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Cette capsule réponds aux questions suivantes:

1) Comment publier en couleur avec de gros caractères sur Facebook?

2) Est que les iOS ont accès ou auront accès à cette fonctionnalité de Facebook?

Bonne écoute!

Michelle Dunn

Can’t Wait to Turn 60!

Is Klout still useful?

Klout is still in my view a useful indicator of the influence someone has on social media.

How does Klout work?

Its algorythm gages the engagement people have with your social media content.

Then it gives you a score from 0-100.

Is the Klout score reliable to hire someone?

Sometimes, some agencies will simply not hire someone with a mediocre Klout score.

Like anything online, it takes more than just one marker to determine the value of someone’s work.

Klout scores value needs to be verified by visiting the linked socia media accounts, to assess content quality.

How to boost your Klout score

Sometimes, people don’t add their social media profiles to their Klout account. This can lead to a lower Klout ranking.

That is one of the reasons why my Klout score had dropped to 41…until two weeks ago.

Only my Twitter account was connected to my Klout and I had been involved in so many projects that I rarely Tweeted since last Fall.

So two weeks ago, I connected almost all of my social media accounts to my Klout and resumed creating more social media content.

The result is, that my Klout went from 41 to 59 in two weeks.

Conclusion

Being a Digital Marketer, I feel better with today’s score and I can’t wait to turn 60!

Slack,  for your Daily follow-up from multiple communications platforms

This a link that directs to my LinkedIn post, where you will find a video to help you evaluate, if the Slack tool would better your team's communications.

If you decide to use this tool, hope you'll me know why it was a great fit for your project.

Cheers,

Aviary/Adobe open Store #Freebies

Coming back to my blog today to let everyone know about a great freebies that Aviary and Adobe are giving everyone until November 30, 2014.

I personally use Aviary to create on spot photo designs from Web pages snapshots or pictures using my iOS mobile devices.

Being an Adobe user already, I just signed in Aviary and downloaded everything from their store for free, yay!

Adobe buys Aviary

In the world of pixels, not all graphics are created equal and Adobe has created over the years some of the best graphic designer tools for desktop computers.

It only makes sense that they acquired Aviary, back in September 24, 2014 as Aviary is a user friendly App that makes it really easy to create gorgeous photo designs in a snap from mobile devices.

200$ of Freebies

Yesterday, I was presented with delicious freebies when opening up the Aviary App, see the above clickable photo, that will take you to the Blog post.

After signing up or signing in to your Adobe account from the Aviary App, you will be permitted to enter the Aviary store and grab all in-App paid products for free, a value of 200$.

Marketing Strategy

Although I did not find recent information on the number of users Aviary has, I was able to find one of their 2013 Blog post, stating that they had 50 million users per month.

Giving away 200$ in free photo editing products is a great incentive to have millions of users create an Adobe profile and to push forward their photo free editing mobile SDK version and later convert them to their paid SDK version.

Hurry up! Their offer ends soon!

To all of you who loves crafting your images from your mobile devices...on your mark...Get set...GO! Just click this post's header photo to be directed to their blog post.

You only have until November 30, 2014 until this Aviary/Adobe open store freebies, is over.

Enjoy! 

Michelle Dunn

Sunny Snowy Spring Day Here!

March 23, 2014

Spring today, in Québec, Canada looks like a great Winter day!

I’d like to see what Spring looks like in your part of the world, snap a photo and share it here :-)

That’s it for today, see you soon.

Ellen Degeneres is funny, creative and she sure knows how to mobilize an audience!

She proved it on Oscar night, by making one of her selfie, the most retweeted Tweet in the history of Twitter:

If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow)

March 3, 2014

Here's the confirmation Tweet of this record by @Twitter :

The envelope please….to @TheEllenShow - this is now the most re-tweeted Tweet with over 1 million RTs. Congrats!

— Twitter (@twitter)

March 3, 2014

Luchina Fisher, was one of the first to write an article on this historic retweeted Tweet breaking record: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2014/03/ellens-oscar-selfie-most-retweeted-tweet-ever/

Oscar night is always full of surprises and tonight was no exception.

Updated: March 3, 2014

Well, @TheEllenShow is almost at 2 million likes on facebook for the same selfie, it's really impressive!

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Post by The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Updated: March 4, 2014

Here's the link to the Official Twitter Blog post on how the Twitter community used the platform on Oscar night 2014:

https://blog.twitter.com/2014/looking-back-at-the-2014-oscars-on-twitter

That's it for today, see you later.

Michelle Dunn

The Montréal’s #Vegan Burrito Project

February 25, 2014

Sunday, I took part in Montréal’s Burrito Project. #DoingGood Blog post in writing = wonderful #Vegan project! pic.twitter.com/e7pZ8hdGFd

— edun.info (@TweetsFreebies)

February 26, 2014

What is the “Montréal’s Burrito Project” ?

The Burrito Project in Montréal was created to join a movement that first originated in California.

Currently, the Burrito Project exists in 35 Cities throughout North America.

The project is about getting people to participate together in the preparation and distribution of hot nutricious Burritos to the homeless. 

In Montréal, the project is funded from the sales of Burritos made at the “People’s Potato Kitchen" . These 1 pound Vegan Burritos are filled with beans, rice and vegetables.

Much more than food

We walk around in teams with spicy and non-spicy Burritos in our bags, in search of the hungry people that live on the streets.

Because of the cold winter weather, we also visit the metro underground network and restaurants where they go to stay warm.

When we offer a hot Burrito, we offer much more than hot conforting food on a cold day. The idea behind the project is also to listen to what the person wants to share with us. The stories of the people I’ve met Sunday, really touched me. 

One of them is the young man that gave me permission to take anonymous pictures of him. When I told him that I wanted to blog about this project, he was the one that suggested taking a picture of him while he took a bite into a Burrito. He then talked about a dog he once had and loved very much .

We also met an older gentleman who joyfully told us, that it was his last week on the streets because he had inherited a luxurious house in California.

Later on, a regular volunteer told me, that this man tells them the same story every week.

Maybe, it’s his way of coping with his harsch reality.

News from Marcel 

I Tweeted about Marcel back in December 2013:

In that cold, Marcel was sitting on the pavement. Chatted, gave him my ear band+$/shame he has no home #GiveForward pic.twitter.com/Sy9TAx1A5b

— edun.info (@TweetsFreebies)

December 14, 2013

Marcel looked in better shape then when I first met him but he is still homeless. Hoping all of them will find a place of their own that they can call home.

In the meantime, I will participate again in the Montréal’s Buritto Project and may many more people join me in this effort to alleviate hunger and to keep contact with the homeless people of downtown Montréal.

To start #DoingGood in the Montréal’s Burrito Project, contact them at:

   [email protected]

 That’s it for today, thanks for sharing this story in your channels.

"How my Twitter Header would look if it was animated"

February, 10 2014

Last week I posted a video on this blog about my animated Twitter background that came to a still:

Video: February 4, 2013 "Adios birds, clouds, butterfly and pixels" Yesterday,  my animated Twitter... http://t.co/fKPsYwRupe

— Dunn edu (@TweetsFreebies)

February 4, 2014

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Today, I wanted to show you how my new Twitter Header image would look if it was animated.

People who know me, know that I love graphic designs, it makes me relax to play with pixels. Also being a pixel animator, I decided to animate "Twilights", my latest creation.

I also made it available to download for free, from one of my website named: Social Tweets Freebies. 

This design fits in Twitter Headers but it will become a still image once you click the "save" button.

Funny, when I first uploaded it, for a nanosecond...I thought that animated Twitter headers were allowed...but no.

If you visit the Free Animated Designs page on Social Tweets Freebies, you will also be able to grab our cute Valentines Day animated gifs. 

That's it for today, see you later.

Michelle Dunn

ICT tools and Mobile Web Consultant

Music credit:

"Live streaming of the Olympic Games in Sochi from the #MobileWeb" 

February 7, 2014

Did you know that CBC Radio-Canada built a wonderful app to help people follow everything about the Olympic Games in Sochi, right from their mobiles devices?

If you miss the Live streams, you can watch the replay videos. According to your preferences, you can set-up alarms in your mobile calendar to be reminded when your favorite competition will take place. It has many functions that I will not describe here in details, but it appears that we can not miss anything from the Olympics with this amazing free app.

It also detects the language setting of the mobile devices and gives automatically access to French or English content.

Link to download the iPhone/iPad application:

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/cbc-olympics/id791578992?mt=8

Link to download the application for Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.cbc.sochi&hl=en

Link to download the application for Windows:

http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-ca/app/866712fa-db81-4abb-93dc-bfe18d44dc27

Enjoy the Olympics even on the move!

That's it for today, it was a pleasure writing in this blog everyday, but because of ongoing projects, I will see you next month.

Michelle Dunn

"Counters for the #MobileWeb Twitter users"

February 6, 2014

The mobile Twitter UX just changed for those of us who access Twitter using our iOS devices. We now have counters beside the Retweets and the Favorites of each Tweet.

It makes a difference being able to see how many people Retweeted of Favorated a particular Tweet.

This is a time-saver to immediately be able to gauge the popularity of a Tweet without having to go to the second screen like before. 

I posted a snapshot of my Twitter mobile profile and one snapshot of a profile that has millions of followers.

How head spinning it must feel to have one of your Tweet Retweeted 15.4 K times!! At the same time one must feel happy to have such a powerful reach, just one Tweet from them can change the life of someone.

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

Michelle Dunn

#mobile gadget: What do you think about the iBag?

February, 5 2014

Was reading about the iBag today. It’s in fact a smartpurse equiped with LED lights, GPS, locking mechanism and auto SMS capacity that aims at preventing mindless usage of credit cards.

The programmable iBag flashes lights when it detects you’re approaching a forbidden store, locks the purse up and sends SMS to people of your choosing to alert them that you’re about to spend money on something.

I don’t know about you, but I would just cut the cards up.

For those of you interested in reading more about the iBag, here’s the link to their YouTube video:

http://bit.ly/iBagDel

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

February 4, 2013

"Adios birds, clouds, butterfly and pixels"

Yesterday,  my animated Twitter background stopped moving.

Back in June 2011, I wanted to show my graphic designs and marketing creativity and stand out from the Twitter flock at the same time.

I was one of the first to create a Twitter animated background for my profile and until yesterday, I was one of the few among the 645,000,000 (1) Twitter profiles that exist in the whole wide world, to still have movement on my Twitter profile page.

What made this background special was the fact that I had integrated a QR Code as well in the animated background. I was also one of the first advocate for this marketing tool.

Later, in October 2011, Twitter decided not to accept animated gif backgrounds on their platform. 

However Twitter kindly allowed me to keep the animated background in place, that is why I never changed it.

It made me feel proud and special. I want to thank the Twitter team for letting me enjoy it from June 2011 to February 2014. It was pure joy and I’ll be forever grateful! 

The background was not visible via tablets or smartphones but It was part of my view everytime I was accessing Twitter via my desktop.  

I will miss my animated background but as Dr. Seuss said:

"Don’t cry because it’s over, Smile because it happened!"

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

Michelle Dunn

ICT tools and Mobile Web Consultant

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February 3, 2014

New throw in the air Panono Mobile Camera

This is a new camera that captures 360 degrees of your surroundings when you throw it in the air.

It not only captures everything in panoramic size photos around you but, it is built to work via the cloud with your iOS or Android mobile devices.

This new camera is in pre-order stage. Follow this link if you are interested to know more about the Panono camera:

http://panono.com/ballcamera/

To conclude, I think this is a great idea for a camera but I would be careful where I throw it not to damage or loose it!

For example, I would not throw it in the air while rafting in the Lachine canal nor would I use it near the Montréal F1 Grand Prix race track!

I would also attach a @TileApp or @Chipolo to it in order to be able to track it down should I loose it in the woods somewhere.

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

#Montréal “Vivre icitte” 100% pur cacao 2014

February 2, 2014

"Vivre icitte" 100% pur cacao 2014

Yesterday I had a delightful evening laughing, dancing and singing.

I also met wonderful people, namely @EmmanuelDubourg, @AnGeloCadet et @Potoprincipe.

@DorothyRhau is an outstanding comedian who shared the stage with a select group of artists.

The event took place at l’Astral on Ste-Catherine Street in downtown Montréal in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles.

Wishing for a Press ID

Throughout the evening, I videotaped some of the sketches but I so wish I had been a member of the Press so I could use a professional camera with a ZOOM!

Here’s a link to the French review. I posted on that site the videos I taped during the evening:

http://bit.ly/GWOshow1

Conclusion

In my opinion, Dorothy Rhau is a 5-star stand-up comedian. I wish everyone could enjoy her show and laugh so much that their tummy hurts and their eyes cry…that’s what happened to me last night = pure joy!

The best comedy show of 2014 is “Vivre icitte” de Dorothy Rhau.

Follow Dorothy on Twitter:

http://Twitter.com/dorothyrhau

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

#mobileweb ” Do you have a Mobile Strategy?”

February 1, 2014

Do you have a Mobile Strategy?

If your company is painfully waking up to the fact that online business is now happening on the mobile web, it is not too late to elaborate a mobile strategy.

How to manage daily petabytes of data generated by the mobile web community and turn them into leads is one of the biggest challenge in my opinion.

Here’s an article about 3 aspects of a mobile strategy:

• Managing & extracting leads from mobile web data

• Creating UX apps for your business

• Security planning

Hoping this article will inspire you:

http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-business/3-mobile-strategy-priorities-for-2014/d/d-id/1113330

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow.

#blogfor30 -Day 30- ” Thank you! “

January 31, 2014

Thank you!

Today is the last post in the #blogfor30 challenge initiated by my creative @Hubspot friends.

I’m grateful to them for giving me an opportunity to get blogging for 30 days in a row.

My personal goals were to blog only using an iPhone5S and to verify if it was possible to grow my Twitter followers by the simple act of daily blogging.

#blogfor30 made me discover Aviary

The photor editor I was using with my iPhone4S did not work so well on the 5S. Since I needed a new mobile photo editor, this challenge made me discover Aviary, which is a wonderful free application that is perfect when creating articles with a smartphone.

Aviary works on iOS and Android mobile devices. For those interested, here’s the link to their homepage: http://aviary.com .

Success!

Not only did I complete the 30 day blogging challenge but in the process, my Twitter profile gained 55 new followers from my participation in the #blogfor30.

Videos and Images do increase trafic

I will continue using @Vine or @Instagram for short videos to cream up my content without taking the readers attention away from the articles.

Of course, I will also include photos in articles as it is proven to grasp more interests which results in more leads in the end.

Conclusion

This challenge was a great way to start 2014.

I now find myself hooked to the daily blogging routine. @MattCutts was right about the benefits of doing something new for 30 days! It upgrades you!

That’s it for today…yes lol! See you tomorrow.

January 30, 2014

Lucrative Free Games Apps

Today’s blog post features a link to an article via @lmirani entitled: ” Why free games are increasingly the most profitable apps”.

Leo Mirani, explains that free games get their users “…hooked before being asked to shell out.”.

According to this article, gamers are “…spending more on games for mobile phones than they are on handheld gaming…”

In my opinion, people are carrying their mobile devices with them everywhere and humans like to have fun so if free apps give them fun and pleasure on the move, it is no surprise that they become so popular.

I don’t play games but having tested FarmVille myself years back, I agree that once the game gets into you, you don’t mind spending a little for more luscious gaming pixelated accessories.

So in the end, these games are free with in-app purchases offers and ads that make them highly lucrative because of the mobile amusement they provide to gamers.

That’s it for today, see you tomorrow for the last day of #blogfor30.