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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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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Quick Pitch: Consumer Reports meets Yelp () for the purpose of creating buying alliances on behalf of the consumer. Genius Idea: Groubal is an advocacy platform that enables U.S. consumers to create online petitions and recruit others to their causes. Find your bank’s late payment fees unfair, or upset that you weren’t compensated by an
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Hey there, ma and pop: Are you hip to Twitter (), Facebook () and the myriad of other social media tools that are currently at your disposal — you know, the ones the teens and 20somethings have basically dovetailed into their everyday lives? Social media may seem like a vapid way for tweens to gossip
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A recent study conducted by the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business showed that nearly one in five small business owners are integrating social media into their business processes, and that technology adoption rates in the U.S. among small businesses have doubled in the past year from 12% to 24%. Whether your business is
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Levi’s is holding a video contest on Facebook to find the first online “face and voice” of Levi’s womenswear, who will be known simply as “Levi’s Girl.” Aspiring virtual spokeswomen of the American denim and casual wear manufacturer are asked to submit a 1-2 minute video via the company’s Facebook app explaining why they would
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In order to be successful with any Social Networking activity you must have a strategy. I’ve you’ve been following my blog, you know that I advocate the VCP model – Visibility/Credibility/Profitability. MORE
Now you’ve gone and done it. You’ve come across a list so enormous, so useful, and so awesome, our futile attempts to describe it have been lost in the tubes of cyberspace. MORE!
Social Media tools abound on the Internet today. Which one(s) should you consider using for your business? Here are the 10 Best Social Media Tools for Entrepreneurs on the Web today. http://mashable.com/2009/10/26/socia-media-entrepreneurs/
Welcome to Campbell River’s only social media networking company! Up to Date Communications exists to help businesses use today’s social networking tools to market their businesses and promote their products and services. Many businesses have Facebook ads / pages, use Twitter or operate blog sites. What most of these businesses don’t know how to do
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