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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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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Stepping it up a notch for #beatcancer

This is just a quick note. An idea that’s forming out of all this #beatcancer stuff that’s coming up on Twitter. It’s a great idea. And I applaud #beatcancer for coming up with it, and Ebay/Paypal and Miller Lite for supporting it.
The website’s got a counter up to show funds raised so [...]

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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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“Master Social Media… without leaving your desk!”

Hello gimmick.  Yes, I mean you.  You are a recent headline from one of my email newsletter subscriptions.  And you’re trying to sell me something with a gimmick.  You got me to click through, to open that email.  Which is often the hardest part.  But what made me open it was the fact that you’re [...]

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