jennifer on March 4th, 2010

If you’ve ever taken the time to look on the right side of my blog, you’ll see the section titled, “The Things I’m Doing, The Places I’ll Be”.  I started using this a few years ago in response to folks asking me, “What do you have coming up?” Since not everyone can keep track of [...]

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jennifer on January 28th, 2010

In case you missed all the hubbub surrounding the Second Annual Texas Social Media Awards put on by the Austin-American Statesman, here is a breakdown:

• Nominations are open to any resident of Texas
• Nominees are listed and commenting is open for judges to consider
• Judges pick top 25
• Winners are announced at SXSW

Rules and Regulations

There [...]

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jennifer on January 11th, 2010

The wonderful and very talented Stephanie King  aka @szking  used her film and production expertise to create this amazing video profile.

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jennifer on September 8th, 2009

We have all seen them or more likely we have all heard them. They are the folks who make a face whenever we talk about our Twitter friends. Roll their eyes when we share Facebook stories. They are also the folks who will tell you that real business doesn’t happen when you waste time on [...]

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jennifer on April 27th, 2009

While connecting online is a great thing, connecting in person is even better.
There will be plenty of opportunities over the next few months to get some face-to-face time with the folks who are making Social Media happen in San Antonio.  In addition to the monthly gatherings, there are several Camp, Startup and Workshop opportunities coming [...]

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jennifer on March 11th, 2009

I believe there is a business card identity problem. In the modern day most folks do more than one thing. In years past you had a business card from the company you worked for and that was all you needed. Fast forward to today and folks may work for a company, have their own business [...]

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jennifer on March 8th, 2009

As Social Media joins the mainstream there is a disturbing new trend emerging. Someone who three months ago never even heard of Social Media is now calling themselves an expert. Recently I saw a website offering “Social Media Certification”. This was from someone many in the community had never heard of before. We rolled our [...]

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jennifer on February 28th, 2009

As San Antonio continues to develop it’s Social Media Community, it’s been interesting to see how things continue to evolve.
Back in 2005 when I was first interested in podcasting and created the San Antonio Podcasting Group, it was difficult to find the podcasting community. Over the last few years, it’s been a pleasure to see [...]

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jennifer on November 5th, 2008

In the Evangelist to Muse Series, the first step to getting your project, idea or business off the ground is to become the Evangelist.
Theme music is Dangerous Things by George Fletchers Bourbon Renewel

 
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jennifer on July 22nd, 2008

As someone who is active in the social media arena, I have found participating in the social networks  to be beneficial to both my personal life and my business. So much so that I have been espousing the benefits to several groups in San Antonio. Sharing the benefits of participating on sites like LinkedIn, Facebook [...]

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