1 year 18 weeks ago
BY:
Kyle Thomas
Last week I read a great blog post on Social Media Trends on the Copeland Communications' Blog. The premise of the post wasn't what are the latest trends in Social Media, because we all know they are ever changing and move faster than this blog, but rather how to keep up with these trends without getting overwhelmed.
Doug Brown, from Copeland, points out the 5 places he goes to keep himself current on the trends. Twitter, Mashable, Blogs, Google Reader and Smart People. He gives a little...
1 year 19 weeks ago
BY:
Kyle Thomas
Last weekend Andrew, Martin and myself all had the pleasure of attending the Social Media Camp that was held in Victoria, BC.
With my job being in Social Media and helping others discover all the beneficial things
about the medium I wasn't sure how much I'd get out of the conference, but I hoped that Martin and Andrew would find some use in the content.
I thoroughly enjoyed both keynotes by Jay Baer and Amber Naslund. They talk in the big picture of social media and in strategy, not just the...
1 year 19 weeks ago
BY:
Kyle Thomas
I thought since I have a moment between sessions to send out this quick blog post on where we are. We are at Social Media Camp Victoria.
This little conference is in its second year and is now a two day event, with over 600 people attending. Martin, Andrew and myself are in attendance and absorbing all the information we can to bring back home.
There are many different aspects to this conference, how to get started on Facebook and Twitter, how to find your social media voice and how...
1 year 22 weeks ago
BY:
Kyle Thomas
Last week at some point I watched an interview with Social Media Speaker, Jay Baer, who talked about where Social Media is today. He said very clearly "it is not so much should we do social media, but rather how do we do social media." I thought this couldn't be more wrong for Northern BC.
The Issue
I don't disagree with what he said, there is definitely some great things going on in these parts when it comes to Social Media, but a lot of my job is teaching people and...
1 year 23 weeks ago
BY:
Kyle Thomas
This morning most of the Internet learned that Microsoft officially bought Skype for a price around $8.5 Billion. It was a big surprise to some, as only days ago there were rumours that Google and Facebook were trying to buy the peer-to-peer online telephone service.
Now that Microsoft has bought Skype we wonder what will happen with the company and its direction.
Here at Motion Media we use Skype almost everyday. We have a team member in Victoria, BC, Lethbridge, AB and even Spain, so when...
