Have you checked out About.me yet? It’s a site that allows you to create a customized web page to aggregate all your online profiles/content on one page. It’s a great way to present your personal brand online in a creative way, with links to your blogs and/or websites and to your profiles on sites like Facebook, … Continued
social media snack-ons
SMBOttawa 15 with Sam Ladner
The next Social Media Breakfast (SMB) Ottawa is scheduled for Wednesday, April 28th! Guest speaker Sam Ladner, a sociologist specializing in technology and organizations, will share insights on several sociological frameworks for understanding social media behavior and phenomena. Ladner will also share the design framework and conclusions from a recent study on women’s social media … Continued
We’re obsessed with social media
**update – I have removed the link to Wente’s article so as not to feed the trolls.** In light of this whole Margaret Wente blowup, I felt the urge to blog today. (Honestly, she must have wrote that opinion piece just to get a reaction. Right? I mean c’mon…she can’t be serious.) Anyway… Blogging wasn’t … Continued
We moms love social media
I’ve been neglecting this blog. Not on purpose but between diaper changes, feedings and naps (naps for Little Chicken AND for me) I haven’t made time for personal blogging. I have however been online. A lot. Mostly on social media sites but also browsing the web and getting myself into trouble with my husband with all … Continued
Social media isn’t rocket surgery
Those are the words Amy Mengel cited as the mantra of last week’s Inbound Marketing Summit. In her post Five reasons corporations are failing at social media, Amy summarizes why companies aren’t finding success with social media. And as Amy writes, it’s not because social media is hard to do. When you boil it down … Continued
Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 10 with David Crow
So wow…already there have been nine Social Media Breakfast (SMB) Ottawa events this year. I’ve managed to attend most of them and they’ve all been fantastic learning/networking experiences. SMB Ottawa 10 is slated for Wednesday, July 15 with guest speaker David Crow of http://davidcrow.ca/ David is Microsoft Canada’s User Experience Evangelist and has helped to organize great … Continued
Sourcing the crowd at SMB Ottawa
Well the weather sure can put in a wrench in things (so can transit strikes but that’s a whole other story.) Bryan Person, planned guest speaker for today’s Social Media Breakfast (SMB) Ottawa event got stranded in Boston. After three flight cancellations he had to admit defeat. He wasn’t going to make it. Disappointing as … Continued
Opportunity knocks…with Seth Godin
Seth Godin – a marketing guru, best-selling author and entrepreneur – is inviting the right candidates to participate in a six-month “apprenticeship/not-internship/graduate school/charm school track-changing opportunity.” The idea is to offer people looking for change the opportunity to shift their careers / career direction without having to invest heavy dollars into going back to school. … Continued
Social Media Breafast Ottawa 5: the year in review
Update: Nov 26 @ 11:21 a.m. – SMB Ottawa is already sold out! Contact Ottawa co-founder, Simon Chen, to be added to the waiting list. ————————– I just received my invite notice for Social Media Breakfast (SMB) Ottawa 5. The event, scheduled for Thursday, December 11, promises to be an exciting one. Bryan Person, the … Continued
SMBOttawa 4 Recap
The fourth Social Media Breakfast (SMB) Ottawa, held today at Gowlings, had a huge turnout. I’m thinking the topic of online communities is definitely a hot topic for the city. The SMB Ottawa founders (Rob Lane, Ryan Anderson and Simon Chen) organized a panel of online community experts in the city. Luc Levesque, Founder & … Continued