Victoria, BC
Social Media Camp, October 3rd
Victoria’s first Social Media Camp is coming on October 3rd, 2010.
We have already confirmed great speakers, such as Scott Stratten (@unmarketing), Dave Olsen (@daveohoots) from HootSuite, and Clayton Stark (@ClaytonStark) from Flock.
Leadership team members Chris Burdge and myself are organizing this event at the Victoria Conference Centre. We hope lots of locals, and lots of people from elsewhere will attend!
The first 100 registrants receive a signed copy of Scott Stratten’s new book, “UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging.”
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first “Social Media Camp” held in Canada. We are still accepting speaker applications.
Welcome to Social Media Club Victoria
Welcome to Social Media Club Victoria, where innovators from the local area can meet for monthly events to share, engage and collaborate with the community on the issues of social media and technology.
Please pardon our dust as we are in the process of building out this portal on the official Social Media Club website. For now, you can get information on our events and activities at http://socialmediaclub.ca
Leveraging Facebook and Linkedin to grow your business and build your personal brand
Want some awesome tips and tricks to optimize your use of Facebook and Linked In?
We’ve recruited two members of our Victoria SMC Leadership Team, Paul Holmes and Chris Burdge, to share their knowledge with you at our June meeting. Both have had considerable success with these platforms – personally and professionally.
Paul Holmes, is President of IdeaZone.ca, a growing internet company, and a recognized authority on using social media for marketing and expanding brand awareness. He is a self described Internet Geek, Blogger, Social Media, WordPress and iPhone Enthusiast, Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Web Developer, Affiliate Marketer, SEO, PPC, Domainer, Husband and Dad.
He knows a ton about Facebook and will offer you helpful hints on:
- Cool Profile Options
- Privacy Settings and Friend Groups
- What Does “Like” Mean?
- Fan Pages
- Cross-Posting Your Blog
- Events
Chris Burdge, Founder and President of bWest Interactive, has worked with hundreds of companies from fortune 500 corporations like HP, General Motors and Nestle to start-ups and regional companies like Planet Organic Markets, Megson FitzPatrick Insurance and Tofino Beach Homes.
Chris is fluent in spoken Japanese with eight years experience working in Tokyo ad agencies in a Japanese-language work environment.
Chris will offer you his insights on LinkedIn including:
- What’s different about Linkedin
- The basics: finding your way around
- Linkedin Etiquette
- Tricks and Tips
There will also be time at the end for questions.
Please join us – Tuesday June 22 at 6:45 pm – University Canada West, 950 Kings Road.
June 4th Tweetup Featuring Co-Founders of Social Media Club
Victoria is very proud to host the Co-Founders of the global Social Media Club organization, Kristie Wells and Chris Heuer.
They are visiting our lovely city from San Francisco for one night only!
Let’s show them a fabulous time at the Bard & Banker Scottish Pub, 1022 Government Street, in Beautiful Victoria, British Columbia!
Please retweet the message, and RSVP on Facebook (click “Share”, too).
The upstairs bar and surrounding area are booked especially for us, but try not to be late – it’s a Friday night, so the bar has warned us they will let tables go if we are not using them by 7:30pm!
May 25 – Trends in Journalism Today and the Impact of Social Media
The next meeting of Social Media Club is on Tuesday, May 25th at 6:45pm at the Victoria Campus of University Canada West.
Our guest is Salim Jiwa, a noted Vancouver journalist, author, and editor/publisher of Vancouver’s online news source, vancouverite. Follow him on Twitter @realreporter
Victoria Meeting #14
Cost: $5*
6:45 – Welcome and Announcements
7:00 – Salim Jiwa – Trends in journalism today and the impact of social media
7:45 – Sponsor Spotlight/Coffee Break
8:00 – Q&A with Salim Jiwa
8:45 – Meeting Wrap Up
* If you cannot afford the $5 donation, we would still like to welcome you as a guest; but if you can afford it, we’d appreciate the support in offsetting the costs.
