Meet Geek Girl Corvida Raven

// March 3rd, 2010 // Comments // Interviews, News

Corvida Raven will be teaching some of the workshops in the Social Media Series including Getting Hired in a Web 2.0 World, Social Media Time Management, and Apps, Apps, and more Apps. See all workshops here

1. How and when did…

Wow! I didn’t know you worked at Yahoo!

// March 3rd, 2010 // Comments // How do I..., Social Media

Cross-posted on SocMedia101
Does your email look like this? donjuan@yahoo.com Feel free to take out ‘Yahoo!’ and insert any of the following:

AOL
Hotmail
Earthlink
Gmail
MSN
Comcast

When you see that my email is julie@walmart.com or julie@nbc.com or julie@burgerking.com, you assume…

Meet Geek Girl Paula Hersey

// March 2nd, 2010 // Comments // Interviews, News

Paula Hersey will be teaching some of the workshops in the “So you Want to Build a Website?” Series, including Dreamweaver Design, Layouts, and Styles oh my!, Dreamweaver Crazy Cool Extensions and Widgets, Introducing Wordpress and the Dashboard, Wordpress Themes,…

Meet Geek Girl Catherine Weber

// February 22nd, 2010 // Comments // Interviews, News

Catherine Weber will be teaching some of the workshops in the Social Media Series including Social Media Primer, The Power of Facebook for your Business, The Power of LinkedIn for your Business, YouTube for Business, and Twitter for Business. See all…

The new annoying way to spam on Twitter and how to stop it

// February 4th, 2010 // Comments // How do I..., Social Media

Originally posted on SocMedia101
Once again, we have a Twitter epidemic. Spam accounts post tweets asking for action or promoting their links and they include as many twitter handles as they can fit. The pick big name Tweeple and little ones.…

Meet Geek Girl Julianne McLaughlin

// January 11th, 2010 // Comments // Interviews, News

Julianne McLaughlin will be teaching workshops on: Podcasting – See all workshops here

1. How and when did you become a Geek Girl?

I became a Geek Girl in 2008 when I attended the first Geek Girl Camp in Hyannis.  A…

Really? America’s ‘Tweethearts’ have to be half-naked?

// January 6th, 2010 // Comments // News, Social Media

By Julie Roads of Writing Roads: Marketing writer, blogger, ghostwriter, consultant and GEEK GIRL! (See you at Geek Girl Camp 2010!)
Really? America’s ‘Tweethearts’ have to be half-naked?
Today was kind of a big day for girls that get their geek on.…

Meet Geek Girl Julie Roads

// January 4th, 2010 // Comments // Interviews, News

Editor: Julie is the first in a series of meeting the “Geek Girls”, getting to know them and what they will be speaking about at Boot Camp! Stay tuned weekly and meet all the Geek Girls!
Julie Roads will be…

Social Media meets Mortality: How do you handle a deceased person’s online presence?

// October 26th, 2009 // Comments // News, Social Media

I had been thinking about this for a long time, especially as people pass away that you know intimately or in a business setting.
What is the appropriate way to handle a deceased person’s online presence on Social Media?
Recently,…

Geek Girl Tech Boot Camp Cape Cod 2010 is Booked!

// October 20th, 2009 // Comments // News

Well, you asked for it. And we are bringing it! So save the date.
We booked the first of our 2010 Geek Girl Camp Boot Camps in the place where it all began; Cape Cod, Massachusetts! And if you think…

Social Media Expert and New York Times Best-Selling Author Chris Brogan Coming to Cape Cod

// September 30th, 2009 // Comments // News

We are so excited to announce that Chris Brogan, social media expert and best-selling author, and all-around nice guy, will be coming to town for an exclusive book signing and social media event! And we could not be more excited!…

People who work under glass ceilings should throw stones

// September 29th, 2009 // Comments // How do I..., Social Media

There’s an old adage that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. But what about those of us who live beneath the glass ceiling?
If you work in certain sectors in particular, you’ve heard the term tossed…

Get stuck on Glue!

// August 6th, 2009 // Comments // News, Social Media

Author’s note: My past posts have been directed to social media applications and tools outside of the leading platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, etc. My aim is to educate everyone on the many ways to connect with people outside just…

How to take a hit on your personal/company brand and come out on top

// April 30th, 2009 // Comments // News

The other day on Twitter, I was following a friend who tweeted about a new contest service a web applications company made for a well known hotel chain. Because my day job involves running a web applications company that creates…

Thoughts on New Media for Non-Profits

// April 22nd, 2009 // Comments // News

We at Geek Girl are very proud of volunteering our time last Friday for a worthwhile event. Suffolk University, the renown Boston school, also has a Cape Cod extension where they put on some pretty cool programs for the locals. This…