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Social Web Bootcamp – Time to Get in the Game

October 26, 2009 By Roxanne Darling 2 Comments

Does it feel like 1999 all over again? Remember when you didn’t think you needed a web site because you had a brochure? Confused by all the hype surrounding blogs, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook? Then Social Web Bootcamp is for you. It’s a one day program that takes you from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Social Media, Speaking Tagged With: blogging, bootcamp, Honolulu, HowTo, INGdirect, knowhowcafe, learn, socialmedia, training, twitter

It’s Official: Bloggers Are Recognized by the FTC

October 6, 2009 By Roxanne Darling 1 Comment

As I have been discussing here in the past few months, the issue of payola, pay-per-post, freebies, and other incentives by marketers to entice blog coverage has come under review of the Federal Trade Commission. They have published new rules covering paid reviews and celebrity endorsements. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Money Matters, News, Social Media Tagged With: #SBOSM, attention, bloggers, ethics, FTC, influence, payola, payperpost, regulations, socialmedia, socialmediaclub

KnowHow Café: Where smart people go to get smarter about the social web

June 26, 2009 By Roxanne Darling Leave a Comment

We have the antidote to yesterday's post on how to learn what you don't know! We are launching a new business that is all about training. We've helped out clients be incredibly successful on the web over the past 14 years, and we want to share this knowledge with others. We also want to do it for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: HowTo, News, Social Media Tagged With: announcement, bare feet studios, classes, educate, hawaii, Honolulu, HowTo, knowhow, knowhowcafe, learn, online learning, roxanne darling, training

Hawaii Restaurant Association Links and Resources

June 22, 2009 By Roxanne Darling Leave a Comment

The Hawaii Restaurant Association is holding a 90-minute seminar today (at 9 am and repeated at 2 pm) on "Social Networks: What it's all about" to help its members and other businesses here in Honolulu understand about Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks. I will be speaking, along with Mark … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Speaking Tagged With: education, hawaii, HowTo, links, logicspin, menumill, resources, restaurants, Social Media

Hawaii Officially Dips Toes in the Waters of Social Media

June 7, 2009 By Roxanne Darling 12 Comments

Many thanks to the Pacific Business News and the Star Bulletin for covering the recent So Much More Hawaii fam tour with mainland bloggers. I started this writing as a comment on PBN, but I have a rule that when my comments exceed two paragraphs, I move the conversation over to my blog for clarity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gossip 2.0, Money Matters, News, Social Media, Strategy Tagged With: christine lu, hawaii, hawaiihta, smchi, Social Media, social-media-club, socialmediaclub, socialmediaclubhawaii, tourism

Thinking About Having Your Own TV Show?

June 1, 2009 By Roxanne Darling 5 Comments

I sometimes chide my business audiences when I am speaking from the podium with this question: "Now, why don't you have your own internet TV show/channel?" When you consider that only a few years ago it was impossible for anyone except the big media outlets to broadcast video content, and now you … [Read more...]