Nate Riggs: Social Business Strategies; communication, social web strategies, & passion in Columbus, Ohio.

We’re coming up on the end of day one at The 2009 Inbound Marketing Summit, and the only way I can describe the experience is that it’s kind of like being at a web geek’s Disney World.  Keep watching the blog.  I’ve been lucky enough to have the chance to get a few really interesting interviews so far, and have some more lined up tomorrow.

The culture of the event is just as you would expect at a social media driven conference.  So many people are here with great ideas, and everyone is friendly and willing to help.   We learned this last night and this morning when we made some friends at the Tweetup with Gary Vaynerchuk.  By the way, Gary is one of the most engaging speakers I’ve ever seen, and he is somehow able to pull off cussing like a sailor when he’s in front of an audience.

[One bummer - we're not allowed to video the presentations.   That's understandable, but still a bummer.]

Here’s some footage of the start of day one.

Many thanks again to Todd Van Hoosear for being a really sharp, down-to-earth and cool guy and helping us out!

There are a few more posts with interviews following this one, so stay tuned.  Today, you’ll hear from AJ Gerritson, Founding Partner of 451 Marketing.  AJ was a panelist for the “Innovative Marketing Programs Using New Media” discussion.

I was also stoked to get a few minutes with Brian Halligan, Co-Founder & CEO of HubSpot.  HubSpot is one of the best-in-class social web monitoring systems that has a presence here.  It’s a great web service and, if you’re in the marketing agency world, you won’t want to miss what he has to say.

And don’t forget to check in on Chery’s blog as well for more updates.  We’re dividing and conquering on the storytelling.

Any thoughts or reactions?  Wish you were here?