Archive for the ‘meetup’ Category
November 19th, 2008 by
Miss604
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Last night I gave a talk at Third Tuesday about building you personal brand, which was actually more of a “how to get started, find and audience, keep an audience, and grow from there”. I’d like to thank everyone who came out to the Granville Room (even though it may not have been an ideal [...]
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Tags: social media scene, third tuesday
Posted in meetup, vancouver
November 13th, 2008 by
Miss604
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This month I won’t be organizing a large-scale food drive, and I may not even have time to provide a live blog of the event. That’s because this month’s Third Tuesday speaker is, well, me.
I’ve been asked countless times about blogging and how I’ve been able to grow Miss604.com while turning this knowledge and know-how [...]
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Posted in marketing, meetup, pr, vancouver
October 24th, 2008 by
Miss604
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There are 15 speakers in the room this evening for Interesting Vancouver at the Vancouver Rowing Club, all from diverse and unique backgrounds and each with something interesting to say. I’m sitting here looking up at the Rowing Club’s Roll of Honor for men who gave their lives for their country in from 1914-1918.
Upon arrival [...]
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Tags: events, interesting vancouver, interestingvancouver08
Posted in conference, internet, live blog, meetup, social media scene, vancouver
October 21st, 2008 by
Miss604
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This evening at Third Tuesday, Mhairi Petrovic lead a talk about “Marketing New Media to Traditional Decision Makers: Overcoming the Challenges“. She had 10 main talking points, which lead to a rousing discussion throughout the group of about 50 attendees. Using your website to do more than list an email address for your company, how [...]
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Tags: events, social media for change
Posted in charity, meetup, vancouver
October 20th, 2008 by
Miss604
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A part of my job that I love the most is helping others - and since another part of my job is blogging, I love being able to combine the two.
Tomorrow at Third Tuesday I will be holding a food drive for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society on top of providing the live blog [...]
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Tags: events, social media for change
Posted in charity, marketing, meetup, vancouver
October 17th, 2008 by
Miss604
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Last night at Yaletown Brewing, 6s Marketing revived Ideas on Tap after a decade-long hiatus (you can read more about the history of the event over on the sixty4media blog).
Ideas on Tap, an evening of networking that celebrates business n’ beer, saw five people from five seperate companies have one minute to pitch ideas and [...]
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Tags: events, ideas on tap
Posted in business, marketing, meetup, vancouver, yaletown
October 14th, 2008 by
Miss604
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Unfortunately I will not be in attendance tonight for the monthly Net Squared / Net Tuesday event so I won’t be able to provide a live blog. However, the subject matter is of such importance that I must share some of the details regardless.
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October 6th, 2008 by
Miss604
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During National Digital Media Day I started collecting food donations for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. I still have the items sitting at home (about two bags worth) and I thought to myself that it would be really great to have more than this when I drop off the donations.
I knew I had to [...]
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Tags: social media for change, third tuesday
Posted in charity, meetup, social media scene, vancouver
September 19th, 2008 by
Miss604
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Last night between my interview and the Less Than Jake concert, John and I headed over to Launch Party Vancouver 5 for some schmoozing, networking, and all out good times. As I’m currently sitting in the Phoenix airport waiting for my flight to Vegas for Blog World Expo all of my energy from 3 hours [...]
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September 15th, 2008 by
Miss604
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In town for an event tomorrow night, David Jones of Hill and Knowlton will be speaking to the Third Tuesday crowd in Vancouver tonight.
We hear the horror stories of fake blogs, spam pitches and general ignorance of the social media community by PR practitioners who leap into the online space without first understanding what it [...]
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Posted in live blog, meetup, social media scene, vancouver