Sean Cannell from THiNK International interviewed me a couple weeks ago on what the most important things are for artists, entrepreneurs, and ministry leaders looking to build a tribe.

The audio breaks up a bit a couple times (which kind of makes me sound like an awesome robot who needs to be rebooted), but otherwise it’s a pretty quick 14-minute video.

Remember, just 8 days left to register for Killer Tribes at the early bird rate of $89!

Come for the amazing speaker lineup, come to connect with the other awesome attendees, come to punch me in the nose…whatever your reason, just make sure you’re there. It’s going to be an amazing day! (and more info is coming soon on the meetup the night before, which will be equally rad.)

Register now for the Killer Tribes Conference.

Last week I told you that Daddy-O and his 30 years of music industry experience would be speaking at Killer Tribes. Next up is a guy who was the driving force behind what Time Magazine called “one of the greatest publicity coups in history.”

His name is Mark Hughes, and here’s what you need to know:

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Mark Hughes grew eBay’s Half.com from zero to 8 million online customers as its VP of Marketing in less than three years. When Half.com paid a town in Oregon to take their name and was subsequently sold to eBay for $312 million a few months later, Time Magazine called it “one of the greatest publicity coups in history.”

Hughes, who holds his MBA from Columbia Business School in Marketing & International Business, brings a wealth of experience in consumer marketing from PepsiCo, Pep Boys, and American Mobile Satellite (now XM Satellite Radio).

He has spent close to $100 million online ad dollars, and his book, Buzzmarketing, is published in 15 languages. In its first year of release it was heralded by Fast Company as one of ‘The Ten Best Business Reads of the Year’ and named by The Financial Times of London as one of the ‘Best Business Books of the Year’ along with Freakonomics.

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I spoke with Mark last week about his talk for Killer Tribes and I couldn’t be more excited about it. He’s going to cater his stories and lessons specifically for individuals and small businesses hoping to build their tribes. Whether you’re a business owner, a blogger, a musician, a ministry leader, an aspiring author, or a non-profit leader, you’re going to be so enlightened and empowered by what Mark shares.

He’ll be joined on March 31st by Steve Kamb, Daddy-O, Alli Worthington, Derek Webb, Tripp & Tyler and many more for the Killer Tribes Conference in Nashville, TN.

The buzz will continue to build as we get closer to the event, but make sure you register before January 31st to lock down the Early Bird rate of $89.

I’ve been in talks with a few possible speakers for the Killer Tribes Conference over the past couple of weeks and I’m pumped to finally start to share some of them with you.

First up is a guy who’s been killing it in his industry for the past 30 years on a bunch of different levels. He brings with him an understanding of the differences between the creative side of business and the business side of business that few can match.

His name is Glenn “Daddy-O” Bolton, and here’s what you need to know:

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Born in Brooklyn, NY, Daddy-O’s music experience took off in the early 1980’s after he founded the socially conscious rap group, Stetsasonic. In light of the South African Apartheid crisis, the group created a single entitled “Africa,” — which led to them being invited to the United Nations where Daddy-O spoke and performed with his group.

During the late 80’s and early 90’s, Daddy-O became more involved with music production and was responsible for producing music for Mary J. Blige, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keith Richards, Sonic Youth and They Might Be Giants.

Daddy-O’s executive work began in 1995 with Universal Records, where he was responsible for artist discovery and development. While in this capacity, he discovered rap artists Master P. and Mystical. He also provided A&R services for Sony Records and Warner Music Group. Other notable projects include “And 1 Mix Tapes”, “MTV’s Rip the Runway”.

As a speaker and author, Daddy-O is the host of the groundbreaking Internet series “Get Your Digital On”. He blogs for Fast Company and tours the country with his Hip-Hop meets Digital platform. His specialties are Artist Development, Social Media Strategy and Digital Media Production.

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Daddy-O has recently been featured on Mashable and the AmEx Open Forum, and has been a presenter at conferences like the OSU Hip Hop Literacies Conference and Geek-End 2011. And on March 31st he’ll join Steve Kamb, Alli Worthington, Derek Webb, Sarah Mae, Jeff Goins, Tripp & Tyler and many more for the Killer Tribes Conference in Nashville, TN.

Register before January 31st for the Early Bird rate of $89.

AND if you register by midnight on Thursday January 12th you are automatically eligible to win 1 of 3 free additional tickets to the conference. (Better hurry on that one, though.)