Olympic, twitter, youtube

Weeks that were

Did you miss me last week?  Or yesterday?  I know.  Not yet.  Soon.  Very soon.  Content is coming here.  And fast.

In any event, here are the last 2 weeks that were.

Techvibes:

  1. You can find my most recent Techvibes contributions here.  However, here are a few you might find interesting or useful.  Maybe both.  And hopefully a little entertaining.
  2. Canadian company takes location-based apps to another level.
  3. Canadian Prime Minister Harper on YouTube.
  4. Want to get paid to blog and travel?  Yeah, me too.
  5. Do you pay too much on your cellphone bill?
  6. Last straw for WIND Mobile?
  7. Julie Tyios of the Toronto Transit Commission Customer Advisory Panel.

iBizBook:

  1. Mitch Joel on the value of promotional products.
As always, feel free to be my friend on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, and watch my videos on YouTube.
 
In the meantime, please feel free to comment, or send me an email to karim_kanji at hotmail dot com.
And before you leave, please take off your caps, stand up as we sing the national anthem to celebrate the Paralympics in Vancouver:
 
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Crushing It on Twitter

Some people ask me about Twitter and why I use it so much.  Others ask me how they can use Twitter.  So, I thought I’d share with you some thoughts.  But not by me.  This is a snippet of Scott Stratten (@unmarketing) talking to some small business owners in Toronto.

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How do you use Twitter?  I’d love to hear your tweets thoughts.

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Flip MinoHD

So I got a gift in the mail a little while ago.  A new Flip MinoHD.  Do I like it?  You betcha!  Below is my answer.  You can also check out my homemade videos on my own YouTube channel!   

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Twitterhood the new Prophethood?

If you’re on Twitter, and who isn’t these days, then you’ve probably contemplated doing something drastic to gain more followers.  Why? 

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I was just kidding about being on Twitter by the way.  It’s a pretty cool tool that has yet to be completed.

I’d love to hear what you think.  Feel free to comment below.

blog, Olympic, twitter

the week that was

I can’t believe how fast this week has gone.  It’s been a really cool week.  Lot’s of opportunities have been coming my way recently.   

If you want a pulse on what’s happening with me follow me on Twitter.  I’ve even been asked to do a meetup overseas.  I’ll let you know how that turns out the closer it comes.

Ready to go back to the future?  Here we go!

Techvibes:

  1. Everyone watched the Olympics.  Well, almost everyone.
  2. Shipgooder.com
  3. Tweet & Win (another reason to be on Twitter)
  4. TheBizMedia (video)
  5. 5 Questions…with Joallore Alon (a MUST follow for Torontonians in Toronto)
  6. Julie Tyios and the TTC
  7. Lavalife 
  8. Top 25 technology predictions from futurist Dave Evans
  9. iBizBook’s Community Manager (video)
  10. Art of Marketing Twitter contest winners (another reason to be on Twitter!)
  11. The Canadian Budget and technology

iBizBook:

  1. Finding your online pulse (video)

Fadoo.ca:

  1. Thoora.com “knows” what the most popular Olympic story was!

As always, feel free to be my friend on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, and watch my videos on YouTube.

Have a great weekend!

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Comments – Disable or Enable?

I had a Google Chat conversation with a colleague late last night.  He suggested (based on advice from a SEO “expert”) that I disable my comments section in order to become popular.  Watch the video below and let me know what you think.  I’d love to hear your honest thoughts about this.

(If you’re reading this on Facebook, please come back to www.KarimKanji.com and feel free to cment.)

Thanks!

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What do you think?  Let me know below.
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The Hammer

Watching curling as often as I do….once every 4 years…got me thinking about the importance of the hammer.  Having the hammer is having control.  Are we in control of what we’re doing?  Do we have the last say in what we do or who we become? 

Like curling, we’re going to, one day give up control of our destiny.  Maybe we’ll need other people to become involved in our life in order for us to succeed.  If so, don’t settle for one point.  Crush it!

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I’d love to hear your thoughts about “holding the hammer.”
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Week in Review

Well, another busy week has ended.  Yet it began with a bang as I participated in my second PodCamp Toronto.  The great thing about it was that it was also my first time leading a discussion at an unconference. 
Here’s this week’s, Week in Review! 
Techvibes
  1. Digital book publisher Vook (you SHOULD check these guys out!) receives additional seed financing.
  2. Ottawa flexes it’s digital muscles.
  3. General Motors Crisis Communications – Case Study.
  4. Mark Evans on telling stories.
  5. ShesConnected – A social networking site for the ladies.
  6. In conversation with the Senior Partner of Bamboo.
  7. Rogers has a new plan for roamers.
  8. 5 Questions…with Crystal Gibson.
  9. Sprouter continues to sprout.
  10. Justin Kozuch on the Toronto Transit Commission.
  11. Mitch Joel.
iBizBook
  1. Finding your online pulse – Video with Mitch Joel.
I was also preesent this week at Third Tuesday Toronto which is a monthly meetup featuring some of today’s most thought provoking personalities in the marketing, public relations, technology and social media world’s.  At this meetup, Mitch Joel spoke and answered questions about branding.  You can find my videos of the Q&A at THIS link.
As always, feel free to be my friend on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, and watch my videos on YouTube.

Have a great weekend!

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Viral Campaign

If you do a lot of things that are great, people will find it and it will go viral. – Mitch Joel
We’re all looking for it.  We want it.  We might not tell our friends about it for fear of being branded as vain.  But is haunts us so.  In fact, it’s a main reason many people have a personal blog, website or even tweet.  People want that feeling of importance.  “My opinion matters to me and I want you to hear it!”
Even companies crave the attention.  It feeds their bottom line.  And it feeds their employees as well.
Whatever it is called we want it to do one thing:  Go Viral.
How do we do it?

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Do you know someone who is doing great things?  If you do, tell us their story.  Please.
Uncategorized

Learning to speak

This past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at PodCamp Toronto.  For those who may not know, PodCamp Toronto is organized as an unconference.  A conference is a place/event you would go to to attend sessions.  An unconference is organized by the attendees.  And sessions are led.  Which means I didn’t really give a talk.  I facilitated a session would be a better way of putting it.

PodCamp Toronto is a 2 day event which brings together podcasting and social media enthusiasts in an effort to learn from each other and connect with new and old acquaintances.

I attended some really interesting sessions and made a load of new friends.  In fact, the best time was connecting with new and not so new friends at a greasy spoon on Saturday evening.  I even managed to get invited and go see a Toronto Raptors game.  And this by someone I never even knew 8 hours earlier!  Amazing!

However, I wanted to share some lessons I learned myself.  And these lessons were learned by facilitating my session.  Although I have had the opportunity to speak in private functions, this was really my first public talk.  And boy, did I learn a lot:

  1. Have multiple slides per argument.  People seem to love their power points!
  2. Don’t repeat yourself.  I don’t like over-preparing for presentations but I think I should start.
  3. Always invite your fans.  It’s always good to have supporters in the crowd.
  4. Don’t be afraid to be real.  People appreciate honesty and abhor people who are fake.
  5. Involve the crowd.  An active crowd is a happy crowd.
  6. Wear a loud shirt.
  7. Create a hashtag (#) on Twitter to connect with everyone who attended the session.  Mine was #loudshirt.  (Obvious, eh!)

A special thanks to @coleyeung and @zeppelinsocial for the pics!  Video will follow soon.