Seth Godin’s Startup School
I love me some podcasts. I live in downtown Vancouver, so I tend to walk a lot–to meetings, to work. I love to listen to podcasts while I’m walking or on a long drive. I’m all about the multi-task! My […]
How to Insert a Photo Slideshow Into Your WordPress Blog
I taught a workshop yesterday to a group of young actors on WordPress. They were eager to learn how to create their own websites, but the workshop was only 2.5 hours, so I got to show them the basics, but […]
Amanda Palmer: The Art of Asking
This is a brand-new TED talk, and I wanted to share it with you. Just watch this. I cried buckets. It’s beautiful. It’s about art and social media and crowdfunding and a whole bunch of other things I love. In […]
Working in Coffee Shops
Over the next couple of days, I’ll be writing a series of posts aimed at small business owners as I lead up to the launch of my new book, Getting Started with Social Media for Small Businesses on Friday, February […]
Snappz: Vancouver Aquarium Creating Engagement With Apps
A couple of days before the end of Christmas vacation, I took my son to the Vancouver Aquarium. We have a membership to Science World, so we go there all the time, but the Aquarium is a treat for us […]
Social Media Case Study: Pizzeria Prima Strada
My dear friend Simon moved to Victoria a couple of years ago, so whenever I’m in our Province’s fair capitol, I make sure I carve out some time to hang with him. Simon introduced me to Pizzeria Prima Strada. PPS […]
The Catalogue of Independent Arts
It’s been a rough year for us in the Independent Vancouver Theatre Scene. The biggest thing that rocked our world this year was the closing of the Playhouse. But, life goes on, there is still tons of theatre in the […]
Purchasing Habits of Fine Art Buyers
I did a workshop a week ago at the Port Moody Arts Centre. Among the attendees was Cam Anderson, whose business, MyArtClub.com, did a survey a few years back with buyers of fine art. It’s a very interesting report, and […]
It Might Be Time to Retire
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 […]
Marketing for Hippies
On February 14, I went to an event called Valentine’s for Strangers at The Irish Heather. It was put on by the lovely and talented Jorge Amigo, whose rise to fame in this town become somewhat meteoric after he wrote […]