Is Networking Dead?

I am pleased to say….no!
The Argyle bar in Halifax was the host location of the second Halifax Social Media meet-up this evening. The group has grown some from last month’s inaugural gathering with somewhere just north of 30 people huddled in groups of 3-4 and circulating to build relationships and talk social media.
Ben Boudreau [...]

Books vs. Blogs

I realized today that I have spent more time reading in the past 6-months than normal, concentrating on blogs rather than on books. My keen interest has been to get up-to-speed on marketing, e-marketing, technology, and social media. Historically, I have consumed information on business and career topics from books. Now…not so much. I [...]

Blog Pack Anyone?

Ever heard of a “Blog Pack”? I hadn’t either until yesterday. The basic concept is that people with similar interests all band together in blog-land to help each other out. It is essentially a bloggers networking process. Through this process you join a group that creates a feed file for your RSS Reader called an [...]

Twitter Me This…

Twitter. A micro-blogging platform. I have been experimenting with it for about 3-weeks now and am starting to form some opinions. At first, I really could not see the business application. Turns out I was looking at it too narrowly. I was thinking, “why would I care if someone was eating cheese cake for [...]

Dare to Be Different

I just spent the last two days attending the Atlantic Internet Marketing Conference which was held this year in Moncton, New Brunswick. While much of it is still fresh in my mind, I thought I would share with you the most relevant themes from the sessions I attended.
A common thread related to content. Whatever your [...]