I visited the 2012 Zoomershow on Saturday Oct 27th with an open mind. I’m close pals with some exhibitors and so was emailed some free tickets which I used to get myself and a friend in the door at the Direct Energy Bldg. On that autumn morning most of Toronto stayed home; the weather was awful. Oct 27th was just two days before Hurricane Sandy blasted the city and the preceding wind and rain made driving difficult and waiting in line to pay for parking at Exhibition Place was particularity painful. But once inside the venue, people were surrounded by warmth, luxury and a best-of-the-best vision of their possible futures. There were doctors, lawyers and dentists, cosmetic surgeons, investment bankers, travel agents and pet food manufactures all giving away stuff in their booths. I wrote about visiting the 2012 Zoomershow on Travelblogs and I published a similar account on Socyberty… Read more »
Posted in: article marketing, Canada Blog Friends, Fashion Blog, Friends of Smojoe, Future Technology, Smojoe Clients, Web Marketing
Taged with: ARTA Gallery, Distillery District, Look Good Do Good Feel Good, Megha Sandhu, Miss Teen Canada, Steve Levinson, US election, Web Marketing, Zoomers magazine, Zoomershow
Somebody put me on the list and I got invited to the YYZ LIVING magazine second issue launch party at Ultra Supper Club on Queen St West on Thursday 16 June 2011 evening 8pm. It wasn’t hard to get invited to this event, everyone was there. The evening started at 8pm upstairs on the white paint of the Ultra patio which had just come into shade cast by taller brick buildings west on Queen St. The food was tasty. The free drink was orange juice and champagne w strawberry The two bartenders on the south bar were overworked from the start. It was a nice night that actually got warmer when the sun went down. It was downright steamy later. This highly anticipated party did indeed bring out some interesting people from the world of fashion art and media, and this really was an almost perfect evening for an outdoor… Read more »
Posted in: Actually sharing secrets, Canada Blog Friends, Fashion Blog, Friends of Smojoe, Personal Blog, Search Engine Marketing, Smojoe Clients, Social innovation, Toronto, Video
Taged with: bartenders, Lisa Charleyboy, Mario Miotti, patio, rooftop, The wine Ladies, Toronto, Ultra Supper Club, YYZ Magazine, “FREE”, “PB $TYL$”
On September 15th 2010, in the middle of the Toronto International Film Festival in the heart of the city, Jeanne Lottie had a fashion party out behind her Pink House. It was a warm autumn evening in the downtown core and Jeanne Lottie’s invite only party opened its doors just after six o’clock. People entered through the front door and perused the merchandise on the main floor before making their way out back or upstairs… According to her plans, we gathered on the two tier wooden deck behind her Pink House at 32 Scollard Street and in the cool shade of a very large tree. There was white wine and finger food including cured meats and cheese nibbles, lobster purses, Japanese spring rolls and all manner of vegetable trays and dips. Jeanne Lottie has a hammock slung back there, and its easy to imagine how, on a hot summer day,… Read more »
Posted in: Actually sharing secrets, Fashion Blog, Smojoe Clients, Toronto
Taged with: Bourjois Paris, Canadian fashion designer, Jeanne Lottie, make-up artist, Party, Tamara Glick, TIFF, Trademark Image Consulting
Channing Smendziuk is Miss Teen Canada 2010 Miss Teen Canada World Winners press release gives insight into the action-packed week of activities, events and experiences that culminated in a dazzling night, the Grand Finale on July 17th. Congratulations to 17 year old Channing Smendziuk from Brandon, Manitoba. She’s the 2010 Miss Teen Canada-World. The girl is tall and beautiful, and smart and funny; she’s a very good blogger who finished with a score over 8.0 in the blog component of the pageant. Be sure to check the MTC-W facebook group for more news and updates about Channing’s most recent adventures, and her follow her challenges at the Miss Teen World pageant in Houston Texas. After that climactic event, and in company with all of the agents and producers choreographers photographers and web storytellers that she meets abroad, Channing will be traveling all across Canada as part of the pageant next… Read more »
Posted in: Charity Event, Fashion Blog, Friends of Smojoe, Interactive, Personal Blog, Photography, Smojoe Clients, Social Media, Toronto, Web Resource
Taged with: beauty pageant, Blog Army, bloggers, Cynthia Loewen, Jaya Pham, Michelle Weswaldi, Miss Teen Canada, Shelby Gobbo, Social Media, Thrinh Theresa Do, Twitter and Facebook, world
Once again, all participants in the 2010 Search for Miss Teen Canada – World beauty pageant must start and maintain a personal blog. That one single innovation has completely changed the landscape. Now the pageant pretty much advertises itself, teaches valuable skills, and lets the public share the excitment in real time. The model also shares links from contestant blogs with sponsors. Yes indeed, things have changed backstage at the beauty pageant, there’s a new category now; to win this pageant girls not only have to be seven shades of beautiful, but also, the successful finalist will have to be an exceptional blogger as measured in style, technical skill and original prose. So far the 2010 MTCW Blog Army (that link is to the index page) has recruited over 52 contestant blogs from all across Canada, and the writing is fantastic. Each finalist has plugged in live Twitter feeds and… Read more »
Posted in: Actually sharing secrets, corporate social responsibility, Fashion Blog, Friends of Smojoe, Interactive, Smojoe Clients, Social innovation, Social Media, Toronto, Web Marketing
Taged with: 2010, beauty pageant, Blog Army, blogging, case study, Casie Stewart, Miss Teen Canada World, Social Media
David Himel is one of North America’s foremost experts on Vintage Leather Jackets. He’ll tell you that he’s the world’s top expert, and this might be true; his blogspot The Art of Vintage Leather Jackets is currently ranked first on Google for that popular keyword, and receives over 500 visits a day . The blog is great; it’s a campy photo journal full of awesome unique information. It’s cute and catchy, but it doesn’t convert. David Himel is an expert in an age when the search for experts drives the internet. He writes bi-weekly posts detailing the construction of replica jackets, including the leather source and treatment, and the name and manufacturers’ address and model numbers of period zippers and buttons. Some of his replicas are sold to celebrities, and his blog highlights the jackets worn in movies. Some costume designers have approached him before their movie begins shooting to… Read more »
This is a victory cry. As of October 2009, the keywords ‘miss teen Canada’ will always return www.MissTeenCanadaWorld.com as the first result in organic Google search. The MTCW blog written by 2009 Miss Teen Canada- World, Siera Bearchell is in 2nd position. Miss Teen Canada- International is now third, forevermore Today we celebrate the Miss Teen Canada-World website as the first most socially relevant return for the keywords ‘miss teen Canada’ on Google, eclipsing at least four other contenders in that surprisingly competitive search category. Bounced completely from the first page index is Miss Teen Canada Global, Miss All-Canadian, and Miss Teen Galaxy and others; I don’t know all their names, but I do know the number one rival and previously dominant Miss Teen Canada – International now ranks third. These folks fought a good fight. The MTCI organization’s top ranked position was finally overcome by the sheer volume of… Read more »
Posted in: Fashion Blog, Interactive, Search Engine Marketing, Smojoe Clients, Social innovation, User Submitted Content
Taged with: Deborah Knight, dkpr, Ellen Smith, EnCourse, FRANK Ideas and Execution, Katie Starke, Michelle Weswaldi, Miss Teen Canada, Richard Carmichael, Siera Bearchell
There’s some pride in my opening link to Jeanne Lottie’s personal blog on the back of the Jeanne Lottie catalog website. I’m really proud of how well she’s crafting the content and using the portal to build public interest in her brand. Her blog is fashioned from the Red Light template and was installed by Brian Kumarasamy of IWD Canada and tricked out by yours truly, Smojoe social and I’m not finished yet. Smojoe salutes Jeanne Lottie and her Pink Bedroom Party which is fast approaching in October … link to tickets. This is no doubt going to be the social event of the season and Smojoe will be there – here’s a handy place to get tickets to Jeanne Lottie’s Pink Bedroom Party. Everyone over at Jeanne Lottie is super focused on the success and promotion of this grand event. I hope to see you here. Wear your bedroom-inspired… Read more »
Smojoe and the Miss Teen Canada beauty pageant have just recently extended their business relationship. Now social media training is part of the package. One Weds Aug 19th 2009, Smojoe met Siera Bearchell the 2009 Miss Teen Canada- World winner, three days before her flight to Houston Texas to compete for the Miss Teen World crown. The subject of newspaper stories and TV appearances it’s become clear that Siera is going to be a very popular beauty queen, and Smojoe has been retained to help transfer some of that buzz into the blogosphere. At 12:30 pm we walked and talked in downtown Toronto near the Adelaide St and Jarvis offices of EnCourse Business Development. It was a super hot day and instead of sitting in a sweaty cafe I decided we’d get some pictures in the park and relax in the shade. Well it was a very busy park, and… Read more »
On Thursday July 23rd 2009, Rob Campbell, the social media director for The 2009 Search for Miss Teen Canada – World was invited to judge The Preliminaries at the Betty Oliphant Theatre. At 9pm, fifty four girls got off a charter bus outside with dresses, fancy shoes and all their costumes. Betty Oliphant Theatre is cute little venue on Jarvis Street. It’s one of only a half dozen non union theaters left in Toronto, and has a friendly and accommodating staff that still love their craft and are keen to show visitors and trespassers like myself exactly what’s possible in a modern venue. Smojoe was treated to a preview of the lights and sounds of the upcoming pageant preliminaries, an hour before they actually happened. And I should NOTE the show went seamlessly. Great work guys. Anyone familiar with the Miss Teen Canada- World beauty pageant knows the pageant director… Read more »
Posted in: Fashion Blog, Interactive, Search Engine Marketing, Smojoe Clients, Smojoe Events, Social innovation, Toronto
Taged with: Betty Oliphant, Brittani Gray, Michelle Weswaldi, Miss Teen Canada, Preliminaries, Wendy Huang
