The signs are:

• You spend a lot of time thinking about Facebook or plan use of Facebook.
• You feel an urge to use Facebook more and more.
• You use Facebook to forget about personal problems.
• You have tried to cut down on the use of Facebook without success.
• You become restless or troubled if you are prohibited from using Facebook.
• You use Facebook so much that it has had a negative impact on your job/studies.

If you answered yes to all these questions -  you are a most likely a Facebook addict or as I like to call it, a social media enthusiast!

Today Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion.

Pinterest is surging in popularity and now has 21,5 million users.

In response to the demand for more information, Jeff Nelson and Doug Lacombe are hosting a session of Quickinars featuring 6 organizations that are using social media successfully.  This day long seminar will be held in Calgary on April 24, 2012 featuring real people from real organizations who have successfully used social media to further their communications and marketing objectives.

We’re still lining up the guest speakers but we have confirmed:

• Cetus Automotive – Kay Gupta, Owner
• Glowskies – Huda Serhan (virtually from Dubai), Owner
• Encana – Dean Paddock, Lead, Communications Services
• Inn From The Cold – Yvette Rasmussen, Executive Director
• Calgary Municipal Land Corporation – Clare Nolan, Manager, Marketing Communications

A fabulous lunch is included, as are refreshments and snacks throughout the day.

Register now as seating is limited. Take advantage of our early bird special and save $100 by registering prior to April 17, 2012.

After a period of hibernation the Quickinars boys are back at it with “Social Media Successes – real world case studies you’ve been wondering who’s having success in social media in Calgary and beyond, this day-long seminar is for you!

You’ve been to the “social media is great” seminar. You’ve heard the “you need a strategy” speech. You’ve frittered on Twitter and fooled around on Facebook, but where is the seminar on proven success in social media?

Come find out on April 24 where we will spend a full day (6 hours) reviewing local, national and international social media success stories.

Each of the “success segments” will begin with a strategic overview, followed by a special guest speaker who actually put social media theory into practice and realized results!

We’re still lining up the guest speakers but you can expect representatives from:

- oil and gas
- automotive service
- non-profit
- retail or hospitality

With variety like this you will see how social media is being successfully implemented by organizations large and small, B2C and B2B, for profit and not.

Draw inspiration from your peers and from the solid strategic insights of the Quickinars team, Jeff Nelson, president of Anduro Marketing and Doug Lacombe, president of communicatto inc. These two Internet marketing veterans will guide you through case study after case study that is sure to inspire you and turbo-charge your social media marketing efforts.

A fabulous lunch is included, as are refreshments and snacks throughout the day. Register now as seating is limited. Take advantage of our early bird special and save $100 by registering prior to April 17, 2012.

This conference will engage you and inspire you through practical tips and take-aways presented by industry leaders which include Chris Brogan, Peter Shankman, Alex Samuel and Julien Smith.

Click here to Register!

There seems to be 2 reasons why we are asked to develop websites for our customers:

• First, because we know the “tricks of the trade” to get visitors to respond and convert – our customers love that
• Second, because they trust us and enjoy working with us – our customers love us
• Third, our websites rank well with the search engines. In Google, this site is ranking at the top for “succession planning calgary” – our customers love that too

Send me an email or give me a call if you would like us to  develop your website.

Jeff Nelson

jeff.nelson@anduro.com or 403-410-3803

Today, a friend mentioned Freemind. It is what is sounds like: freeware for creating mind maps.

It is excellent software, easy to use and, did I mention – FREE.

Now I have to get back to .

Speakers, Workshops, and presentations over the four days will cover five main themes: Health and Housing, Capacity Building,Disaster preparedness, Governance and Partnerships.

Featured speaker Mike Holmes, of Holmes on Holmes fame will be profiling Building Homes and Building Skills—a partnership between the Canadian Assembly of First Nations and the Holmes Group to renovate housing in the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation in Ontario, Canada, and build a sustainable community, based on green practices.

Anduro Marketing is proud to be working with the Aboriginal Housing Management Association on this project.

Click here to learn more about this exciting and innovative conference.

Some great excerpts from the article:

They will also have a unique navigation system. “The navigation system currently used is a head tilting to scroll and click,” Mr. Weintraub wrote this month. “We are told it is very quick to learn and once the user is adept at navigation, it becomes second nature and almost indistinguishable to outside users.”

The glasses will have a low-resolution built-in camera that will be able to monitor the world in real time and overlay information about locations, surrounding buildings and friends who might be nearby, according to the Google employees. The glasses are not designed to be worn constantly — although Google expects some of the nerdiest users will wear them a lot — but will be more like smartphones, used when needed.

They are expected to sell for between $250 – $600.

You can read the whole article here.

Here it is again.