Our WordCamp Montreal Presentation on Video

By Kim Vallee on August 19, 2009 | No comments yet

Jerome Paradis and I were speakers at the first WordCamp Montreal. We talked about the migration of At Home with Kim Vallee from a subtext platform to a WordPress platform. Our presentation covers my concerns as a blogger who wishes to growth her brand and the technical challenges on doing such a big migration.

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Corporate Tools for Twitter

By Kim Vallee on August 18, 2009 | No comments yet
Preview - Corporate Tools for Twitter

Lots of brands are thinking about being involved in social media. Where do you start? As a brand, you need to monitor, listen, respond to customers and engage with them.
Basic questions that any brand would ask before they start are:

How do I find the influencers on my market?
Which social networks my customer base are using [...]

Cooking a Risotto Can Teach You How To Build an Online Community

By Kim Vallee on August 16, 2009 | No comments yet
Preview - Cooking a Risotto Can Teach You How To Build an Online Community

This story is a quick lesson on building an online community. Repeat after me: it takes time and energy. You cannot expect to create an engaged community overnight. Every successful blogger will tell you, you built it one reader at a time. But big corporations often do not have that patience.
Many corporations put lots of [...]

Changing the Newspapers Mentality

By Kim Vallee on August 16, 2009 | 2 comments
Preview - Changing the Newspapers Mentality

The newspapers industry has known better days. They are the perfect example of an industry having problems coping with changes. They need to adapt to a new reality.
The fact of the matter is people consume news differently and from other sources than newspapers. I find it mesmerizing that they struggle to change in order to [...]

My take on 10 Things You Must Do to Earn Your Audience’s Trust from Mashable

By Kim Vallee on August 13, 2009 | No comments yet
Preview - My take on 10 Things You Must Do to Earn Your Audience’s Trust from Mashable

I read on Mashable yesterday their 10 Things You Must Do to Earn Your Audience’s Trust. I often made similar recommendations to people. I feel that some points needs clarification or adjustments. Here are my insights on some points.
Tell us who you are
I would add that you should say what topics you will discuss, what [...]

Women Continues to Outnumber Men in Social Network Sites

By Kim Vallee on August 5, 2009 | 1 comment
Preview - Women Continues to Outnumber Men in Social Network Sites

I published these revealing statistics in September 2008 when I talked at PodCamp Montreal.

ComScore Media Metrix’s year-end report: Women’s community was the most visited and fastest growing Internet category, tied with politics. The number of unique visits to women’s community sites jumped 35% to almost 70 million from 52 million. This is quite an achievement [...]

Social Media Usage Statistics and How Big Business Can Use Twitter

By Kim Vallee on August 1, 2009 | No comments yet
Preview - Social Media Usage Statistics and How Big Business Can Use Twitter

My daily take on what grabbed my attention about social media and technology.
+ If you are not convinced of the popularity of social media, have a look at more than 20 mind-blowing social media statistics. The 250 million Facebook users have a high level of participation. More than 120 million Facebook users log on to [...]