Continuing my live blog coverage of the International Internet Marketing Association’s conference, the IMC, we’re now onto tool demos.
First up is the SEO Browser, developed by two Calgary companies, which helps you optimize your website for search engines. Jeff Nelson of Anduro is presenting. Simply go to SEO Browser, enter the URL of a page, [...]

I walked to the conference this morning, meandering through the quiet West End streets, dodging bicycles and being dusted with the scent of fabric softener from the laundry vents of the walk-ups.
The Coast Plaza on Denman is rustling this morning; the scent of bacon sizzling at Brasserie Bistro is making its way to my nostrils [...]

Afternoon sessions are kicking off here at the IMC with Anil Batra: “Learn what Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are, how they’re defined, what the difference between a KPI and a metric is, and how to effectively present KPIs.”

From wiki: “Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to help an organization define and [...]

After another coffee break, a chat with Darren and Julie, and some conversations about blogging and how it can help business (excellent chances to plug sixty4media) I’m now at the front of the room for the next session with William Azaroff of Vancity.
Update: 11:00am - “I don’t think we’re in the money business, we’re in [...]

After this morning’s keynote we’ve migrated into another conference room to see Darren and Julie of Capulet and their presentation: “The Many-Armed Starfish - Social Media Marketing Success Stories”.
I’ve had to park myself at the back of the room since my MacBook is going to lose power but hopefully I’ll still be able to [...]

Read all of my IMC posts and view my Flickr photos
This will officially be the earlier live blog I have done and also probably the longest. The eight annual Internet Marketing Conference is taking place in Vancouver today and tomorrow, featuring keynote speakers, panels and many talented people in the realm of business on and [...]

Blogger relations panel at Convergence08Photo credit: Raul on Flickr
I have been asked to sit on a panel at the upcoming Making a Scene Conference that will be taking place at Granville Island from November 13-16, 2008. I’ll be talking about “The New Face of Marketing: Facebook, text and the bloggers’ world,” alongside Rebecca Coleman, Simon [...]

Duane Storey on Flickr
BarCamp Vancouver is fast-approaching and while organizers have set the dates and locations (September 25th on Granville Island), Duane and I need your input with regards to the WordCamp programme.
This WordPress specific track will be all about, you guessed it, WordPress - the world’s number on blogging platform.
WordCamp @ BarCamp will have [...]

Photo credit: Dan Lilly on Flickr
A few months ago I started a campaign on DreamBank to help get me to Blog World Expo. It’s the world’s largest blogging conference and will be happening in as Vegas at the end of September. The response was overwhelming and I was able to reach my goal days before [...]

Over the last few weeks I’ve had several people ask me, “what exactly is BarCamp?”
Photo credit: Lloyd Budd on Flickr
Contrary to what the name might suggest we’re not all going to be learning how to mix drinks unlike the topics at the more literally named VinoCamp, TransitCamp, or MobileCamp.
BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born [...]

I know that Derek and Airdrie, DaveO, Kris, Tris, and Tanya are down at Gnomedex in Seattle this weekend but in case you are just tuning in, here are some more links and resources if you’d like to follow the mega-conference from your corner of the globe.
Photo credit: Derek Miller on Flickr
Sessions are streaming live [...]

You may have noticed a new addition to my sidebar’s sponsored section this month. The badge represents the New Forms Festival, which will showcase media arts in Vancouver from September 4-27.
This year’s New Forms Festival will explore media arts from all corners of the earth through the theme of Mosaics. Works at the festival will [...]