Tag: social media

  • Social Media for Special Needs and Disabilities

    BREAKING NEWS! I’m adding a specialty in special needs and disabilities (challenges of all kinds) in my social media business as a new service from here forward. I do believe that there is a lack of representation for persons with disabilities and special needs online via social media, and at conferences as well. This new…

  • 30 Twitter Tips for Business in 30 Minutes : Comox Valley

    Are you a business owner in the Comox Valley, an early adopter and already on Twitter? Super! Or, have you been waiting, and you do want to get your business on Twitter, but can’t understand how it all works? It’s not too late to jump into Twitter with your business. I’ll be doing a brief…

  • Know. Like. Trust.

    Know. Like. Trust. Break the Trust. There Goes Your Business (and potential clients/colleagues). It can happen in a flash with social media. There’s no hiding with social media. In my opinion, the Trust factor is number 1, with Like and Know, in 2nd and 3rd place. What order do you place them in? And Why?…

  • Compartmentalizing Social Media and My Life

    Compartmentalizing Social Media and My Life

    Here is what I posted today, to my personal FaceBook profile as a note. I’m hoping it may help some of you out there, who are searching also, for a way to deal with social media overwhelm for yourself, but also for those of us who do work online a lot, this may be  a…

  • Multiple Profiles and Social Media Overwhelm

    Multiple Profiles and Social Media Overwhelm

    Here is what I recently posted to my personal FaceBook profile as a note. I’m hoping it may help some of you out there, who are searching also, for a way to deal with social media overwhelm for yourself, but also for those of us who do work online a lot, this may be  a…

  • Radian6 : Social Media Monitoring

    Recently I contacted Radian6 and requested a review of the Radian6 platform, and sat in on an online demo with Sara Frystacki, Senior Business Development Manager with Radian6, who provided an overview of the platform with a small group of us. Sara was fantastic, knows her stuff, was super friendly, and I’d highly recommend this…

  • Cartoon Illustrations

    Cartoon Illustrations

    Yes, I can draw … weird, cool, funky animal-themed characters. Many of my cartooney-looney-characters have been used as the foundation for company logo designs. And many more, I simply create for FUN, and for “me-time.” Recently I have decided to spend even more time creating cartoons, all kinds of them. It’s a piece of my…

  • Questioning the Power of Social Media? Be Convinced

    Questioning the Power of Social Media? Be Convinced

    Are you still questioning the power of Social Media? Are you still wondering if you should create that new full-time Social Media employee position in your company? Or are you wondering if it’s worth contracting with a Social Media Consultant for your business? Maybe this Global BC News Hour video will help convince you, where…

  • Today Just Give It Away

    Today Just Give It Away

    Today, just give it away. (no, I don’t mean a FaceBook contest or Twitter contest for your product or services). Your kindness, your love, helpfulness, compassion, caring, listening, noticing and then reaching out and lending a hand … just give it away today. People need it. Business is about people first. Social Media is about…

  • Try It : You Just Might Like Me

    Try It : You Just Might Like Me

    Here’s my new look, my new brand, my new Social Media and marketing slogan … a spoof and spin-off, of course, from the FaceBook “like” button, and of course, the good old saying “Try it, you just might like it.” You can interpret it however you want, there are many interpretations. I am really super…