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This past weekend I went to the Social Media Marketing Unplugged conference here in Vancouver.  It was another chance to get out in the real world and learn strategies from other people who have been successful with implementing social media into their work.  It was a sold out event and I brought along my laptop [...]

To celebrate the year that has been 2010, YouTube has made a list commemorating the videos that drew laughter and jeering among YouTubers from the world over. Here are  some of the highlights of 2010 on YouTube, according to the website itself: – Local town hero Antoine Dodson from Huntsville, AL, saves his sister from [...]

Being famous can bring you an endless stream of advantages, and all the pleasant things that come with stardom. But having fame can be a double-edge sword with the potential to ruin you with in the wrong circumstances. This holds true for most internet celebrities and YouTube superstars, who, while enjoying many great benefits from [...]

With the popularity of Jackass 3D I thought this would be a good time to talk about whether or not you should attempt to do something similar in an attempt to get famous online.  I’ve heard it suggested by others that it could be a good tactic to get views, so thought I’d share my [...]

Well, I may not be able to go to BlogWorld in Vegas this year, but this week I’m going to a different conference right here in Vancouver that’s also very cool called Canada Marketing Summit.  It’s dubbed as Canada’s number one internet marketing and online income streams event, which are definitely two things I’m interested [...]

October is just around the corner and that means… so is Halloween!  I really love that holiday.  It’s so much fun to dress up and party with friends in silly costumes.  And candy!  Who can forget the candy. Another cool event happening in October is Blogworld.  It’s apparently like the ultimate house party for bloggers [...]

My friend Ritchie started a team for the Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life and I joined so I could help him raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS.  We’re going to be walking 2 Kilometers along the Seawall in downtown Vancouver – not that tough of a feat really when you consider what [...]

The first (now annual) VidCon took place in LA and it was an amazing experience!  I had an great time meeting all kinds of top YouTubers and YouTube staff.  It was an unprecedented opportunity to talk to people who have hundreds of thousands of subscribers (or more) and who make an incredible living from putting [...]

I’m the new organizer of the Vancouver Internet Marketers meetup and for my first meetup I had professional Blogger and Internet Marketer John Chow speaking about ways he makes so much money online. John has become a celebrity in the internet marketing and blogging arena so when I announced that he would be the guest [...]

If you want to get famous online then you obviously want people to notice you and talk about you.  It also helps if once in a while they’re saying something nice when they’re doing the talking.   Well, I was lucky enough to meet Alisha Mann at a Twitter networking event (yes, those actually exist [...]