LinkedIn is one of the industry leading social networks and online communities in use today across multiple businesses and industries. LinkedIn’s focus on business-to-business networking and facilitating the sharing of ideas and strategies has won the trust of business professionals globally. Not unlike many of their counterparts, LinkedIn does have privacy challenges according ...
Category Archives: Business IT
Important Webinar on Tuesday – Is your business ready for the Internet?
Welcome to the age of the Internet. I think it is pretty safe to claim this now. Just look around you and there is no doubt that our online world is just as important as the face-to-face relationships we have. For some, online is more important. Cloud Computing For Business One of the biggest shifts has been ...
Am I a Calgary WordPress Developer and Blogger?
Probably not...but I think I took a good step forward on Saturday. I have been a huge supporter of the blogging platform WordPress for many years. Like many of you, I cut my teeth on the free versions of WordPress and Blogger. However, when I started to take blogging seriously, I stumbled on a company called ...
Why Hootsuite really rocks!
Our team at Ulistic coaches many small business folks and marketing teams across North America each day. This is the part of the job that I truly enjoy, openly sharing concepts, tips and tricks and practical use of social media. It is always such a delight when ...
The social media world needs Leaders, are you willing to step up?
I got a very timely and critical email from my mentor Arlin Sorensen the other day. Arlin just has the knack of hitting me with his virtual 2x4 at the right time and he does it well. Arlin is the mastermind behind the Peer Power blog ...
Social Media for Non-Profits in Canada
Today I am up in beautiful Red Deer, Alberta. I haven't had the opportunity to come up this way for quite some time. I believe January may have been that last time I ventured up Highway 2. Red Deer is a beautiful city and Ulistic is still a member of the
Social Media – Are we heading towards Social Anxiety?
As the world continues to struggle with a social media definition, anxiety is building at an alarming rate on how your small business can leverage social media. Almost everyone I speak with during my travels right here in Calgary but across our entire client base is challenged ...
Note taking has never been so easy!
I find myself these days with three Apple products at the ready at all times and with our team at Ulistic growing, collaborating and sharing of information amongst our team members is crucial to our success. Our MacBooks, iPhones and IPADs travel with us everywhere we go and this allows for keeping in touch with ...
What qualifications does a Social Media Administrator require?
I am flowing a very interesting discussion on one of my LinkedIn groups which focuses on Social Media. The question raised by one of our members was on "what makes or what qualifications does a social media administrator require?" Interesting question since the person asking the question has a title of "Certified Social Media Strategist". ...
Social Media…is it the next Managed IT Service?
The Internet and social media is definitely the Wild West. Actually it is worse than the wild west. You know what it reminds me of? If I reflect back around 2004/2005 when I first started to attend Harry Brelsford's SMB Nation at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA. There was ...
Have you heard of Tweet Grid?
Thanks to my good friend Karl Palachuk for introducing Tweet Grid to me via his own video. Karl is one of the guys I look up to in the technology business for new ways of doing things. He gave me an idea to start publishing cool tools, ...