WordSpring
Blog URL http://www.wordspring.ca
Located Victoria, British Columbia Canada
Tags social media, business, twitter, facebook, linkedin, marketing, social media strategy, Victoria
Social Media for business demystified
Latest Blog Posts
- Email Newsletter or Feedburner? on Oct 27, 2009 in Blogging about blogging Small business communications
Today I took a leap of faith and decided to hook this site up to Feedburner. You’ll see the results of my 5 minutes of hard work just to the right of this post – it’s that nifty little subscribe box. Going this route instead of put...
- Twitter, Tweetups and meeting in Real Life on Oct 16, 2009 in Social Media How-Tos
Thanks to Shaw’s “The Daily” for producing this first-rate piece about the Twitter Community in Victoria BC, which we know fondly as #yyj. I see all kinds of great Tweeters in this video including Dan Parks (@cpudan) Mike Vardy (@m...
- Victoria Twestival Sept 11 – I Got My Tickets on Sep 4, 2009 in Where Work meets Life community connections Twestival Twitter
I said in my last post that the Twestival deserves a post of its own – here’s why: It’s supports a wonderful local charity: Power To Be. Kids with disabilities deserve to get out and try new things, and just be kids. Power To Be...
- Social Media Club Benefits Victoria’s Online Community on Aug 31, 2009 in Big Thinkers Social Media How-Tos Blogs community ethics social media social media club Victoria bc
Here’s a comment I posted to my friend Raul Pacheco-Vega’s blog, Hummingbird604. He was asking for some more opportunities for the Vancouver online community to discuss at a deeper level the many issues our evolving use of social media ra...
- Retweet – the “rules” for passing on great info on Twitter on Aug 20, 2009 in Social Media How-Tos ethics information sharing retweet social media Twitter
Twitter has a few “special powers” as social media. In particular, it’s a powerful grapevine, thanks to the evolution of the beloved “retweet”, also known as RT. But how does a retweet work? Where are the rules for ret...
- Guest Post: More Than Words on Aug 8, 2009 in Social Media How-Tos
Catherine’s note: before I met Mike Williams of www.coastalclicks.com I’d hear the words “pay per click” and my eyes would glaze over. It’s one aspect of on-line marketing I figured I just didn’t need to know abo...
- Scoopville – a Social Media Analogy on Aug 5, 2009 in Blogging about blogging Social Media How-Tos Blogs podcasts social media videos
Interesting! Lee LeFever of CommonCraft.com produced this video which compares ice cream to social media. Anything that uses an ice-cream metaphor gets my attention, and I think he’s brought some fresh insights to the social media conversat...
