In October, Doug Lacombe, a friend of mine, sent me an email saying that Oasis Spa was looking to try some new things to promote gift certificates to the Calgary market. Every year the owner, Peter Smed, offers various denominations of certificates to people who need an elegant, valuable, easy to buy gift for a…
Category Archives: Social Media
How to Get the Old Facebook Back
If you are annoyed by the new Facebook Timeline and miss the good ol’ days, check out this Mashable article on how to get some of your favorite features back via extensions.
Improving Your Rating on Urbanspoon – La Brezza Ristorante
Last summer a friend of mine, Marlon Lee of IT Outlaws, called me to say he was working with a client to redo their website and the next step was social media. Could we help out? I said sure. The client was Marco Abdi who owns La Brezza Ristorante, a delightful Italian restaurant in the…
The Power of Social Media – Aerial Photos by Skyline Group
One of our customers is SkylineGroup. They have been servicing Calgary’s roofing and exterior finish needs since 1976. They are a trusted choice for thousands of Calgary businesses and residents seeking reliable, dependable and high-quality installations and renovations for roofing and exterior finishes. Last Fall I was meeting with our client, Jason Taylor, to review…
Automatic Feed from Google+ to Twitter via Dlvr.it
I have a Facebook profile, a Twitter feed, a LinkedIn profile and a bunch of other social media networks that I use less frequently. In addition, our company has pages on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. I’ll admit that keeping up with all of these feeds – posting, reading, replying, comprehending. figuring out how…
Social media and sales relationship complicated by Doug Lacombe
Recently Doug Lacombe (@dblacombe) wrote an interesting article in The Star Phoenix called, “Social media and sales relationship complicated.” He quotes me but that isn’t why you should read the article. You should read it because of the way Doug contrasts how social media relates to sales and marketing. It’s a good read. Our discussion…
How to Enable The New Facebook Timeline
Since I was too impatient to wait until Facebook officially launched the new Timeline, I tricked Facebook into thinking I was a developer and viola! Click here to read Techspot’s easy instructions on how to enable the new Timeline for your profile.
