Google kindly emailed me today to let me know that I’ve established authorship on one of my blogs. Which means my Google profile photo and a link to my Google+ profile can now appear next to my content in search results. It looks like this: My example doesn’t use an actual article from Confessions of a … Continued
Last night I did something new. I ditched my comfort zone and Shared a piece of writing publicly. Spoken sharing is different from online. The web gives you some distance;
I really like living in Ottawa – it’s such a lovely city. Some say it’s a boring snooze-fest government town but one of the things that makes this city great is its thriving social media scene. There is always something going on – be it a tweetup, a meetup or some other event that celebrates … Continued
Do you have a favourite food? Something you could eat again and again? For me, it’s chocolate. The darker the better. I don’t need it fancied up with fruit pieces or caramel or sel de mer. Nope. Just give me dark chocolate. Straight. Up. (Does this mean I forego the fancied up chocolate if presented … Continued
When I attended Blissdom Canada in October, I had the opportunity to participate in something called #MakeYourMark – a special by-appointment-only session about how to speak to media to monetize your reach and influence. Now, I have a PR background so it’s not like I don’t know the principles behind engaging the media. The thing … Continued
What do you think of videographics? You know…take the idea of an infographic but create it in video. This one provides stats on Twitter users – what they tweet, when and why. The video is well done. I like the incorporation of birds tweeting in the audio for added effect. However, videographics aren’t a new … Continued
I participated in something last week I think is pretty cool. It’s The ‘I Am’ Project started by Alli Worthington – a collection of self-portraits taken by women from across the web. More than just submitting a photo, Alli asked women to finish the sentence, “I am ____” with whatever comes to mind. The outcome is … Continued
It’s been almost a full week since the Blissdom Canada conference. As you may know, I was ecstatic about attending – for a second year – Canada’s only social media conference for women. I had set a few goals for myself, one of them fully realized through the creation of this blog. Yes, indeed! I … Continued
There are only 9 sleeps until Blissdom Canada! Okay, well ten sleeps if you don’t include the Kick-off Reception Thursday night. Like many of my fellow attendees, I am soooo looking forward to this conference. Perhaps you’ve seen us tweeting about it for the past year? 😉 For those of you who don’t know, Blissdom … Continued
I just downloaded a new app called ColorSplash that converts your images to black and white and then lets you select a certain element to keep in colour. It’s simple to do and fun. I took this picture at the Carp Fair last Sunday. A gorgeous day to go to the fair! A giant gourd … Continued