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Join Us for Launch of Social Media Club Hawaii Chapter

March 3, 2009 By Roxanne Darling 2 Comments

Date: Friday, March 6 Time: 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Place: ING Direct Cafe, 1958 Kalakaua Ave (former home of Local Motion store; parking in rear) Print a coupon for a free beverage. Map and Directions Special thanks to Cleota Brown for offering the space. We will be upstairs in the Aliʻi … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Aloha, News, Social Media Tagged With: club, hawaii, ING, smc, smch, socialmediaclub

Case Study: Twitter + Two Weeks = $7000 Raised

February 13, 2009 By Roxanne Darling 5 Comments

Though many traditional businesses are still sitting on the sidelines studying how the "not new anymore" social web tools work, the people are taking it to the trees and creating events for social benefit. So I am delighted to present a brief case study for your consideration. The latest of these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Aloha, Social Media Tagged With: charity, events, hawaii, hitwestival, Honolulu, socialmedia, twestival, twitter, vbrown

Yes We Can

January 20, 2009 By Roxanne Darling 5 Comments

We stop for a few moments today to acknowledge the long, disciplined journey taken by our new president, Barack Hussein Obama and to open our hearts and minds to the possibilities that exist when we are more curious than critical and when we stand on our own two feet without unnecessary fear. May … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Aloha Tagged With: barack, change, hope, obama, politics, potential, Shepard Fairey, yes we can

24 Hour Podcast – Raising Funds for Disabled Veterans

December 20, 2008 By Roxanne Darling Leave a Comment

Once again the amazing Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central is conducting a 24 Hour Podcast Marathon to raise donations for Disabled Veterans. Once again I am going to be a guest on the show, and as I'll be arriving at Todd's 23rd hour, I am working on some outlandish things to say to make sure he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Aloha Tagged With: 24hrpodcast, disabled, fundraiser, geeknews, interview, livestream, podcast, roxanne darling, todd cochrane, veterans

Clinton & Obama: A lesson of losing control of your brand

February 10, 2008 By Roxanne Darling 8 Comments

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Many of my colleagues ("Mitch Joel":http://www.twistimage.com/blog/, "Shel Holtz":http://blog.holtz.com/, "Valeria Maltoni":http://conversationagent.typepad.com/) and I frequently speak to members of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Branding, Social Media Tagged With: advertising, Branding, business, communication, hillary, IABC, mitchjoel, obama, politics, PRSA, roxannedarling, shelholtz, valeriamaltoni, video

HAF – Links from Roxanne’s Presentation

January 24, 2008 By Roxanne Darling 2 Comments

_This post is a summary of the conversation we had at the Hawaii Advertising Federation Conference. Please feel free to join in. Tip: Lots of links here, so right-click or control-click to open them in a new window._ Advertising online is fraught with challenges. Most web savvy consumers have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Branding, HowTo, Social Media, Speaking Tagged With: advertising, aloha summit, conference, haf, hawaii, Honolulu, Social Media, social networks, Speaking, web2.0

Getting Clients to Pay On Time

January 15, 2008 By Roxanne Darling 5 Comments

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We are a small business. We invoice once a month, for services performed in the previous month. Our payment terms are "due on receipt." Some clients pay accordingly. Others have tended to lump us into the "net-30" category based (my ass-u-mption) on the terms they receive from other vendors. A few … [Read more...]