What does ‘Real’ really mean?

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emailprintWho am I?  A lofty question? Perhaps, but it’s one that I’ve been thinking a lot about since watching the TEDx talk by Alexandra Samuel (you can watch it below) titled ‘Ten Reasons to Stop Apologizing for your Online Life’  that looks at how there is no longer (in fact there never has been) a difference [...]

How Business + Social Media = Social Business

Think social business by developing a strategy in the context of your whole business rather than in silos, understanding the context of a person’s emotional life, and seeing the whole person not just the part that meets your demographic.  I think Judi Samuels of Maritz Canada hit the mark at the Social Media Masters conference [...]

Facebook Facial Recognition – Will I be a German Shepard?

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Facebook is in the news again because of its widespread release of facial recognition for tagging photos.  The social network announced its plans for facial recognition late last year but it’s been rolled out slowly.  Last week, Facebook reported that the feature, which it calls “tag suggestions”, is now available in most countries.  So far it’s not in Canada but the service has popped [...]

Would you hire your teenager to take care of marketing your company?

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When I started in the web design business in the late 90’s I often came across businesses, especially smaller ones, who believed they either didn’t need a website or didn’t need to hire a design firm because their son, daughter or nephew knew how to do it.  It was understandable. The internet was still new [...]