Rebecca Coleman It’s here!
You’ve heard all the hype. Using online social networks like Facebook, Twitter, My Space, Flikr, and YouTube to market your business seems like a great idea. Everyone is talking about it, and the cost is free or low. But where […]
8 Types of Tweets
Today, a third sample from my e-book: The eight types of Tweets Personal: this is where you answer the question “what am I doing right now?” These types of tweets are important, because they help your followers to get to […]
Creating a Social Media Marketing Plan
Would you like some purple Kool-Aid? Sometimes I think people I interact with think I am some kind of zealot. And, to be honest, they wouldn’t be far off. I’m very passionate about social media, and a great deal of […]
Guide to Getting Started in Social Media for Artists, Pt 1
All this week, I am going to be offering you samples from my up-coming, soon-to-be-launched, e-book: Guide to Getting Started in Social Media for Artists and Arts Organizations. This is to give you a sense of what the book is […]
Announcing..
I’m writing a book. Okay, so not like the great American Novel, or a treatise on World Peace. But I’ve been doing a lot of work lately in social media, both in my blog, and with individuals and organizations. And […]
The loves and limits of Facebook, Pt 2
Monday’s post was about setting up a group for your business on Facebook. Today, we’ll talk about the pros and cons of creating a Fan Page. Why a Fan Page? In the grand scheme of things, a Fan Page is […]
The Loves and Limits of Facebook, Pt 1
It’s been a while since I wrote a post on Facebook. Simon and I have been working with one of our clients lately, and that work has lead to much research on the limitations of what Facebook can do. We […]
How to be a better blogger
Ah, hindsight, how I love you. This post is my 100th. I started blogging as The Art of the Business in January, 2008, as a regular, monthly contributor to The Next Stage. Funny thing about launching a blog. It’s not […]
Twittering from the Dragon’s Den
I make no bones about it: I love The Dragon’s Den. Ever since my small business instructor/mentor, Scott Armstrong, introduced me to it a couple years back, I have faithfully watched this CBC show, “where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their business […]
I am in love with Naomi Dunford
So, I just discovered this new blog, and I’m totally in love. So much in love, that I need to shout my new affection from the rooftops (ie: my blog). Ittybiz is a blog written by Naomi Dunford. A gal […]