Update: Today is Community Manager Appreciation Day. Due to the cold weather, SMC Chicago’s event will take place on February 3. Looking for a place to celebrate Community Manager Appreciation Day on January 27? Here’s a list of events to get you started. On February 3, I’ll be celebrating with […]
Social Media
Thanks to Gary Zidek of WDCB radio for interviewing me about how social media changed in 2013. How about you – what did you differently in 2013? Twenty-thirteen could be remembered as a pivotal year for social media. Several companies like Twitter and Snapchat took giant steps forward. While, the […]
Now that LinkedIn is open to students as young as 13, and offers a LinkedIn site for University pages, high school students may want to take a break from Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to learn about networking and personal branding. A new online course, “Get Linked Into College Success […]
Wow! What an honor to be featured as one of 15 Fascinating Faces in the December issue of Glancer Magazine! Although it’s great to be recognized personally, what I really love is that my selection represents social media in Chicago and the world. I’m all about spreading this type of […]
Today I’m excited to share this press release about my new personal branding, networking and LinkedIn course for high school and college students. New Online Course Gives Students LinkedIn and Networking Know How “Get Linked Into College Success and Beyond,” a new online course that teaches personal branding, networking and […]
Coming up on November 15, I’ll be covering my favorite top low cost and no cost social media measurement tools at Digital Megaphone’s Social Media and PR Monitoring and Measurement Summit. Eight case studies will be presented from PepsiCo, Wilton, Oscar Mayer, Belize, North Shore University HealthSystem, Optima, Gourmet 45 […]
Twitter is on the road, promoting its IOP launch on November 7. Unlike Facebook’s, the Twitter IPO road show is more “nuts and bolts.” For most investors, Twitter’s IPO price doesn’t matter. Are you planning to buy Twitter stock? Here’s my take; thanks to WDBC public radio for the interview. […]
DOB: October 20, 2008 If SMC Chicago was a five year old, she’d be a kindergartener. One who’s been through pre-school and is starting her first class on her way to completing an elementary education. But, five years in social media is more like 20 or 30 – and school? […]
This post is one in the #SMWReporter series. Disclosure: Thanks to Nokia for selecting me as one of two U.S. reporters to cover Social Media Week Berlin. Nokia covered all travel and expenses and gave each reporter a Nokia Lumia 1020 41 megapixel camera phone. What a cool trip! While I was […]
This post is one in the #smwreporter series with coverage from Social Media Week Berlin. Thanks to Nokia for covering travel and expenses and for providing a 41 megapixel Nokia Lumia to capture amazing images. Disclosure: http://cmp.ly/6/RC5QuG. Thanks to Frederik Fischer, CEO of Tame, http://tame.it, for presenting an intriguing program […]