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…
Tag Archive: Social Media
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…
Interesting Disclosure of Information on Facebook
It is amazing how the world is changing and social media is paving new and interesting pathways. Today I received an email from Airmiles offering me 100 bonus reward miles if I spend $100 or more at Safeway before the end of October 2. Kudos to Safeway and Airmiles for creating a near perfect promotion….
Building Brand Identity Through Twitter
In the last few years, the fashion industry has fully embraced the use of Social Media to connect with the public. Big name designers like Marc Jacobs and Oscar De La Renta have huge followings on their Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages. Last year enough customers gave feedback on Twitter that Marc Jacobs needed to…
8 Ways To Conquer Facebook Statuses
If you click on this link you land on an AllFaceBook page with suggestions in the form of an infographic on how to use Facebook more effectively. AllFaceBook also has a daily email which I have (shamelessly) signed up for. I find it interesting and sometimes valuable. Some of the suggested ways to get better…
