Navigating The Social Web

So I jumped on the wagon and joined Foursquare (not to be confused with the highly popular kids game) about 3 1/2 months ago at the suggestion of a Twitter acquaintance (not quite a friend but not a stranger either- but we can save that for another post). I slowly began to ‘Check-In’ to the […]

As part of my job I read a lot of blogs and follow those of competitors quite closely. Since launching a B2B corporate blog last year, it has become quite apparent to me how many companies dove in to the blogosphere with enthusiasm and have slowly fizzled out.  Initially, these companies were posting with reckless abandon but […]

Women make it sound like men have it easy when it comes to making friends; that they can just turn to the guy next to them in a bar and easily strike up a conversation. However, I’m sure that’s not always the case and that there was more than one guy who watched “I Love […]

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the World Wide Web… Now even my cat has its own web page.” -President Bill Clinton His cat’s probably on Twitter now. I think we can stretch that statement a little further to say that *everyone* (in the business world) […]

A lesson from a drink called Kombucha I love summer. After months of cold, Montreal just comes alive.  Summer and winter are like night and day.  The parks are filled with people, the city is bustling, everyone seems to be smiling a whole lot more and there are festivals galore. Part of my summer routine […]

…there are no shortcuts. Well, maybe. Weight loss. Social media results. What do those two have in common? A lot. Want to lose weight? To get results it takes time, patience and a strategy. There are no real shortcuts and the ones that we often see are too good to be true. Surprise, surprise. The […]

It’s hot and sticky in Montreal. But it’s July and expected. We live in a city of extreme weather (and consequently fashion) but I wouldn’t trade it for a thing! I was walking a long St-Catherine street around noon today with a friend, when a women walked past us and quickly handed us some cards. […]

There are things a job description will tell you about a job and things you will learn, the hard way, while doing the job. I never really read a job description about being a Community Manager, I sort of just became one and only after reading a description did it click that ‘Hey! I do […]

On Finding Balance before Digital Burnout Everyone wants to “Crush It” these days, or maybe it’s just the people that I hang out with that are looking for more and to do more. In case you’re not familiar with the term “Crush It”, check out one of my earlier posts: Do what you love, No […]

I found this neat site called Wordle and tried it out on my tweets from Webcom Montreal: I couldn’t decide which one I liked better so here are three of my favorites (click on the image to see a larger view) Or this: Warning! The ‘Randomize’ button is highly addictive!