Review: The Calgary Women’s Show (Part 3 of 3) #yycws

Continued from “Review: The Calgary Women’s Show (Part 2 of 3)“
Note:  These are my own thoughts and ideas on how social media was executed based on my experience live tweeting the event and the limited knowledge I had about the event before attending.  This post is meant as a discussion item only and to provide [...]

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Review: The Calgary Women’s Show (Part 2 of 3)

This post is a continuation from ‘Review: The Calgary Women’s Show (Part 1)‘
I’ve heard of the Calgary Women’s Show before.  I’ve just never gone, nor have I paid much attention to it.  But when a friend put forth my name with a few others as a potential person to live tweet at the Calgary Women’s [...]

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Maybe advertising isn’t for everyone either…

Advertising on Facebook and other social networks doesn’t work.  Ask any online marketing person.  The click through rates are horrible.  Nope, they don’t work.  And for good reason.  90% of the ads are atrocious and don’t have anything to do with what people actually want to click on (FYI – I made up that number.  [...]

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Blah, social media’s over rated

“Personalizemedia shows us how active & dynamic the Social Web is.”
Wait… what?  There’s people out there actually doing stuff?  And this is different from how the world used to work… how?
Sorry Personalizemedia, this is not an attack on you.  I like that you can provide us with information on human behaviour online.  This is a [...]

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Only 1 in 33 employees access Facebook at work

“Last July, Nucleus Research reported that productivity dropped 1.5% at companies that allow full access to social media. This is probably because they also found that 87% of use was not work-related.  The headlines are a little alarmist, however, because they also note that only one in 33 employees accessed Facebook at work.”
From Positively Media
Who [...]

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