Filed under: Internet Marketing Strategy, LinkedIn, Networking, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Tweetup, Writing | Tags: Amy Stark, Blogging, Dave Woodson, Indiana's Inaugural Social Media Summit, Nat Finn, Northwest Indiana, nwitweetup, Steve Dalton
As the year draws to a close, I feel the need to take a moment to express gratitude for the new people I’ve met, new opportunities presented to me, new lessons learned and new ideas I’m looking forward to exploring in 2010 and beyond. Here are a few highlights…
I’ll start with yesterday, December 30th. Steve Dalton, Dave Woodson, Aaaron Simac and I headed down to Indianapolis to attend Indiana’s Inaugural Social Media Summit Smackdown Awards Ceremony, organized by Indianapolis’ Amy Stark, a force to be reckoned with and a heck of a nice lady to boot! Steve, Dave and I had all been nominated–as well as several others from Northwest Indiana who were unable to attend: Nat Finn, Continue reading →
Filed under: Networking, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Tweetup, Twitter | Tags: #nwindiana, Northwest Indiana, nwitweetup, Social Media, Tweetup, Twitter, Valparaiso
Thanks to all who turned out for the 2nd Northwest Indiana Tweetup (#nwitweetup) at Coladas Pizza in Valparaiso last night. Thanks also to Coladas Pizza for providing us with the flower leis (a big hit!) and the complimentary munchies. Those little bread bubbles are highly addictive…and go very well with beer, as it turns out.
Thanks also to Pat and Jerry Yocom from Lake Effect Embroidery (@LE_Embroidery) who donated two more #nwitweetup ball caps. Leanne Hoagland Smith (@coachlee) won the first one and Dave Continue reading →
Filed under: Facebook, Internet Marketing Strategy, LinkedIn, Networking, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Twitter | Tags: Evelyn Bay Coffee, nwitweetup, social media training, Twitter 101
I launched a web site this week for my new training and consulting business: http://mysocialmediacoach.com. My mission is to teach small business owners how they can put use the power of social media marketing to grow their businesses.
I have been speaking with some business people one on one, but admittedly, the Valparaiso market is a little behind the curve on social media. I know it will catch on here, but we don’t have what you might call ‘critical mass’ yet for anyone who wants to implement Continue reading →
Kathy Sipple: Social Media Tips For Business 