This past Saturday, June 30, I attended Social Media Day Detroit at MotorCity Casino in Detroit with the rest of the Social Media Meltdown cast and crew. Alongside other fellow enthusiasts in Detroit, everyone came together to celebrate the re-birth of the city: the start-ups, the entrepreneurial spirit, the fascination with The D, and the social media that ties all these things together.

To showcase the great minds and companies in Detroit, we did a series of interviews for Social Media Meltdown with some awesome people in the industry. These interviews streamed live online during the event but in case you missed them, we've posted them here!

Below you will find the Social Media Day Detroit 2012 YouTube playlist featuring interviews with:

• John Policicchio, Director of Interactive Marketing at MotorCity Casino (video)
• Mikel and Heather, hosts of Most People are DJs (video)
• Mike McClure, President of Social Media Club Detroit  (video)
• Jag, Channel 955 DJ  (video)
• Jake Duhaime, Social Media Manager for the Detroit Red Wings  (video)
• Jordan Fylonenko, Public Relations team at Quicken Loans  (video)
• Annette Janik, Yelp Community Manager for Metro Detroit  (video)
• Chuck Dorantes of ExactTarget  (video)
  
  
  

Social media is a huge force bringing in more business, building bigger and better communities, spreading positive messages throughout Detroit and beyond, and building collaborative networks in and around Detroit. Social Media Day Detroit was in its third year running this year and it was bigger and cooler than ever. 

Hopefully we can see more gatherings of people like these -- the true movers and shakers of Detroit. 

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