social MEdia: Archive

An apology

Before attempting to write a post positioning myself as the CEO of a make believe gadget company, I felt that doing some background research was necessary. I took a look at 15 Excellent Corporate Blogs to Learn From on Mashable. I also looked at Top Ten Smart CEO Blogs (You Can Learn From) and finally, Are these the 10 Best Corporate Blogs in the World? What I came to realize is that...

Feb 24th

Falling down the pin hole

With new social media platforms popping up every day, it’s hard to keep up. So when a friend told me about Pinterest a few months ago, I admit, I was interested but skeptical. So I checked it out as per her invitation. It seemed ‘cute’ at first and then, boom, full on addiction. I pin daily… I’m a constant ‘pinner’. I ventured down the rabbit hole and I haven’t looked back! I love this...

Feb 15th

Jan 21st

The New Twitter: Everything You Need to Know →

Twitter is dead. Long live, Twitter! The Internet’s most popular microblogging service got a major upgrade today, rolling out a brand-new look and a bunch of new features. The update is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging change Twitter’s ever done,… Follow the link to read the rest of the article posted on Mashable.com~ ...

Dec 9th

Top 10 reasons why I should be Piccsy’s new...

Piccsy.com is looking for a social/community manager! Here is my way of saying, “Hey, pick me!” 1. I am applying to their job posting through twitter and my very own blog 2. I love social media (I check facebook and twitter first thing in the morning, every morning) 3. I’m a part time public relations student at Ryerson University (I took an entire...

Dec 3rd

Play Taxi Media National Launch Party

For those who get bored easily during taxi rides, here is Play Taxi Media. This media company, which happens to be Canadian, specializes in touch screens which are mounted into head rests. The idea is that during any 10-15 minute cab ride, the screen has the travelers undivided attention. This would allow for advertisements to flow uninterrupted for the duration of the trip. The logic seems...

Nov 23rd

Analyzing the conversation

I must admit that the thought of web analytics bores me. I have never been keen on numbers or statistics. This being said, I will attempt to recommend three useful web analytics tools for monitoring social web content. YAHOO! Web Analytics- According to their website, this tool, “is a highly customizable enterprise analytics solution that tracks each visitor, visit and action on your...

Nov 7th

Occupying the social web

As you may have heard, Occupy Wall Street has made its way to Toronto. This movement began as a suggestion in AdBusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist online magazine. Its popularity grew as it was endorsed by Anonymous (if you don’t know who they are, I suggest you Google them) before spreading to Facebook and Twitter. So far the movement’s choice of communication has been through social...

Nov 6th

Managing a community is a delicate business

This example of community management came to me as I was flipping through the latest edition of Flare magazine. Towards the end I noticed a full page ad for Women’s Health Matters a community hosted by the Women’s College Hospital. My first thought was, “Wow, this is really cool”, and then that thought became, “I totally have to blog about this!” So here I am. If anyone ever...

Oct 31st

It's not me, it's you.

From Foursquare-Infos. Foursquare- The best way to creep the people around you and let everyone know where you are. Good for the kid at heart and people who enjoy free stuff. I feel that Foursquare is not for me personally. If I am going into a restaurant, I already know I’m going to spend a certain amount of money, and I don’t need a coupon for a free something. I also don’t like the free...

Oct 3rd

My top ten picks of the best social media and...

Here are my top ten favourite social media and public relations blogs. I know I’m only revealing the tip of the iceberg, but hopefully my list will encourage you to look more deeply into the world that is pr blogging. Image from ebuzzing.co.ok Mashable and Ragan’s PR Daily News I follow both on Twitter. I feel that these sites offer more than just commentary on social media...

Sep 27th

Visual words.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines latest social media campaign, “KLM Live Reply.” It is absolutely fantastic! Read the article and watch the video, you will be inspired. http://www.prdaily.com/socialmedia/Articles/9549.aspx

Sep 21st