Tag Archive | "Social Media"

Herding Your Online Cats

Saturday, January 17, 2009

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock in 2008, you’re likely aware that social media use is exploding, as are the number of companies and organizations wanting to market to we users. But both our use of the dizzying array of social media services out there, as well as the tools and solutions for companies [...]

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UnSummit Set To Return March 7

Sunday, January 4, 2009

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UnSummit, the spontaneous tech marketing unconference spawned as an alternative to the sold-out MIMA Summit last October has set the date for their next event as Saturday, March 7, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Minneapolis Central Library. The agenda is still coming together based upon attendee [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 17

Saturday, December 13, 2008

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Community strategy, management of the ecosystem and paying attention to social media conversations online is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s an imperative for doing business today, for brand management or for building your own personal brand. Today’s hosts: Steve Borsch,Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson, Garrick Van Buren Connie Bensen is a woman who is completely [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 15

Saturday, November 22, 2008

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A lively discussion about social media tools, approaches, and a handful of insights about this hot area from the never-bashful-or-lacking-for-opinions Gang. Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson, Garrick Van Buren The term “social media” has many connotations depending upon whom you ask for an opinion or insight about what it covers, what it [...]

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Playing Tag at Social Media Breakfast

Thursday, November 20, 2008

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Thursday morning (11/20) saw another gathering of Social Media Breakfast at Best Buy headquarters. This was a “special” event presented by Best Buy rather than the gathering those who attend the event each month have come to expect. It was billed as “Breakfast with Jeff Pulver“. Jeff is considered a true VOIP pioneer and a [...]

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Best Buy CEO Interview on Use of Social Media

Sunday, November 16, 2008

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Friend of Minnov8, expert in web design, Randy Geise – and a guy who was design director for the first launch of BestBuy.com — sent along this link to a video interview about social media with Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson. Thought you’d like to have a chance to view it (thanks Randy!): From this post by Peter [...]

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Minnov8 Gang Podcast – Episode 9

Saturday, October 4, 2008

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Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins, Phil Wilson Based upon feedback we’ve received from you and many other listeners, the Gang is increasing the pace of the show and getting to areas of interest in a tighter show format. In today’s show, a few links mentioned include: + Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) Summit + The [...]

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MIMA Summit Packs The Depot

Friday, October 3, 2008

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As practically every man, woman, and child in the Twin Cities must know by now, the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) held its annual conference Wednesday, themed “Feed“. These folks are marketers — they know how to hype, as they’ve been telling us for what seems weeks now that the event was sold out.  Prior to [...]

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UnSummit ’08…More Than a Summit Alternative

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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As noted on it’s website, “UnSummit 2008 is an technology+marketing conference created to serve those unable to get tickets to the the MIMA Summit on Oct. 1, 2008.” Though maybe not the intent of organizer Don Ball, it was also for those who didn’t want to pop for the rather spendy registration fee for said [...]

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Social Media Breakfast at Best Buy

Friday, September 19, 2008

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The Twin Cities Social Media Breakfast group met today at Best Buy Headquarters to connect about social media and to hear from our hosts who’ve created Blueshirtnation, Giftag and something we hadn’t heard about before, Spy (video of Best Buy’s Spy in the lobby of Best Buy HQ is after the jump). Social Media Breakfast’s [...]

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