Are you looking for an SEO expert to bring search traffic to your website? So is Deb Lewis of TorontoCityEvents.ca, and on Oct 12th she needs your help deciding who to hire. As more and more people shop online, and more and more businesses compete for their dollars, Search Engine Optimization experts are now an essential part of mercantile success. But just who are these guys? Why are these web geeks getting out of limousines in front of bank towers, and taking the elevator to the 65th floor to meet the executives of Fortune 500 companies? Why are these otherwise nerdy smelly socially awkward guys suddenly so special? Maybe it’s cause they’re each rather unique, self taught web wizards – that’s right, they sure didn’t go to school for this lore. No college or university can teach Search Engine Optimization, although some may try. The craft is a strange mix… Read more »
Posted in: Actually sharing secrets, Friends of Smojoe, Interactive, Search Engine Marketing, Smojoe Events, Toronto, User Submitted Content, workshop
Taged with: 9th Sphere, Innate Media Group, internet marketing, Michael Cloke, Paul Coulter, Rob Campbell, Romanz, search engine optimization, SEO, Spoke Club, Will Webb, Wolf21
When Alex Blom first told me about Freelance Camp coming to Toronto he planted a seed which germinated in my brain a few days later… I guess it sprouted when I finally navigated my PC browser toward the ‘Suggest a Session’ page on the #flcto website. At that time, I volunteered to share my knowledge about how and why I do what I do when I blog. I thought perhaps I’d explain what I’m trying to accomplish when I create my distinctive looking WordPress sites, along with all of the cookie crumb ‘info kibble’ that I plant in my sidebars. The program is called Pimp Your Blog. My proposal was accepted! So now I’m on the Freelance Camp Toronto 2010 website’s official schedule. I’m slated to present Pimp Your Blog on Sunday 1:30 pm in Track 4. The idea that Alex planted is now bearing fruit in my brain as… Read more »
Posted in: Actually sharing secrets, Canada Blog Friends, Lenzr, Smojoe Events, Toronto, User Submitted Content, workshop
Taged with: Alex Blom, Allan Janssen, Blogs Canada, Canada Blog Friends, Erin Bury, Freelance Camp, Jeff Waldman, Rachel Young, sidebar widgets, SMM, social relevance, storytelling strategy, Toronto, Wayne Lee
Thank you Jane Reeves wherever you are… It’s an honour to know Jane. Not only did she write a very flattering feature article about Smojoe at IABC PIC presents on May 12th for the IABC website, but she also truncated the bytes and put more pictures and links on her own blog. She fragmented her message and put another relevant segment of the story about Smojoe on the Jane Reeves Writes blog. Now add some discussion forum posts and a bookmarking service or two, and she will have assembled a powerful Story Funnel (with this Smojoe blog as the buckstop). Judy Lewis is another IABC member that Smojoe follows Smojoe will be attending attending Judy Lewis’s panel on Tuesday June 8th in the morning, at the IABC 2010 World Conference between June 6th and 9th. The event showcases the best of the best business communicators from around the globe right… Read more »
Posted in: Actually sharing secrets, article marketing, Friends of Smojoe, Interactive, Lenzr, Search Engine Marketing, Smojoe Clients, Smojoe Events, Social innovation, Social Media, Toronto, User Submitted Content, Web Marketing, workshop
Taged with: article, IABC, Jane Reeves, Ontario, portable toilet rentals, pr agency, seminar, Toronto
The 2010 Innovators Ball at the Ontario Science Center was a very exciting evening. I went hogwarts in there. There were young beautiful people in costumes playing characters from all the different Harry Potter movies. I love this picture of me and some girl I’m not even sure who she is no kidding I lifted this from a Deb Lewis Facebook photo album wherein I received notice I was tagged. Wow. Thanks. This is actually not what I look like, which is why I like it so much. May 6th 2010 was a mild evening outside, and a steamy hot night inside the cavernous spaces of the Ontario Science Centre at Eglinton and Don Mills. The event timeline started soft with quiet music, brighter lights and there was a commercial facet to the experience as several companies dispensed free fantasy genre products. Innovative ideas like a plant bi-product that removes… Read more »
Posted in: Actually sharing secrets, Charity Event, Interactive, Search Engine Marketing, Smojoe Events, Social innovation, Social Media, Toronto, User Submitted Content, Web Marketing, workshop
Taged with: 2010 Innovators Ball, Alan Mckenzie, Deb Lewis, exempt market dealer, Gary Schlee, Harry Potter, Innovators Ball, Lisa Charleyboy, Matthew White, Smojoe, Story Funnels to Buckstops, web developer Toronto, White Capital
Dumpdiggers is something I used to write every week, but now I only update it once a season. I’ve stopped digging up old dumps in Toronto, and I don’t buy glass bottles or Canadian pottery anymore. I do however still collect knowledge. As Smojoe, I make my passion pay dividends by writing rich media articles that are ‘hero driven’ whenever I can get behind the subject. I make stories more compelling for humans by personalizing the text. Dumpdiggers is really an act of charity, and a character building exercise. That’s because collecting antiques is a niche that’s almost entirely without sponsors, and so my text adventures here are purely personal. I love the idea of using a life’s passion to accrue knowledge and grow wealthy in wisdom. Like the wise old man whom I admire, i too will someday be able to spot the rare and precious opportunities, and one-of-kind… Read more »
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Taged with: IABC, iPhone application, Lenzr photo contest winners, May 10, May 12, Oakham House, PIC, search engine marketing strategies, Stabathon, storytelling
ASTROPRENEURS NEEDED ON THE MOON! Earth’s space agencies are colonizing the moon. Robots have made circular platforms that support agricultural, commercial, industrial, and residential lunar modules. There are one hundred and fifty two empty lots ready to be ‘claimed’ in this Lunarsphere, and investors on Earth are waiting to build units. Lunar Real Estate Brokers are needed to facilitate private investment on the moon. Forty three Contracts and twenty two Blueprints are available, and all twenty-four Moonrail station sites are empty, ready for purchase. The first developer to link the Lunarsphere to the moonrail system will be forever remembered as the ‘Colony Founder’. Lunarsphere is a moon colony board game. Developers match contracts with blueprints as they race to buy land, build modules, and be the first to construct four Moonrail Stations. The year is 2014 AD. A new breed of pioneer is migrating to the next frontier. Your request… Read more »
On Saturday March 13th 2010, The Wine Ladies traveled alongside some very fortunate Lenzr photo contest winners on a whirlwind Locaboire wine tour of Prince Edward County wineries. Without going into too much detail about the Lenzr photo contest website, and how and why all this happened, let me just say I had an opportunity to taste a dozen great wines and meet three of most knowledgeable winemakers that are shaping the region. Their wines are grown next to Lake Ontario, which has a moderating effect on the air temperatures. Indeed it was almost balmly this 13th day in March, 2010. Locaboire is all about drinking locally produced wines and beers As the white limo streaked through the muddy brown landscape of Prince Edward County in early spring The Wine Ladies thanked everyone for accompanying them on the Locaboire wine tour that was co sponsored by Dave Dingle of Shrinkray… Read more »
Posted in: Lenzr, Personal Blog, Smojoe Clients, Smojoe Events, workshop
Taged with: Brighton Ontario, Caroline Granger, Closson Chase Vineyards, Dan Sullivan, Dave Dingle, Locaboire, Ontario, Prince Edward County, Rosehall Run, Shrinkray Mobile, The Grange Winery, The wine Ladies, Timberhouse, wine region, wine tour
Sunday Feb 28th, minutes ago Canada won the gold medal in Men’s Ice Hockey and my Twitter feed erupted with mostly one word tweets. Truly amazing – no other event could so singularly dominate that space except perhaps an alien invasion. I follow two hundred souls @Roberrific and fifty more and mostly different folks @Lenzr but it would seem that everyone who matters in my Twitterverse is 100% Canadian. Speaking of Lenzr, tonight, the international ice hockey event was just the opening act. Tonight all three photo contests will end at midnight! Who will win the Locaboire wine tour? The automated scoring system leaves no doubts about the prize winners. I’m very curious to see who will win the Best Gourmet Food photo contest because that person will share a Locaboire escapade through eastern Ontario with The Wine Ladies (and myself) in the middle of March. Last week Smojoe had… Read more »
Posted in: Charity Event, Friends of Smojoe, Personal Blog, Smojoe Events, Social innovation, Social Media, Toronto, Web Marketing, workshop
Taged with: Brain Possibilities, Brainwave Optimization, Deb Weinstein, Dermalogica, Elizabeth Verge, Humber PR, Memetic Brand, Michael Cayley, Personal Brand Camp 2, Strategic Objectives
‘Anyone that watched Smojoe present Story Funnels to Buckstops came away with too much new information. Rob’s scatter gun approach gives audiences a glimpse into the mind of a madman.’ Anonymous attendant. That review is from a friend of mine who said he would publish it on his blog, if he had one. I laughed and copied it and now that document has evolved into this blog post. I’m publishing it on my blog because I’m my own worst critic, and clearly there’s a lesson to be learned. I’ve just got to get better at presenting thoughts and ideas in a linear progression. Perhaps I do need to lay it out on a boring old power point, and practice it alone at home in front of my pals? Rehearse the material, going slow and steady and explaining everything in great detail… Smojoe sprang in action this week at the Spoke… Read more »
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Taged with: Bill Tibbles, Denise Breen, Faith Seekings, Keyword Sandwiches, National Yacht Club, Rapport, Smojoe, Story Funnels to Buckstops, what are buckstops, Will Webb
There really is no proper update on my Jan 20th presentation at the Centre for Social Innovation. Nobody took any pictures! All parties, including Deb Lewis of City Events totally forgot to get any images of Smojoe presenting ‘story funnels to buckstops’, and I blame Billie Mintz as he distracted me by pointing a video camera at me. When I asked Billie for screen grabs he politely postponed me, and so I guess he’s really busy too. Smojoe Speaks Again Feb 4th, 2010 On Feb 4th, Smojoe will be appearing alongside Faith Seekings in an event co-produced by Bill Tibbles and Terri Carson at the National Yacht Club. There’s details on Rapport Communications website, and the Rapport blog, and why not follow @FaithSeekings on Twitter. A blog is the cornerstone of good social media marketing because it’s the cheapest and best place to tell the whole story. Business bloggers, event… Read more »
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Taged with: Dr Natalie Archer, Faith Seekings, NiteWhite, Rapport Inc, teeth whitening, Toronto, Toronto dentist
