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2012 in Recap: The Year of Visual Social Media

Mindjumpers

But 2012 was also characterised by being the year when visual content came into focus, as Sara predicted. In 2012, the photo sharing platform Instagram became immensely popular, which proved that users are increasingly visually focused. Facebook Timeline. Facebook & Instagram: success and turbulences.

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One week until Social Capital Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

There is just one more week until the third annual Social Capital Ottawa, a one-day conference for O-city’s active social media community. Don’t miss this opportunity for facetime with the people of Ottawa’s social media community and to learn the about the latest social media thinking and trends. Related articles.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Supermoon 2012

Kikolani

19 Ways to Build Relationships With Blog Comments – Business blogging strategy: use these blog comment tactics to build and cultivate better relationships with your business community. The question then becomes… how do you build a community of fans? Blogging / Writing. Social Media / Social Networking. Photo of the Week.

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Social Capital Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

Canada’s national capital is Ottawa and one of the city’s many strengths is the active and passionate social media community that thrives here. It’s a community that continues to grow and learn that’s why it supports the 2nd annual Social Capita l conference taking place later this month.

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Five Takeaways from the 2012 State of Community Management Report

Jeff Esposito

One of the more interesting, but challenging, aspects of my job is community management. Effective managers do not view their community as tied to a specific technology or network, but rather as a group of users who share principles and interests. Evolution – communities are not built overnight.

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

Yesterday, Michael Geis t presented a keynote address to the IABC 2012 Canada Business Communicators’ Summit which was held in Ottawa. The new law provides a safe harbour to those who create and also those who host that content, for example.”. People will increasingly seek to influence policy, companies and communities.

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How to Leverage a Community of Passionate Fans

Convince & Convert

Jake explains that the outdoor recreation department is huge for Gamin, and Jeff speculates that the people who are a part of the outdoor recreation community are extremely serious about their hobby, which makes them very special customers for Garmin. in 2012 for television, digital, mobile, print, magazines, and outdoor.