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  • Blab is Social Media's Newest Platform: Is it Right For Your Business?
    23 Sep 2015 | Blog item Getting Social Marketing & Communications Tips & Tools Social media | The Social Chicks
    Blab is Social Media's Newest Platform: Is it Right For Your Business?

    Imagine Twitter, Google Hangouts, YouTube, webinars, and reality talk television all rolled into one and you have a notion of social media’s newest platform, Blab. Blab launched in beta about three months ago and already geeks, nerds, social media specialists and technophiles have flocked to Blab and are blabbing about –well, everything. Blab is a live streaming video platform that allows [...]

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    Blab.im - A Simple How-to Guide by Vicki Chick
    7 Sep 2015 | Blog item Getting Social Marketing & Communications Tips & Tools Social media | The Social Chicks
    Blab.im - A Simple How-to Guide by Vicki Chick

    Blabbing About Blab Here’s the simple skinny: All you need is a Twitter account. If you don’t have one, create one. It’s very simple. Click here for instructions. Then: Go to Blab.im where you can follow me and you will get the directions to sign up for the platform. Click SUBSCRIBE to join scheduled Blabs. You can join any Blab this way. At showtime, [...]

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    What Not to Wear: A Social Chick and Her Wardrobe
    11 May 2015 | Blog item Getting Social Social media | The Social Chicks
    What Not to Wear: A Social Chick and Her Wardrobe

    MISSION: Show up in style to Social Media Camp. ACTION PLAN: Hire Brianna Carson of What Would Audrey Wear? for a wardrobe analysis and action plan for a mindfully crafted professional wardrobe. RESULT: More than I bargained for & a lesson in what scares me about shining like a star. This year I had the lucky fortune of getting acquainted with a personal style coach.  That's right, [...]

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    Tip Top Tips from CIMC2015
    30 Mar 2015 | Blog item Getting Social Marketing & Communications Tips & Tools Our Connections Social media | The Social Chicks
    Tip Top Tips from CIMC2015

    The selfie , courtesy: Sunny Leonarduzzi After an amazing weekend at the first annual Canadian Internet Marketing Conference in the raw beauty and majesty of Squamish, B.C., my head is full, my brain muscle stretched and my heart (yes, my heart was involved) full and happy. It was an amazing opportunity to hobnob with many of the people and experts I have connected with in the land of Social [...]

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    Social Poaching: Reducing Friends to Fans and Followers
    19 Feb 2015 | Blog item Building Community Facebook Getting Social Social media | The Social Chicks
    Social Poaching: Reducing Friends to Fans and Followers

    THE TIMES: Feb. 19, 2015 by VICKI MCLEOD In her book The Joy of Missing Out, Finding Balance in a Wired World, author Christina Crook poses the question: “What are people for?” She poses it in the context of online relationships and whether or not we see other people simply as consumers. Her book is thought-provoking and challenges us to think about whether the arms-length nature of digital[...]

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    Your Energy and Social Media
    23 Jan 2015 | Blog item Getting Social Social media | The Social Chicks
    Your Energy and Social Media

    Going with the theory that everything we experience, touch, feel, or interact with has energy, I wanted to focus on how this translates to the world of social media.  Have you ever walked into a room and, after a moment, wanted to walk right back out?  On the flip side, have you ever met someone for the first time and immediately felt a connection as though you've known each other for years? [...]

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    A Facebook Rant Goes Viral
    26 Nov 2014 | Blog item Building Community Getting Social Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column Marketing & Communications Tips & Tools Social media | The Social Chicks
    A Facebook Rant Goes Viral

    Last week I had the opportunity to speak at Women’s AM, a gathering of local business women who meet for breakfast once a month. They asked me, generally, to talk about social media. It's a big topic and I decided to focus on what it means to be successful with social media. Success in social media depends on effective content. For content to really connect with clients, customers and key [...]

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    Online Campaigns Important
    31 Oct 2014 | Blog item Building Community Getting Social Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column Marketing & Communications Tips & Tools Our Connections Social media | The Social Chicks
    Online Campaigns Important

    Election time is upon us. Last time around I did an assessment of the candidates’ use of digital and social media tools to reach voters. The pickings were slim in 2011, with few candidates using social media or establishing much of an online presence. I predicted then, that this time around social media would play a larger role as the tools themselves became more ubiquitous and the common [...]

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    Taking Back Your Facebook Newsfeed
    26 Sep 2014 | Blog item Building Community Getting Social Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column Marketing & Communications Tips & Tools Social media | The Social Chicks
    Taking Back Your Facebook Newsfeed

    The silly season is upon us and I’ve noticed recently that I’m getting a number of friend requests on Facebook from people who are planning to run in the local civic elections. You, too? It’s time to take back your newsfeed. It has become common on Facebook to get friend requests from people you don’t know. Many businesses are using Facebook to market products and services. Strictly [...]

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    How a Summer Digital Detox Made Me Happier, Calmer and More Creative
    21 Aug 2014 | Blog item Building Community Getting Social Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Column Our Connections Social media | The Social Chicks
    How a Summer Digital Detox Made Me Happier, Calmer and More Creative

    This summer, the Social Chicks and the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times hosted the community’s second annual Social Media Day, and more than 60 participants from local businesses and organizations attended to find out how to use social media to grow awareness, connect with customers and stakeholders and build a strong online presence. Social media experts from across the region offered tips and[...]

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