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Social Media Breakfast Ottawa #4

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

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 90%++) of visitors to any site are lurkers who seldom if ever participate; never initiating. If you are going to take the time to visit a site; why not participate? Socialize? Network!? Make that small effort to join the conversation and stop lurking; I GUARANTEE that you’ll get a LOT more out of everything you do.

For further details on the panel and the event please visit the Eventbrite page. Mel Gallant also wrote a great detailed recap here.

I highly recommend you search for a social media breakfast in your area; they are well worth it; whether you’re a morning person or not!

All the best,

Rob

What a Month and a Half!

July 25, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: What I am Doing

Wow,

What a lazy blogger I am? I am actually updating because my directory editor told me if I don’t update soon she’ll make this blog inactive. The nerve eh?

What’s really crazy is in the time since I last posted the subscribers have stayed roughly the same which makes me think it’s better to post less but quality then all the time. Also the weird thing is this site has been steadily climbing the “home business blog” keyword on google; go figure!? It’s #2 or #3 out of 68,000,000 results. Who would of thought the “hands off” approach would be so fruitful!?

So what has yours truly been up to in the last month and a half? I’ve been working on the blog directory and blog forum as always. I’ve been on plurk more than my healthy share and I’ve bought a new blog.

 Aviva Directory published a new list of the strongest web directories on the internet. Last time they did this Bloggeries was listed but in the middle. This time it’s #7! Check out the list here.

I bought Plurkable last night and at 5PM EST there is going to be a plurk cast discussing the new changes. I’ve been with the blog since it’s inception basically and the owner is just swamped. So just like I bought this one I’m buying Plurkable. I love plurk so buying the blog was a no brainer.

Apart from that I’m enjoying my summer and trying to sell my house privately. I’ll write about that soon; why pay a real estate agent 6% of a big sum of money when you can do it yourself!?!?!

Next update will be more topical and won’t be as distant as this one was from the one before it.

All the best and hope everyone is having a great summer!

Top 5 Reasons to Celebrate Mothers Day

May 11, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: What I am Doing

I love my mom and I hope you do as well. Today is a special day to honor and spend time with the special woman in our lives who not only brought us into this world; but also was responsible for introducing us to so many great things in it.

Here are my Top 5 Reasons to Celebrate Mother’s Day.

1) She’s your mom you only have one and she loves you.

2) Let me restate that she’s your mom; without her you’d never of had an introduction into this world.

3) Unconditional love is something rare and special and your mother is an endless source.

4) Life is about relationships at the end of the day; why not let your biggest supporter and best friend know they matter to you?

5) Great way to build more memorable experiences together to be remembered forever. You can do things any day but anything on Mother’s Day is just that much extra special.

There you have it; those are my top 5 reasons to go all out for Mother’s Day. I wish all mother’s an absolutely wonderful day.

Blog Hosting Recommendations Affiliate Page

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

Yep Yep, I spent the morning before work building a blog hosting affiliate page and chatting on twitter.

The micro-blogger is here. I much prefer these constant small updates over long “authoritative” bloggeries. So I woke up at 6AM, got some Tim Horton’s coffee and a breakfast sandwich and made the blog hosting page I linked to above.

It’s bare bones but… It’s up! I’ve never known ANYONE to make a sale with a page that wasn’t up. I will probably add more hosts and add some type of reviews in the future maybe but for now it’s good. I also added it into the navigation of the site so people can find it. It’s under Resources which isn’t the best place for visibility. It’s good but not the best but I can’t justify giving it a better spot at the moment. Time will tell and who knows where this will go but remember you’ll miss every shot you don’t take. When time is on your side why not take a few shots?

Let’s see over time how much this ~1 hour of work will produce for me. Probably more then the average hour spent online or in a day job.