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#BunkerProject Pub Night by: @KCClaveria
This guest post by Kelvin KC Claveria (@KCClaveria) originally appeared on kcclaveria.com
Yesterday, I attended a special edition of the Social Media Club Vancouver Pub Night. The organizers of the meetup group teamed up with the folks from the Bunker Project to talk social media. The Bunker Project records two podcasts back-to-back in one night, and although I only attended the first one, I learned a lot listening from the likes of Bob Garlick, HootSuite’s Kemp Edmonds and Stephanie Michelle Scott share their thoughts.
The podcast I attended focused on a Hubspot ebook that dispels six social media myths. The biggest takeaways from me are the following:
- Publishing on social networks on weekends may be beneficial. In fact, the aforementioned Hubspot study suggests that posts on the weekends tend to get higher engagement. (Check your analytics and identify your audience to determine if this tactic is right for your business.)
- “Please Retweet” (as opposed to “Please RT”) has been found to result to more retweets. There’s still something to be said about spelling words out, it seems!
- Content curation is important (and there are tons of tools to help with that), but what separates great curators from others is consistency AND personality.
- Providing value should be your #1 goal regardless of the medium. Whether via email newsletters, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Google Plus, what makes fans attracted to you is the value you give them. In other words, DON’T SPAM!
Here’s a Storify that has even more cool tidbits from the event. It sounds like the 2nd podcast was just as interesting as the first one!
© 2012, KC Claveria. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Please link back to kcclaveria.com
The next #SMCYVR Pub night is Jan.18
Your host, James Karg
welcomes SMCYVR to The Bunker Project
No food but tons of fun!!! Oh and did we mention the cheap beer???
Come get your social media on with the Bunker Project
January 18th 2012, 7:00 pm
The Den on barclay 1348 Robson st.
The Bunker project goes live at: 7:15 pm
Price of cheap beer: $4.50 for the beer on special others are still really cheap
How the show works: The bunker project does 2 shows in one night. The hosts have some topics to talk about but like to have you as a guest. Bring your opinions and thoughts to share on a bunch of topics. Also bring your drinking muscle because its a casual chat over some delicious black beer. The back part of the bar is used as a recording studio. The first show usually starts recording 7:15 – 7:30 and then a break and then the second show is recorded.
more at http://www.meetup.com/Social-Media-Club-Vancouvers-Pub-night/
Thanks, James, SMCYVR EVENTS
Social Media Snapshot: Harry Potter, Google+ and ROI
Here are seven social media stories that have been making the rounds over the past week.
- Top 9 Lessons Digital-Age Marketers Can Learn from Harry Potter (Social Media Today)
- Who is the ‘Social Business Change Agent’? (Social Media Today)
- How are different age groups interacting online? (Uncluttered White Spaces)
- What’s the ROI of a Tweet Chat? (Likeable Media)
What social media news caught your interest this week? Please share in the comments.
Did you get the MEMO?
MONTHLY PUB NIGHT: #pubSMCYVR
(3rd week, 3rd day, good things come in 3′s)
- Wed. AUG. 17th,
- 7PM- 10PM
- at DOCKSIDE GRILL,
- 1253 Johnston Street, Vancouver
- http://bit.ly/AUG17SMCYVR
WHAT ‘S NEW – FOR VANCOUVER’S SOCIAL CONNECTORS
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SOCIALIZE – Every 3rd Wednesday
7PM- ???
Location: TBD
FREE for UIf you manage a PUB in Vancouver and you want to SPONSOR us, send your proposal to:
stephanie (at) smcyvr.com
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EDUCATE
Panel events, technical games, festival ties… only time will tell
For a NOMINAL fee, profit to charitySend your ideas to stephanie(at) smcyvr.com
Every event will offer an optional 1 hour PRE-event Social Media 101 session, so we can all enjoy the event equally.
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MY VANCITY
New to the Vancouver Social Media Scene? www.smcyvr.com is IN THE KNOW
As park of a NEW SITE design coming in SEPT 2011, we are working on a special VANCOUVER page featuring local websites, resturants, events, etc contributed by YOU. It will be a LOCAL crowd- sourced list that keeps getting better the more you contribute. Submit your favorites to stephanie@smcyvr.com
NEW SITE- SEPT. 2011
Searching for Change from Pole 2 Pole
The team at Social Media Club Vancouver is well known for their love of social media. We also have a passion for social change. This weekend the two areas are intersecting when a special visitor and his friend arrive in town.
Meet Victor and Josh
Victor
Victor Eekhof is an interactive media specialist who has been working as a freelance project manager for ING Group. More importantly for our social media crowd, Victor is a cofounder of our sister organization, Social Media Club Amsterdam. Following the passing of a close friend, Victor decided life is too short and decided to travel a lot more. Here’s some more information on Victor:
Josh
Josh Cahill, is perhaps the most experienced couch surfer in the world. He has visited 51 countries, traveling much of the time without any money and staying on various different couches in cities as varied as Tehran, Berlin and beyond. Josh is also an accomplished world traveller. indeed it was on a trip to South East Asia that he met Victor.
What is Pole 2 Pole 4 Charity?
Last month, Victor and Josh kicked off a twelve month charity road trip called Pole 2 Pole 4 Charity. The pair will be traveling from northern Alaska to Antarctica.
Their mission is to show people easy and cool it is to be green. They believe that if every person makes even the smallest environment-saving change in their day-to-day activities, the cumulative preservation effect on nature will be huge.
In the first part of their trip Victor and Josh will be documenting cool green initiatives all around the USA, Canada and Alaska. The pair plan on visiting 20 US and Canadian cities over three months. Along the way, they’ll CouchSurf and document environmental sustainable projects, programs and otherwise exciting green goings-on.
Throughout their trip, Josh and Victor hope to raise $20,000 for the green search engine Ecosia. Ecosia is a social business dedicated to environmental sustainability via the donation of revenue to the world’s most effective rainforest protection programs. 80% of their revenue supports WWF’s work in the Amazon. Find out more on Ecosia’s website.
Victor and Josh will be raising money by selling advertising space on their van ($10 for individuals and $50 for businesses). They are also raising funds by offering to deliver a message to the South Pole for you. For $10 dollars, Victor or Josh will write your message on recycled paper, put them in recycled bottles and deliver them to one of the research centers at the South Pole. Then they will photograph every message with a nice arctic background and upload them to the Pole2Pole Facebook page.
If you have questions, you can email them to info@pole2pole4charity.com.
What are they doing in Vancouver?
It seems that simply driving across the content in a green powered van wasn’t enough for Josh and Victor. So they decided to take a break from their van and WALK for a bit. Currently they are walking 222 kilometers from Seattle to Vancouver to highlight their odyssey and bring renewed attention to their goals. They are scheduled to arrive in Vancouver on Sunday, June 12.
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Show your Support
To show your support for Victor and Josh, visit www.pole2pole4charity.com or make your next internet search on www.ecosia.com.
Happy New Year
Welcome back to Social Media Club Vancouver!
We are currently planning events for February and March
and will make an announcement here soon.
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Tweetup with Special Guests Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells
Tweetup @policemuseum June 2. 6:00 to 9:00pm Special Guests, Social Media Club Founders @chrisheuer Chris Heuer and @kritiewells Krisite Wells. http://j.mp/aZkGJ8
Next Event: May 27th – Social Media 101: Strategy, Business Intelligence & Metrics
Clear your calendars for Social Media Club Vancouver’s second event, on May 27th (Thursday)!
The topic: Social Media 101 – strategy, Business Intelligence & Metrics
The venue: The Coworking Gallery at Building Opportunities with Business – 163 East Pender Street, Vancouver, BC
The time: 6:00 pm
The speakers: Guacira Naves (@OnlineStrategy), Tris Hussey (@Tris Hussey) and Kemp Edmonds (@kempedmonds).
Admission is $15 and helps to cover the cost of the venue, food and refreshments.
RSVP and book your ticket through Eventbrite, below. Space is limited, so don’t wait until the last minute!