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Wordcamp Victoria 2012

I attended, and spoke at, my third Wordcamp Victoria this weekend. I missed the morning sessions due to kid’s hockey games, but got there just in time for a nice Ambrosia lunch. Photo: Rebecca Bollwitt (Credit: YYJ Pics) The sessions

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Year of the Social Dragon

MMXII is “The Year of the Dragon” according to the Chinese calendar – a powerful year. The last ‘Year of the Dragon’ was Y2K. It’s also a leap year and includes three Friday the 13th’s in January, April and July.

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Out with the Rabbit, In with the Dragon

The year of the Rabbit lived up to its billing as a creative, compassionate creature demonstrating strength and intensity (according to the Chinese Zodiac calendar). It was a pretty awesome year in all respects. I continue to feel blessed to

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Another Pebble in My Shoe

Pebbles in My ShoeIt’s been a while since I wrote a "Pebble in My Shoe" post, so this one is long overdue and my feet are getting sore. In fact the last one was a year ago.

Here are the pebbles from Aug 2010:

  1. "Personal branding" 
  2. #FollowFriday
  3. Facebook – this could be a rock actually…
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New Client – Poker Wingman

I don’t usually write about new clients on the blog but Poker Wingman is a bit of a divergence from the type of work we usually do, and I think this video is hilarious.

NOTE: no real animals were harmed in the creation and production of this video. 

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Chris Talks About Hootsuite on CHEK Island 30

I’ve been fortunate enough recently to be a regular on CHEK NEWS and their Island 30 program talking about various aspects of social media. In tonight’s segment I talk about social media management tools like Hootsuite and I get to plug Social Media Camp.

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bWEST in the Media

Chris-AChannel-Feb-2011.jpgApparently bWEST has created a reputation for ourselves in the community and among the media as a company that understands social media and how it applies to business as we are being sought out more frequently my the media to comment – which we like.

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