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  • Social Media Content & Connections Workshop October 12, 2012
    October 1, 2012 | Blog item Facebook Getting Social Our workshops Social media | The Social Chicks
    Social Media Content & Connections Workshop October 12, 2012

    Wanting to learn how to share great content that will engage your audience on Facebook? How about learning to network effectively on LinkedIn to build your professional connections? The Social Chicks have invited Donna Willon of Focused Networking to join us on October 12 to offer a day-long workshop on getting your business connected! Register with the Chamber of Commerce Serving Maple Ridge and [...]

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    Keep Your Social Simple (The New KYSS)
    September 23, 2012 | Blog item Getting Social Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column Marketing & Communications Tips & Tools Social media | The Social Chicks

    BY LORI GRAHAM, THE TIMES SEPTEMBER 20, 2012   As a small business owner, I know what it’s like to wear many hats. At times it can be super exciting, and at others, well, super exhausting. And these days, it’s not about if you’re going to add social media to your must-do list, it’s about how you’re going to do it engagingly and efficiently. This is a common concern [...]

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    Kids and Social Media Can Mix
    August 22, 2012 | Blog item Social media | Vicki McLeod

    BY REBECCA VAUGHAN, THE TIMES AUGUST 16, 2012 Visit Rebecca and the other Social Chicks at www.facebook.com/thesocialchicks If you have been to a presentation on kids and social media, you have probably heard a lot of scary stories. Inappropriate comments, photos, revealing personal information and cyber bullying all come to mind. Social media certainly can be used [...]

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    Social Media: Manners important online, too
    July 24, 2012 | Blog item Getting Social Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column Marketing & Communications Tips & Tools Social media | The Social Chicks

    BY VICKI MCLEOD: THE TIMES JULY 19-2012 If you’re paying attention to conversations in the world of social media, you’ve probably heard of the 80/20 rule. No doubt you’ve heard of it in reference to a number of other things as well, but in social media parlance, it refers to the formula used to determine the kind of content that makes for the best posts. Generally, 80 per cent of [...]

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    Chicks in the Times: Three Cs for Businesses Contemplating Social Media
    June 22, 2012 | Blog item Getting Social Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column Social media | The Social Chicks

    BY LORI GRAHAM, THE TIMES JUNE 21, 2012 If you're still thinking about whether or not social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Four Square, Pinterest, or You Tube are necessary to promote your business, think about these three Cs. 1) Choice: Just because every other business seems to be using social media doesn't mean you have to. If what you're currently doing to market your [...]

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    Chicks in the Times: Social Media Shyness Fades
    May 17, 2012 | Blog item Getting Social Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column Social media | The Social Chicks

    What's the most common piece of advice you're most likely to give someone when they head out to meet someone new, go on a date, or interview for a job? "Just be yourself." We offer this advice because we know that if you act naturally, you're more likely to be comfortable and honest. People gravitate toward others who are authentic, because we feel they are trustworthy, and they make us [...]

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    Chicks in the TIMES
    April 19, 2012 | Blog item Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column Social media | The Social Chicks

    Chicks offer navigation tools Social Chicks are the newest to join The TIMES stable of local columnists addressing issues that matter in town By Vicki McLeod, The Times April 19, 2012 From Facebook to Pinterest to Twitter to Google Plus, social media is changing the way we communicate, connect, and interact. That's why three local marketing and communications specialists got together [...]

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    Doing What We Do Best
    February 23, 2012 | Blog item Getting Social Our workshops Social media | The Social Chicks

    Today we had the great privilege of facilitating a workshop for local environmental groups who wanted to start or improve their social media presence in preparation for Earth Day. Hosted by the Ridge Meadows Recycling Society, the workshop covered the concept of why organizations would want to engage with their supporters and followers online, and then gave them tips and tricks for Twitter and [...]

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    Drawing a Day - The Social Chicks in caricature
    February 19, 2012 | Blog item Our Connections Social media | The Social Chicks
    Drawing a Day - The Social Chicks in caricature

    Last month we were pleasantly surprised (and flattered!) to find that Daryl [...]

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    Putting the 'social' in The Social Chicks
    February 18, 2012 | Blog item Building Community Getting Social Social media | The Social Chicks
    Putting the 'social' in The Social Chicks

    Back in the fall of 2011, the three of us, Vicki, Lori and Rebecca, offered our first workshop as the Social Chicks, helping businesses in the Pitt Meadows [...]

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    Values, Not Age, Unite Us.
    May 14, 2020 | Blog item Marketing and branding | Vicki McLeod
    Values, Not Age, Unite Us.

    Demographics have been long used as a tool by which to predict behavior and differentiate between attitudes of population groups by age, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, or geography. In the marketing arena, demographics have been kind of a holy grail for predicting consumer buying patterns and targeting products and services. In the 21st century where we navigate the tricky [...]

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    Time to Practise Compassion and Mindfulness
    March 25, 2020 | Blog item Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column | Vicki
    Time to Practise Compassion and Mindfulness

    There is a group I meet with, which gathers weekly to deepen our practice around compassion and mindfulness. Often, we open sessions by going around the circle and stating one word that captures the essence of the preceding week. My word for this week would be “tested.” It is relatively easy to extol kindness, self-compassion, understanding, and common humanity as virtues, but it [...]

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