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Mayor Jim Watson named 2014 communicator of the year by IABC Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Communicator of the Year (COTY) Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of an Ottawa-based organizational leader who shows excellence in the field of communications. The recipient is a well-known figure in his/her community, a role model and trusted mentor to his/her peers. Picking up an IABC Canada Silver Leaf Award.

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10 Reasons Businesses Will Start Using Google+ Communities in 2014

Convince & Convert

Well, with over 150,000 communities with more than 10 people, and tens of thousands will thousands of members, Google+ is really happening. Types of G+ Communities There are two types of communities: 1. Private: This content cannot be shared outside of that community and can only be viewed by members.

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3 Big Questions for Social in 2014: Celebrating 100 Episodes of Social Pros

Convince & Convert

The Big 3 Heading into 2014. To celebrate, we brought back our former co-host Eric Boggs together with half a dozen of our esteemed past guests into a Google Hangout and then asked you to join. Jay is the founder of [link] and host of the Social Pros podcast. .” -@VSDieguez ( tweet this ).

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Zenith Social Media Marketing Conference – An Event Not to Miss!

Webbiquity SMM

Hosted by the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce and online agency aimClear, the conference will focus on “the strategy, tactics and tools necessary to conquer social media, boost online engagement, increase social market share and avoid wasteful social media campaigns.” See you there!

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6 Skills You Need To Be A Social Media Professional

Convince & Convert

When Amber Naslund and I wrote The NOW Revolution in 2010, we created this graphic to describe the characteristics of the ideal community manager/social media practitioner. This is a real challenge for many community managers who come from the PR/communications side of things, and all of a sudden need to be quasi graphic designers.

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Why Transmedia Is The New Viral Gold For Influencer Marketing

The Realtime Report

Tastemakers [influencers] + Community Remixing + the Unexpected = Viral Gold. To break down this formula, let’s examine each part: Tastemakers (or recognized influencers) are mostly celebrities, talk show hosts, news anchors, thought leaders and politicians. In doing so, he discovered a pretty simple formula for viral marketing.

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Webinar Recap: A Decade in Social Media. What’s Now. What’s Next?

Ignite Social Media

This month, we hosted a webinar in honor of our 10 th anniversary in business. We kicked off the webinar with Lisa Braziel, our SVP, talking about how she was one of the original community managers in 2007. We kicked off the webinar with Lisa Braziel, our SVP, talking about how she was one of the original community managers in 2007.