Event review: Media Future Now hosts SEO panel

December 2, 2008 :: Jill Foster

Here’s why I like the events hosted by Media Future Now: their events attract diverse crowds from business, nonprofit, and government sectors i.e. good networking! And they feature varied guest speakers on emerging media, what works for small biz or all biz sizes even, and what’s trending especially in the face of searching and archiving [...]


Online advocacy guru – part 1: an interview with RAD Campaign Partner & Women Who Tech Founder Allyson Kapin

November 28, 2008 :: Jill Foster

Who she is: a rad thinker and tech advocate
Allyson Kapin, founding partner of the online communications firm RAD Campaign (and also founder of the annual WomenWhoTech Telesummit) recently met up to discuss her latest social tech projects, social media successes, & marketing priorities.
Listen while you work: 7 minute audio
Feel free hearing Allyson’s audio conversation as [...]


From a blogger’s desk: microsharing, mobile media, and an intro

November 26, 2008 :: Jill Foster

It’s been a great first week with the blogger team here at Solutions Are Power. And it occurred to me that after five days, a better new-to-the-neighborhood greeting is due your way.
Greetings!
I come from a sales background long ago (seems like in the Mesozoic Era…). After a career re-think, it became clear social media, community [...]


CEO Conversations – part 2: Tin Can Communications Founder/CEO & MobileDiner.com producer Chris Parandian

November 25, 2008 :: Jill Foster

Who he is: a wireless industry insider with an outsider view
Chris Parandian – Tin Can Communications CEO & founder – and producer of the Mobile Diner continues a great conversation on mobile media campaigns and ideas for small business.
Listen while you work: 5 minute audio
While working at your desk, feel free listening to this audio [...]


CEO Conversations – part 1: MobileDiner.com producer & Tin Can Communications CEO Chris Parandian

November 24, 2008 :: Jill Foster

Who he is: a maestro of the wireless world, for starters
Chris Parandian has taught me a lot the last few years about wireless and related issues. He’s Tin Can Communications CEO & founder, plus producer of the Mobile Diner. And it was a pleasure talking with him last week for Solutions Are Power about successes [...]


CEO Conversations – part 2: Chief Trouble Maker & CEO Joanna Pineda of Matrix Group Int’l talks more shop

November 21, 2008 :: Jill Foster

Who she is – part deux
Founder/CEO & Chief Trouble Maker Joanna Pineda of Matrix Group International and I continue talking on the difference between ‘users’ and ‘visitors’ to a website, social media results (and theories), plus social media’s impact on recruitment.
Pineda’s interactive agency has been around since 1999; and while helping associations and non-profits develop [...]


CEO conversations – part I: Chief Trouble Maker & CEO Joanna Pineda of Matrix Group Int’l talks shop

November 19, 2008 :: Jill Foster

Who she is: a trouble maker, for starters
Founder/CEO & Chief Trouble Maker Joanna Pineda of Matrix Group International knows tech, winning, endurance, generational team building, and the social media age. And her expertise goes well beyond that list. Pineda’s interactive agency and leadership have been around since 1999; and while helping associations and non-profits with [...]


Obama’s White House: forecasts & challenges for digital America

November 19, 2008 :: Jill Foster

New media is no longer ‘new’
I want a new phrase to emerge from President-Elect Obama’s campaign and social media success. The term ‘new media’ just doesn’t satisfy current media vernacular anymore. Let’s create a new phrase! I vote for ‘complementary media conversation channels’. What do you think?! In this administration, ‘new media’ likely will be [...]


Event Review: Social Search, Online Identity, and More at Social Media Club-DC

November 14, 2008 :: Jill Foster

The line-up:
Last night’s Social Media Club, chaired this year by Livingston Communications, covered the gamut on social media search and local search tools. It was a packed house at DC’s National Press Club where Jared Goralnick, AwayFind’s President, moderated a full, debate-filled panel with these industry experts:  Chris Seline, Searchles‘ CTO; Laurence Hooper, Founder & [...]