Archive for October, 2008

Social Media Breakfast Ottawa #4

October 24, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: What I am Doing

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The above video is my thoughts on the way to the social media breakfast.

Social Media Breakfasts are a great way to meet other social media types in a more professional environment than a tweetup. I was fortunate enough to attend the 4th breakfast in Ottawa this past Wednesday morning hosted by Gowlings.

This is the 3rd event I’ve attended and it was a really good one. It had a record crowd of over 100 people. I believe the biggest issue now for the organizers will be finding venues that can hold a group this size or larger.

For the first time they had a panel instead of a speaker. The speakers were great but I much prefer the panel approach. Hearing different panelists’ thoughts as well as those from the audience made it quite interactive and fun.

I found it particularly interesting how they mentioned that ~70%+ (more like …

It’s Currency Conversion Time!!

October 22, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Money Matters

Quick short bloggery straight to the point today. If you do business in $US I urge you to check your current exchange rate. In Canada $1US = $1.24CDN right now. That’s massive. I remember the LONGEST time trying to convert money and either losing on the conversion or having such a small gain it was negligible.

Check your accounts both business and personal; this could very well be a GREAT time to convert some cash. I jumped on this bandwagon last week when it was at ~1.15 conversion which I’m still happy with. I would be happier if I had gamble and you might be extremely happy if you haven’t been paying attention and check out the rates today.

That’s about it; keep working hard and hopefully from home! (Wherever that is).

Rob

Following up to Networking Events

October 14, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Business Advice

Networking events and face to face interaction are awesome in my opinion. It let’s you actually meet the people you usually deal with online and meet many more people as well.

If you’re a somewhat outgoing individual it’s very easy to meet many many like minded individuals at one of these events. Sadly just meeting the people and chatting isn’t all you need to do. Once you’ve gotten home with 150-500 business cards your work has basically “just begun”.

Many people send out notes the day after; I have nothing negative to say about this approach. It does show ambition, seriousness as well as dedication. The reason I don’t is a) I’m not that organized and b) I’d rather let the dust settle for a bit. Right after any event everyone is sending the follow ups and it’s easy to start prioritizing while putting some on the back burner.  Why not wait …

Use Term Bloggeries and Win an Ipod Nano!

October 9, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: Blogging

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I hope everyone is doing well. With the uncertainty in the markets it’s a great time to be WORKING FOR YOURSELF. I hope many of you are doing well despite the economic situation.

All the best!

Rob