Rebecca Coleman I have some very exciting news. For the past year or so, I’ve been doing some work with IdeaVibes, the Ottawa-based company that has created the Canadian crowdsourcing engine, FundChange. Paul Dombowsky, the owner of the company, asked me to […]
It’s spring, and I’m starting a whole new speaking cycle! Lots of great workshops and classes over the next couple of months, and I’m going to share them with you this week. BCIT: Social Media Marketing for Small Business The […]
Despite RSS feeds seeming to be harder and harder to find these days, they still are really, all kinds of awesome. And here’s a good example of how they are awesome. Let’s say there’s a hashtag you follow on Twitter. […]
I‘ve been looking at a lot of Facebook pages lately. I often do audits for clients: I’ll look at their page, and then give them suggestions as to how they can improve it. Basically, with most social media, it comes […]
Interview with Rene Thomas–Hootsuite’s newest intern! A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from Rene Thomas, who was using his social media super powers to try to get a highly-coveted internship at Hootsuite. He was asking for my […]
I think it’s fair to say that Pinterest has pretty much taken the Social Media world by storm. Barely two years old, Pinterest boasts 10+ Million users and over 9 Million unique page views per day, according to a post […]
I feel like my world has been in free fall since last Friday. You see, last Friday, The Vancouver Playhouse announced that it was closing up shop. Done. Kaput. Just like that–the second largest theatre company in Vancouver, nearly 50 […]
This is the second of a two-part post. You can read Part 1 here. Meet my friend and Marketing/PR Colleague, Pamela Smith. For the past 10 years, she has been running a PR Company called Elevated Communications, dedicated to working […]
This past week, the world witnessed what is likely the most powerful social media campaign to date. In case you were under a rock (meaning, you’re not on Facebook), here’s what happened. On Monday, March 5, this video was uploaded […]
I knew it was coming. In my experience, Facebook beta-tests new things on personal accounts first, and then they introduce them to Business Pages, so I had a sneaking suspicion this day was coming. Then the rumors started. And then, […]