Category Archive: Conferences

Nov 26

Tips to Use Social Listening to Drive Business Goals, Plus 11 Free (or nearly free) Listening Tools

Last week I had the opportunity to present at SMX Social Media Marketing Conference in Las Vegas. Honestly, it was a bit surreal to me to present on social listening because several years ago I worked as a contractor on an analytics and reporting team, which was my first exposure to social listening. I had …

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Oct 23

Keywords and Data and Content! Oh My! My Top Takeaways From SMX East 2014

I had the opportunity to speak at SMX East in New York City a couple weeks ago. It was actually my first time at SMX East, but I had heard many great things about the conference so I was excited to be part of it. I was impressed with the quality of speakers and breadth …

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Apr 05

Be Visible, Be Smart! 5 Things to Do Before Your First Job in PR

Last weekend I had the opportunity to speak at the Puget Sound PRSA Jumpstart event along with Mallory Thompson, Hill & Knowlton. I was excited to impart some of the knowledge I have learned over the last few years as I’ve made my career switch to public relations. Often your classroom experience doesn’t prepare you …

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Apr 02

Fresh Ideas from Social Fresh Portland

This post was first published on the Sterling Communications blog I was lucky enough to win a ticket to the Social Fresh conference in Portland on March 29. This conference is different than many I’ve attended previously as it features people working in the trenches and highlights what they do in social media day to …

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