Read the article… http://durhamregion.com/article/175808

Join the group… http://www.smpd.ca

Profile Organizer is part of a LinkedIn Premium Account, however this feature may just make it worth it. Profile Organizer includes several tools to help you keep track of important profiles in a dedicated workspace, organizes profiles into your own personal folders, and keeps important details that help you manage your outreach. Click here to watch video about Profile Organizer.

We have a ton of information, photos and memories scattered around the web that we would be loathe to lose, and while it’s unlikely that the entire Internet is going to come crashing down in the next week or so, it still might be wise to put some of that stuff in an iron box for safe keeping.

Congrats to Christina Warren on her awesome post… HOW TO: Back Up Your Social Media Presence Before the Ball Drops.

One of the categories SMBs ask for the most help with is social media. You need to quickly and easily keep an eye on what people are saying about you; more importantly, you need to participate in the social media conversation yourself, without drowning hours upon endless hours bouncing around various websites.

There are three great tools we’d recommend for pushing out updates to a variety of sites at once. All three have free, web-based services, and they’re great for working with teams, too. Depending on your specific needs and tastes, you could try out Hootsuite, Seesmic and TweetDeck.

If you want to see what people are saying about your company, your product, your location or your vertical in real time, try searching for relevant terms on Collecta or SocialMention.

You also have options for network-specific monitoring tools. To see how your tweets are performing, tryCrowdBooster. And remember, Twitter’s official analytics product is coming soon, too. For Facebook, use that social network’s Insights dashboard for your business’s Facebook Page.

via 23 Free, Web-Based Tools SMBs Are Asking for Now.

Another great blog post by Chennai Social Media…

There are several different ways that you can keep your fan page optimized for search engines to find it. Fan pages are also a great way to drive direct traffic right to your website.

via Basic Facebook Fan Page Optimization For High Ranking Google SEO

I was just informed that WordPress, in head-to-head voting against Joomla and Drupal, has won this year’s Open Source CMS Hall of Fame award.

We have to be careful because if this trend continues people might think WordPress is a real CMS, useful for more than just a blog. This would ruin our stealth campaign and might bring dozens of new users to the WordPress community. If you could keep this on the DL we’d appreciate it.

We don’t want WordPress to develop a reputation.

via WordPress › WordPress Wins CMS Award.

Social media is quickly evolving and it’s important to stay on top of things. One of my favourite reads is Mashable who just published a mashable/Social Media – The Twitter List Directory – Mashable. Thought I’d share. Have a great day!

Thanks Dan Zarrella! Just love your page about strategies one can use to get people tweeting and promoting your presentations…

I’ll keep this page updated with best practice techniques for presenting with Twitter. Here are some of the best resources I’ve seen so far about how to use (and how NOT to use) Twitter during presentations.

via Twitter in Presentations Best Practice | SAP Web 2.0.

O Canada!

Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

via Canadian Heritage – National Anthem: O Canada.

Class Act Dinner Theatre presents… “Sexy Laundry”

…. After 25 years of marriage, and the emergence of love handles and receding hairlines, Alice and Henry have hit a physical plateau.  With a “Sex for Dummies” guidebook in hand Alice convinces Henry into a weekend of ‘alone time’ in the hopes of seducing him and unearthing her inner vixen.  Henry, however, wants to keep things the way they are… comfortable and easy.  Exploring every fantasy from leather to lace, Alice and Henry portray every couple’s desire to grow together but maintain individuality.  Don’t miss this hilarious and heartwarming show!!

$40 buys you:

• (optional) business networking (5:00-5:30 p.m.)
• (optional) DHSBA AGM (5:30–6:30 p.m.)
• dinner (6:30-7:00 p.m.)
• show (7:00-10:00 p.m.)
• one drink

Order your tickets securely online now…
http://dhsbaannualgeneralmeeting.eventbrite.com/?ref=suesutcliffe
or take your chances at the door.

Hope to see you there!