Here’s a video that I produced from the July 4th weekend: Fireworks in Highland Park NJ, July 3, 2010 for NJ Social Media.
Special thanks to Leora Wenger for her Facebook and “Here in HP” blog post, which is how I originally found out about the fireworks returning back to Highland Park.
How was your July 4th Weekend? Do you have photos or videos uploaded? Send me an email: eva {at} evaabreu {dot} com or post them on the NJ Social Media Facebook Page.
Many things happening, life at laser warp speed, but it’s all good. How about you? What’s going on in your part of the world?
Many people have asked about the book; it’s taken a long and winding detour, but is definitely not grounded, just docked in a temporary holding pattern. I’m afraid to make any further date commitments and would rather surprise everyone and just release it when it’s finally ready to take flight, and then I’ll announce it. Question to all: Should I make it available as just an e-book only, or e-book and paperback? Please leave a comment below with your thoughts.
Currently planning the first NJ Social Media Conference on Friday, June 18, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza - Somerset. Lots of details to take care of, if you’re interested in helping behind the scenes, I’ll gladly accept your help and hopefully, give you the opportunity to learn some new skills and add some experience to your resume. Contact me for further info.
Hoping to have the chance to catch up with you soon, so you can update me on where in the world you are these days : ) Drop me a note, or hit me up on Twitter or Facebook to fill me in.
Have you ever gone on vacation to a new or different place and thought to yourself, “it’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there”?
Photo by Albany_Tim
That’s what goes through my mind when I travel, regardless of how luxurious or scenic the place is. There’s no place like home (at least for me).
Sure, I go back and visit certain vacation spots that I really like, but I always return back home again.
The same goes for Social Media (and this is just my own personal opinion); it’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there (all the time).
Photo by Albany_Tim
I know I’ll probably upset some folks who do spend their time online, all the time; and by no means do I intend any disrespect at all.
It’s just for me, I like to have a balance between my online social networking time and my offline, F2F time (face-to-face or phone-to-phone time).
For those just starting out in learning about social media and feel like they are missing out because they don’t have a lot of time to spend, I say: relax, take it one step at a time, one site at a time, and try it out, even if it’s just a few minutes at a time.
I recommend approaching social media as if it were a vacation:
Take some time to plan and do a little research
Ask around for some advice on where to go and what to do
Keep your personal belongings safely stowed
Realize that your suitcase might get opened and your dirty laundry exposed when you least expect it
Upon arrival, look around, spend some time and learn the culture and language
Engage in conversation with the locals
Most important: Food. What did you have for lunch? We’d all like to know ; )
What are your thoughts about spending time on Social Media?
Here’s the debut of my new bi-weekly business column on Social Media in Gannett’s NJ newspapers: The Home News Tribune, Courier News and myCentralJersey.com
I’ll be writing a new bi-weekly Business column covering Social Media for the Home News Tribune, Courier News, and www.mycentraljersey.com/business starting Jan. 13. I’m planning a Q&A segment each week and would like to ask for your input.
The first topic is: Social Media Networking Events (tweetups, face-to-face networking, etc).
What questions do you have about Social Media Networking Events?
Do you have advice for first-time attendees or coordinators?
Please leave a comment below with your questions or tips and advice.
(NYC Tweetup was held on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009 at Atrium Lounge, 8th Floor, Marriott Marquis Times Square)
I really enjoy organizing Tweetups. For those of you who don’t know what a Tweetup is, it’s a live, in-person networking meeting of folks who know each other online from Twitter (or Facebook or other Social Networking site). Twitter + meetup= Tweetup. Some amazing things take place when you have the chance to meet people face-to-face.
I had the opportunity to coordinate a second Tweetup with David Mathison, Author of Be The Media, this past Saturday, Sept. 19, right after the Writer’s Digest Conference in Manhattan (the first Tweetup we coordinated together was the NYC Social Media Cruise on August 27th). It’s been a real privilege to work together with David to put together these events and to be able to meet people that I never would have had the chance to otherwise.
Below is a quick slideshow that I put together of some photos from the 9/19 Tweetup. Special thanks to Sandra Lee Schubert for her photos.
I’ll be writing more in a future post about the people that I met and connections made.
In the meantime, I would recommend finding some time on a regular basis to connect and collaborate offline, whether by phone, email, IM, Skype, or in-person with some new online contacts. You’ll never know what opportunities may come of it!
Contact me online or offline to talk more about this topic; I’d love to hear from you!
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