Jennifer Kane
Jennifer Kane, principal of Kane Consulting, is an award-winning strategic planner and social media strategist with more than 15 years of experience in marketing and communications, working with B2B and B2C start-ups, mid-sized businesses, large corporations and professional associations.
Jennifer speaks nationally on social media marketing, and her two-year old training series, Kane Camps, have provided digital marketing education to more than 250 people in the Twin Cities.
Jennifer is a member of the Editorial Board for Minnesota Meetings and Events Magazine (for whom she writes columns about social media), is an adjunct faculty member for the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and is working currently to help develop a social media curriculum for Concordia University. She is also a marketing advisor for the Next Stage Business Radio Network, lending her insights to radio programs related to marketing, communications or social media topics.
| 12.21.2011 |
Tracking Social Trends? You Need A Crystal CarlEvery good businessperson has a trusted resource that they use for researching their industry’s trends. Mine is called “Carl.” Carl is my father-in-law. He’s a lovely man who used to be the president... |
Social Media Journal |
| 12.08.2011 |
Why Marketing and Sales Should Partner in the Social Wild WestOne thing I’ve always liked about social media is that it’s a Wild West environment where the prim ponies of “marketing” and “sales” often get lost in the messy herds of people just talking ‘bout…... |
Social Media Journal |
| 11.21.2011 |
Kane Consulting Gives Thanks – 2011It’s that time of year again when we count our blessings and give thanks for the people who have made a difference in our lives. 2011 was both an amazing and incredibly challenging year for Kane... |
Social Media Journal |
| 11.16.2011 |
Why Social Media Was Made for “OMG TV”According to some entertainment critics, we’re in the midst of a new Golden Age of Television. Not only are the big networks churning out some decent fare, the growth of cable networks has led to the... |
Social Media Journal |
| 06.20.2011 |
Birds of a Feather Flock Together, But They Don’t Pay the RentWe recently landed a new social media marketing project with some seriously aggressive financial goals and a tight time frame in which to achieve them. Although my brain was filled with possible... |
Social Media Journal |
| 06.14.2011 |
Social Redemption…One “Who” At A TimeSometimes the conversations in my social feeds greatly depress me — which is my own damn fault. I’ve built a network chock full of marketers, small business owners and social media thought leaders.... |
Social Media Journal |
| 06.08.2011 |
Finding Our Place in the Interactive Food Chain.Last month, a big internet marketing poobah sent me a rather patronizing tweet to chastise me for inferring that social media sits at the top of the interactive food-chain. My first response (which I... |
Social Media Journal |
| 05.26.2011 |
Seth Godin, My Imaginary MentorWhenever I talk about Seth Godin in social channels, I usually get feedback from three kinds of people: People who don’t know who he is. (Understandable…though dude does have his own action figure.... |
Social Media Journal |
| 05.16.2011 |
Five Ways to Spruce Up Your Social GardenNot a client meeting goes by where I don’t say something kinda wise and then think to myself, “For goodness’ sake, woman…when was the last time you did that for your OWN company?” It’s the classic... |
Social Media Journal |
| 05.10.2011 |
Why We’re Going Back to School and Into the VoidWhile spring is in the air and most people are thinking of summer, at Kane Consulting we’re already in “Back to School” mode. For the past year, we’ve been working with Concordia University in Saint... |
Social Media Journal |





