97 stories by "Rebecca Coleman"
Okay. This is weird. I am really, really bad at tooting my own horn–one of my favourite expressions is “the shoemaker’s children go barefoot.” Nevertheless, here we a…
It’s been a rough year for us in the Independent Vancouver Theatre Scene. The biggest thing that rocked our world this year was the closing of the Playhouse. But, life goes on, there i…
It’s my birthday! So today is a guest post. Using a web site to sell a consumer product is not as easy as buying the right domain name and setting up a PayPal account; there is a p…
I just finished teaching the module on Blogging this past week to my BCIT classes. I love introducing people to WordPress. It pretty much is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Part of wh…
I‘ve been writing a monthly e-newsletter for three years, now. It took me a while to find my niche for the e-newsletter, but I’m fully into it now: every month, I share a “…
These last few weeks, I’ve been both a student and a teacher. While teaching my classes at BCIT, I’ve also been taking a class–one that teaches me how to teach my class onl…
I‘ve long been a proponent of microlending programs. For only a small amount of money, you can give a woman in a developing country like Africa the means to feed her entire family, by …
You know how I’m always harping on about how you should be using video to promote your organization or business? I do it because you’re awesome, and I want you to be successful. …
Woot! Today’s the day–my new E-book, Getting Started with Social Networking for Non-Profit and Charity Organizations is now available! You can purchase it in an immediately-downl…
My world, and my business, are in a constant state of flux. Social Media is still so new, and it changes on an almost daily basis (both G+ and MailChimp recently got overhauls, have you noti…
On May 16, I’ll be leading a session called Advanced YouTube, at the very first Social HR Camp. It should be fun, because it’s an un-conferince, which means that my role is less …
I have some very exciting news. For the past year or so, I’ve been doing some work with IdeaVibes, the Ottawa-based company that has created the Canadian crowdsourcing engine, FundChan…
It’s spring, and I’m starting a whole new speaking cycle! Lots of great workshops and classes over the next couple of months, and I’m going to share them with you this week…
Despite RSS feeds seeming to be harder and harder to find these days, they still are really, all kinds of awesome. And here’s a good example of how they are awesome. Let’s say th…
I‘ve been looking at a lot of Facebook pages lately. I often do audits for clients: I’ll look at their page, and then give them suggestions as to how they can improve it. Basical…
Interview with Rene Thomas–Hootsuite’s newest intern! A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from Rene Thomas, who was using his social media super powers to try to get a highly-c…
I think it’s fair to say that Pinterest has pretty much taken the Social Media world by storm. Barely two years old, Pinterest boasts 10+ Million users and over 9 Million unique page v…
I feel like my world has been in free fall since last Friday. You see, last Friday, The Vancouver Playhouse announced that it was closing up shop. Done. Kaput. Just like that–the secon…
This is the second of a two-part post. You can read Part 1 here. Meet my friend and Marketing/PR Colleague, Pamela Smith. For the past 10 years, she has been running a PR Company called Elev…
This past week, the world witnessed what is likely the most powerful social media campaign to date. In case you were under a rock (meaning, you’re not on Facebook), here’s what h…
I knew it was coming. In my experience, Facebook beta-tests new things on personal accounts first, and then they introduce them to Business Pages, so I had a sneaking suspicion this day was …
You know I’m anti-auto-posting. I hate that stuff. I unfollow and unsubscribe to people all the time because I hate it so much. Still. In principle, it can make our lives easier. On th…
On February 14, I went to an event called Valentine’s for Strangers at The Irish Heather. It was put on by the lovely and talented Jorge Amigo, whose rise to fame in this town become s…
If you are blogging already, or you are considering starting a blog, I’d encourage you to get a blog reader account and start following some blogs. For me, my greatest inspiration for …
My love affair of with Joseph Gordon-Levitt began a couple of months back. Sure, we’ve all seen him in Third Rock from the Sun, and he’s hosted Saturday Night Live and done lots …
