Category Archives: social media

Twitter's New Enhanced Email Notifications

Our good friends over on Twitter last night changed the way you and I receive notifications when we have new followers or have a new direct message (DM). This morning over on Twitter, people didn’t seem to be too pleased … Continue reading

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Vancouver Mental Health Camp

My good friend Raul with the help of Isabella will be hosting the first ever Mental Heath Camp in Vancouver tomorrow at Workspace (400 – 21 Water Street). Mental Health Camp arose from a session during Northern Voices where Todd … Continue reading

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To Be a Magpie or Not To Be

Looking over Twitter today, a new player popped up on the search stream (Magpie).  What is Magpie you ask? Well Magpie uses your Twitter account to allow advertisers to send out tweets based on keyword searches you create when setting … Continue reading

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Happy BlogDay!

Today is BlogDay. BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On that day Bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog … Continue reading

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Third Tuesday on a Wednesday

Last night was a fairly informal Third Tuesday, as it was held on a Wednesday night and we had no speaker, yet as always it managed to bring out a lot of people.  Since it was held at Steamworks in … Continue reading

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I'm Up for the 42nd Interim Board of the Social Media Club

The other day I put my name in for the Social Media Club’s 42 interim board member, and you can now vote for me at their site. I believe we need some more Canadian representation, with currently only one other … Continue reading

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Social Media Events This Week

What a crazy week this will be for Social Media enthusiast or Tech junkies. To start off tonight is Third Tuesday Vancouver which will host Darren Barefoot at the Century House Restaurant & Bar on Richards Street. Darren will discuss … Continue reading

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Social Media – Speed Dating

Today I attended the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) Vancouver’s event on Social Media dumbed “Social Media – Speed Dating” (hey I didn’t name this one). There was great turn out of PR professionals/communicators and I’m still amazed at the … Continue reading

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This Week's Events

This week I have a few events that I will be attending. Of course all are dealing with Social Media and it’s implications in the market place. I have to admit I’m having fun attending most of these events as … Continue reading

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Crazy Work Week

Being in the Newswire business, every quarter we encounter a very busy time here. This is usually due to companies who are issuing earning releases or, as in our case in Vancouver, mining companies issuing drill result releases. Being the … Continue reading

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