Imagine living in Halifax and not having enough to eat. Or going to sleep at night with your belly rumbling, and wondering if you even care to wake up to live another day. For our neighbours in need, Souls Harbour Rescue Mission is a true lifeline. Souls Harbour serves over 50,000 hot, nutritious meals every … Read more
If you’re going to live-tweet from the Social Media Day Halifax 2018 Conference (and of course you are!), you’ll want to add #SMDH18 to the end of each tweet or place it within the tweet. This allows us, the Conference organizers, to track conversations and see if there are any concerns to tend to. It allows … Read more
The week of Social Media Day Halifax is almost here! Do you know what to bring to the conference? We know the morning of the conference is going to be a change to your regular Friday morning routine. It’ll be early and you’re a busy person, so we want to help. This checklist will get … Read more
Alison Knott of Eraserheader Design is an international creative tech speaker passionate about the intersection of web, creativity and business. Alison is about to level up your design thinking with concepts that will take your social media graphics from “meh” to “holy-hell-I-want-to-click-that”. She’ll cover the secrets of C.R.A.P (seriously, that acronym is real), how to push … Read more
We all need to engage in professional development from time to time. Being with social media peers always has a refreshing, invigorating and inspirational effect. There is a plethora of ways to turn a conference into great social media content. 1. Write a Top 10 list of things you learned. 2. Do a recap of … Read more
Suzi Fevens, the fitness instructor and blogger behind “Confessions of a Fitness Instructor” has created a community of engaged followers on Instagram by focusing on relationship building over follower count. Think you need tens of thousands of followers to make an impact on Instagram? Think again. Wondering how to build a community on Instagram? Find … Read more
Chit Chat Chop is a weekly Facebook Live show by KitchenDoor.ca. It started with an idea and a cell phone. Now Chit Chat Chop has surpassed its 40th episode and garners between 3,000 and 10,000 views per show. How did we get here? Patty and Adam will tell you the story, while also sharing some … Read more
Are you looking to up your online presence but don’t know where to start? Join REALTOR® Sandra Pike at Social Media Day Halifax to see how she built her business digitally without any costs. And how you can do it, too! With the help of social media, Sandra fine-tuned her marketing and, with her robust … Read more
One of the current trends in content marketing is the resurgence of podcasting. Whether you sit in your car and record on your phone or go whole hog with a full digital media studio, everyone can create a podcast. Join our panellists to learn why they podcast, what makes their podcast work, which mistakes they … Read more
Arthur Gaudreau of Halifax Retales has spent a lot of time engaging and observing and interacting with local business, especially in the retail and restaurant sectors on Twitter. He will share his tips on what seems to work, what does not seem to work, and what he has done to build a large community. It is … Read more