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Month: August 2009

Social Media for Small Business

FootButterGuy.JPGWhy you should care. You’ve no doubt been hearing a lot about social media recently. Is it all hyperbole, a fad? Should you pay attention or even care? The answers are no – it’s not a fad, and yes, you’d better care.

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Social Media 101

Here’s a presentation I made today to a diverse group of civil servants. They were a great group to present to – all very engaged with lots of insights and questions. They obviously "get it" and are on their way to making use of social media in their roles within government.

If you weren’t there, these PowerPoint slides may loose some of their meaning without the voice over from the actual presentation.

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b Running = b Productive?

True confession: I think I have a mild case of OCD. In my case I’m obsessed with productivity. I feel the need to be doing something “productive” almost all the time. Which leads to lots of multi-tasking. As a self-employed

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b Twestival

yyjtwestival-1(2).pngA month ago I had never heard of a "Twestival". Yesterday I was on my favourite morning radio program,  CBC Radio 1 with Gregor Craigie, talking about the Victoria Twestival. logo.gif

How does something like that happen… Twitter.

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Size doesn’t matter, it’s what you do for your followers

188765372_cbb168fde9.jpgSo very true. This short video from Seth Godin is chalk full simple wisdom. You don’t need thousands of friends or followers.

What you do need is a "tribe". An authentic tribe (friends, colleagues, customers) that you have something in common with, can converse with and share relevant, useful information with.

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