Empowered E-Patient Infographic

 

Empowered E-Patient Infographic

 

 

Who is using the internet and How?

This video is a great overview of the big picture of internet statistics on usage and adoption.

JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.

Do you have clear rules of engagement for your response to social media?

You’re out there in social media and you’re monitoring your impact – but how do you respond to negative posts or comments your monitoring may uncover? Believe it or not, the Air Force has a clear and concise guideline for blog assessment and response that you can implement.

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This strategy is useful across all social media platforms, not just blogs. The Air Force themselves have put this stratagem into play on their blog, twitter account, Youtube page and Widgets and Podcasts.

Want to learn more about how Capt. Faggard and the Emerging Technology Division of the Air Force Public Affairs Agency are using social media? Read this terrific post by Web Ink Now: The US Air Force Armed with Social Media.

Gowalla at SXSW – Play to Win

Location based apps have been all the rage, but Gowalla is bringing the application to life at SXSW by creating custom stickers and pins which you can collect for real rewards.

Check out all of the SXSW specific treats here at the Gowalla SXSW Page

In addition – they’ve teamed up with Chevy to offer a one of kind experience. I was one of the lucky winners of a ride from the airport to my hotel just by checking in to Gowalla from the airport!

It was a great and surprising experience – you can read all about it here : Mommy Drives

Wondering what Gowalla is up to at SXSW? Watch this video with CoFounder Josh Williams.

Who would you nominate to Tweet for Obama?

Please rank them 1-10 with 1 being your first choice and 10 being your last.

SXSW Interactive 2010 Trade Show Video

Are you planning on attending SXSW this year? Here’s a great video about the Interactive Trade Show.

Social Media Monitoring Tools

It seems like there is a new tool announced daily to monitor your brand or social media mentions. They run the gamut from free to thousands of dollars a month. How can we keep track of it all? Ken Burbary has a great list he’s collecting in a wiki. I encourage you to bookmark his Master List of Social Media Monitoring Tools.

Looking at the free tools my favorite application that monitors all streams of social content is Social Mention, which is like Google Alerts, but for social media.

Of those that are platform specific, in this case Twitter – my current favorite is Twazzup. I was monitoring the #apple #ipad announcement in real time today on this tool and the coverage was quick and comprehensive.

What tools do you find most useful?

How Tequila Turkey

This week I attended an incredible event – a Ladies Night In, featuring Chef Marcela from Food Network featuring Sauza Tequila in her drinks and dishes. The event was hosted by Stacey Roney of Beauty on Call and Beth Rosen of Four Keys Media. It was a great event showcasing amazing food, incredible hospitality and just the right amount of mingling.

What I thought was most interesting – was how much I learned. Both about Tequila and Mexican Cuisine!
For example – did you know that the agave, from which tequila is made is from the lilly family? If you’d have asked me last week I’d have been convinced it was some type of cacti. Also, like fine french wines there are specific regions in which tequila comes from. Who knew? I think the best thing I learned was how versatile it is. Previously I’d thought of tequila as a 1 trick pony – fantastic in margaritas, but little else. Chef Marcela was able to show how to incorporate both gold and silver tequilas into fabulous cocktails and delectable Mexican cuisine.

Here’s a little video about things you never knew about tequila but should…

Sauza Tequila – Tequila 101 from Jackie Cuyvers on Vimeo.

While Chef Marcela, did share some amazing tequila cocktails with us- my favorite part was how she incorporated the tequila into her fresh authentic Mexican cuisine – in particular her Thanksgiving turkey. She infused the turkey with butter and tequila and marinated it with apricot jam and California chile.

How Tequila Turkey from Jackie Cuyvers on Vimeo.

To read more about Chef Marcela and Sauza Teuqila’s Ladies Night in, visit What’s Cooking Chicago’s fabulous blog post.

Are You Attending BlogWorld 09? May the Force Be With You

I love this video featuring Chad Vadar for BlogWorld 09 – it doesn’t focus on the agenda, ROI etc but instead involves some of the featured speakers in a humorous video.

Would this video make you feel more favorable about attending BlogWorld or a conference in general or do you prefer a more fact based informative video?

Calling all Women Entrepreneurs – join me on Twitter for a weekly discussion – Wednesdays #wechat

You’re social, you network and you’re a woman entrepreneur. Let’s chat! Join me for a weekly tweet-up live on Twitter every Wednesday evening. This is a great way to connect with other women entrepreneurs and learn more about how social media can help you grow your business and learn from other women entrepreneurs how to be a better businesswoman.

Join myself and other women entrepreneurs online very Wednesday evening. Just do the following:

1. RSVP by Tuesday here. RSVP NOW
2. Right before the event, check back where you RSVPed and “follow” all of the tweeters listed on the RSVP.
3. Go to Twitter and follow @hashtags.
4. Go to http://search.twitter.com and enter #wechat in the search field. This will bring up a page that allows you to keep track of just the conversations from those participating in wechat (Women Entrepreneur’s Chat).
5. Start tweeting at 6 p.m. (pacific), 7 p.m. (mountain), 8 p.m. (central), and 9 p.m. (eastern).
6. Enter #wechat in all of your tweets.

Each week will have a topic or theme – for Wed Sept 9 – it will be the ever elusive holy grail of “Work Life Balance.”

If you don’t yet have a twitter account, please register for your free account here: http://www.twitter.com

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