Events: Facebook and #CommsChat
Next week is a busy week just a quick heads up on two events I’m involved with.
Social Collective meets Comms Chat aka #SoCol & #CommsChat
CommsChat is a regular online conversation (and what a great idea) set up by Adam Vincenzini and Emily Cagle. Monday’s conversation features the SoCol gang ahead of The Social Collective event taking place in September. Thanks to the lovely Shannon Boudjema for getting me involved in #SoCol. On Monday night we’re looking forward to giving you a preview of the #MAPmad theme we’re developing for the conference.
Hope to see you between 8 and 9pm on Monday night and all you have to do is get online. More details here.
Facebook for Business
I’ll admit, I’ve been slow in sorting out my Facebook smarts for business, preferring Twitter by far to the [sometimes annoying] social network. But the plain, unavoidable truth, is that Facebook is going to play a bigger and bigger part in our digital marketing futures so I’m rapidly trying to expand my knowledge.
Enter my lovely client Tempero who is hosting Facebook for Business next Thursday. Official Facebook peeps will be there plus advice and tools from some of the UK’s best companies working in this space.
Registration is here.
Moonrise: “What are you doing” meet “what are you feeling”
So having moved on from Facebook status updates and Twitter I really just can’t get enough of Moonrise, a new site which searches images, quotes and video to express how you’re currently feeling.
The images are pulled from Flickr based on the tabs attached by the people uploading them and the results are surprising, beautiful, interesting, funny, …
I use it mostly to send image cards to people, which are a lot cooler than some current e-card offerings. I sent a recently diagnosed diabetic gummie bears and a new home owner a quote.
I think they’re on to something…
About:
I'm Darika Ahrens and I help brands develop marketing strategies for Social Media.
My background is in Public Relations for companies like Orange, Microsoft, Philips, HTC, Yell.com, and Estee Lauder. I've worked with and trained some of the UK's top agencies.
In 2009 the Financial Times referred to me as "a new breed of business matchmaker" due to my network of contacts and way I work creating bespoke teams to deliver projects.