruise in the Social Fresh Cruise (that would be me) was working hard on my recent Hawaii Cruise and can be found in this recent ABC News article on the Myths of Cruise Vacations…

Unlike other conferences, you have to register for a Cruise further out in advance because cruises always sell out and we are competing for the remaining cabins with the rest of the public. If you have a Invite Code for the Cruise there is still some space remaining on the Cruise. Register Now before this cruise is sold out and there will only be 100 with Social Fresh Group. Want info on getting on invite code? Follow @SoCruise on Twitter and send us an @ Reply.

Rich Tucker

We have not heard from everyone on the answer to the question, so Social Fresh cruisers please respond to @SoCruise with the number of cruises you have been with the #SoCruise HashTag. If you have an invite code and have not registered yet because you’ve never cruised before…don’t be scared, most of the Social Fresh Cruisers appear to be excited to be going on their first cruise!

Rich Tucker

@GregCangialosi, @MVolpe (not registered as of yet) and @Ambercadabra talking about Social Fresh Cruise Live on Blue Sky Factory TV from the Inbound Marketing Summit. Mike and Greg discuss it 3 minutes into the video. I fully recommend fast forwarding to the 36 minute mark. Amber completely nails the unique purpose and value of Social Fresh Cruise. It gets me all excited for November 12th, 2009! ~ Rich Tucker

NYC: $204
Washington DC: $240
Atlanta: $168
Austin: $200
Charlotte: $258

When booking your flights make sure that the flight arrives into Miami before 12:00 PM ET on November 12, 2009 and leaves out after 12:00 PM ET on November 16th, 2009. For your convenience, our CruiseDeals.com booking agent, Peggi can quote and book your air. Call Peggi at 800.668.6414 ext. 154 to get assistance with your Air. For those of you flying in a day early, we do have a group rate at the Hyatt Summerfield Suites. I will post all of those details tomorrow.