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The 15 Stages of Emotion You’ll Feel at a Content Marketing Conference
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Everyone loves a good conference, especially content marketers. We’re inundated with invitations to hear speakers left and right—but hey, no one can refuse free food and alcohol. After a while, we start to get into a routine. For those of you who aren’t familiar, here’s a summary of what a content marketing conference is like—in GIFs.
1. When you read the completely un-funny, yet well-intentioned, invitation email:
2. When you realize that you were invited to be a speaker:
3. When you arrive and see people you only talk to at conferences:
4. When you’re about to sit next to a cute stranger during the first panel:
5. When everyone starts jockeying to get the best sandwich at the lunch line:
6. When you show up underdressed:
7. When you end up seated at a table of sales bros:
8. When you mistakenly attend the social media compliance panel after lunch:
9. When the keynote speaker tries to get everyone fired up:
10. When you manage to eat the free food, drink from the open bar, and network at the same time:
11. When you start to get buzzed, but still manage to keep it professional:
12. When someone you have no interest in ever seeing again gives you their business card:
13. When you realize that the free food has run out:
14. When the day is finally over, but now you’re a little too socially lubricated:
15. When you wake up the next morning for that 7 a.m. panel…
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