Last week, I got this email from Jo Ledingham, the theatre critic at The Vancouver Courier: As a freelance theatre critic, I reviewed more than a hundred local theatre productions on the pages of The Courier last year. However, due […]
Oh, gentle reader, what a long journey we have been on together. On September 27, 2009, I wrote my very first blog post on The Art of the Business. I had been guest-posting on Simon Ogden’s The Next Stage blog […]
Okay, so you know how I’m always harping on about what a powerful marketing tool video is? I’m doing some work these days for a new kid’s art school that’s opening up in the Burnaby Hastings area. It’s called Artspace, […]
I dunno about you, but I’ve been super frustrated lately when I’ve tried to tag other people’s pages on Facebook pages that I administrate. Why would you want to tag other pages on your page? Well, it’s a great way […]
Yesterday, I bought a new pair of shoes. That, in and of itself, is not much of a shocker. I don’t even bother to try to hide my shoe obsession. What I did, however, after buying the shoes, may interest […]
Witness my love/hate relationship with Starbucks. While I resent them for being a huge, faceless corporation that sells, for the most part, terrible-tasting, too sweet, overpriced caffeinated beverages, I still go there. There’s one on every street corner, it seems, […]
One of the main reasons businesses give me for not wanting to jump into social media is because they are afraid of being flamed. Putting yourself out there involves a certain amount of risk: what if someone says something negative […]
Once upon a time, last year to be exact, in the midst of cold, cold February, I got a new stereo installed in my car so I’d have music and podcasts to keep me company on the long drive up […]
As you are likely well aware, I have been obsessed with Pinterest since September. In case you are still unfamiliar with this latest social media craze, Pinterest is an online visual inspiration board. It allows you to collect images (or […]
Change. If you are drinking the Social Media Kool-Aid, then you have to accept that dealing with constant change is a given. It’s a double-edged sword: it keeps things interesting, you’ll never be bored, but on the other hand, it […]