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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Up to Date Communications is manning the bar….the Genius Bar, that is. On Saturday, June 4th, Sean Smith of Up to Date Communications will be working the Genius Bar at Social Media Camp 2011 in Victoria, BC. Focusing on Community Connections and Promotions, Sean will be there to answer questions and show the tools he
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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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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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Every time you navigate from website to website, or video to video, you’re driven by the experience. And yet, when we share content online — whether it’s scrolling through a Flickr () photostream from your friend’s wedding, or a live-streaming video — we are often left feeling that something is missing; that for all of
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The City of Campbell River, in partnership with the Campbell River First Nations community, INFilm, Strathcona Community Futures, Rivercorp and North Island College, has launched the Campbell River Creative Industries Initiative. This initiative is designed to create a new economic sector in Campbell River that will tap the creative talent and resources of our little
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Up to Date Communications is pleased announce The UPS Store in Campbell River as our very first client. We will be helping them build their new social media marketing tools and strategy. Keep an eye out for their new online environment and be sure to connect with them, once they are online!
