Wow. It’s the end of the summer and I didn’t get a chance to complete the theme update, add new content to the site, or expand the client base. Why? Because I have been busy helping business and new social media users get their feet into the fire! Campbell River has become ALIVE with social
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Back from SMCV11 and what a blast THAT was. Meeting up with old Tweeps and finally meeting others that I have been chatting with for months! Met Social Media Super Star Jay Baer, co-author of the book “The NOW Revolution” and to part in some outstanding session on topics ranging from Politics and Social Media
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It’s been an incredibly busy first year for Up to Date Communications. So much so that we have barely been able to keep up our own site. So, rather than simply updating content, we have decided to do that AND update the entire look of the site. Look for a great new theme, coming in
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Interesting story on Mashable. For those of use who were in the tech industry before the bubble burst in 2000, we are all too familiar with the vast amounts of money used and generated by a young and emerging industry. The difference this time around is that social media is accessible to everyone and advertisers
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The number of people on sites such as Facebook and Twitter is getting bigger every day, and because the basic strategy of most public-relations campaigns is to be where the people are, our target audiences have now become much more accessible. MORE
After a trip to the first edition of the Social Media Camp in Victoria, I got a totally new look on how to approach Social Media and help my clients. I found new tools and better ways to use the tools I already used. I changed my personal communications platform from Facebook and Blogs to
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We know it’s a brave new world for consumers and brands. If United breaks your guitar, or your Maytag doesn’t work properly, you can take on the company that messed with you via social media — and you may well win. But technology empowerment works both ways. Consumers can take a stand against poor business
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A new study from Pew Internet found that between April 2009 and May 2010, social networking site usage grew 88% among Internet users aged 55-64, and the 65 and older group’s social networking presence grew 100% in the same time frame. Young people still dominate social networks like Facebook (), but their usage only grew
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Professional networking has been made exponentially easier with social media. Years ago, networking meant asking a friend at another company to submit your resume to his HR department. A particularly assertive person might have been able to cold-call his way into lunch with a head honcho. Now, networking means having the ability to tap into
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There has been plenty of discussion about how governments are using social media to engage with the general public and open up their vast amounts of data to collaborators. The interagency collaboration occurring behind government firewalls using wikis and blogs is also well-publicized. A topic that’s received less attention are the ways that social media
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