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Posted by
Fiona |
Dec 23rd, 2009
As everyone winds down to the Christmas holidays and looking for any excuse not to do any work, I’m sharing my favourite video picks for the year. Enjoy!
Best social media viral video
Fabulous message, stirring soundtrack and smart visuals… I play this at the beginning of our social media training days.
Best staff sing along
Don’t you wish your Friday night drinks were as inspired and fun as this?
Lip...
Chiefette’s pick – Top viral videos of 2009
Posted by
Fiona |
Dec 2nd, 2009
When I started Her Business magazine back in 1995, websites weren’t around; we didn’t even have email.
By 2002 we had a website that gave us a presence online and automated a lot of processes; readers could subscribe online or change their address, which saved us lots of time. For awhile I couldn’t really see other benefits of being online.
Though by then I’d begun to discover blogging and began to play with...
Why online is better than print
Posted by
Fiona |
Nov 2nd, 2009
Your eyes meet across a crowded room
- You read an interesting re-tweet or stumbleupon them or follow a link on a blog.
Or your friends set you up
- Mr Tweet recommends them or Linkedin says you might know them.
So you do your homework and check them out
- You google search their name, read their Linkedin profile, read their Facebook profile, read their...
Social media in business is kind of like dating…
Posted by
Fiona |
Oct 2nd, 2009
Got the social media blues?
well Scott has… here’s a great little ditty about unrequited love in this age of social media. ... Posted by
Fiona |
Oct 1st, 2009
I love the internet and social media in particular – but I see ‘red’ when I see people abusing it… four instances come to mind straight away…
A friend of mine prints photos onto canvas and recently mentioned she discovered a photo site where you go in the draw to win prizes for uploading photos of your kids. She contacted them and offered some of her products as prizes. I’m always interested in...
Dear spammer – please get a real job!
I’m passionate about social media – I founded the online community entrepreneurette in 2006 and flokka, the blog network in 2008, after a decade and a half in magazine publishing. A typical ‘maven’ I love to share what I’m learning, researching and implementing - as well as what’s working for my clients, my students and my network members, in the worlds of social media and business in general. I’m Fiona Powell and this is my blog. 
