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Formation SAWI: Spécialiste en médias sociaux et communautés en ligne.
Rédactrice en chef et auteur
Quote Me- "Time flies and the photos I’ve taken get left behind."
- "People always think getting dressed is about putting clothes on. It’s not. It’s a spell..."
- "I was outside, and the rain and the fog smelled nice. They smelled of hope, I think. They smelled..."
- "On apprend toujours mieux de ses propres erreurs que de celles des autres."
- "It’s like watching a train wreck and hanging around to see if there are going to be any..."
Tag Archives: business
BlogTalk 2010: Call for Papers, For You Too!
[fr]Il est encore temps d’envoyer des propositions pour la conférence BlogTalk. Ne ratez pas cette occasion si vous travaillez dans le domaine des médias sociaux ou applications sociales, que vous soyez académique dans le monde des affaires. [en]Like last year, … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged Academic, blogtalk2010, business, call for papers, conference, galway, ireland, Social Media and the Web, Social Software
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Du “droit” de gagner sa vie
[en]A little rant on the fact that when artists fail to make a living, the system or piracy is blamed, as if being an artist and having talent entitled you to make a living with it. There’s no such expectation … Continue reading
Posted in Understanding life and the world
Tagged art, business, coup de gueule, musique, piratage, rant, revenu
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Stuck Reorganizing my Professional Web Presence
[fr]Où Stephanie se prend la tête avec le contenu de son site professionnel et se demande comment elle va bien pouvoir faire.[en]I’m itching to try WPML and clean up stephanie-booth.com, my professional site. It’s a mess. Worse than that, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss
Tagged business, content, information architecture, mess, organization, site, Thinking, web presence, website
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Lift09: Turning Lake Leman into Silicon Valley?
I participated in a Birds of a Feather session earlier, titled How can we make Lac Léman into an entrepreneurial hub? — I found it a little frustrating to start with, but it ended up really lively and interesting. One … Continue reading
Business Thoughts
[fr]Je suis en train de me rendre compte de la valeur qu’il y a à investir dans ce que l’on fait et qui fonctionne déjà. Sans vouloir tirer des boulets rouges sur l’innovation (je serais mal placée), payer le loyer … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss
Tagged business, Consulting, entrepreneuring, freelancing, innovation, life, strategy, Thinking
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A Theory About Freelancers in the Internet Industry
[fr]Une petite théorie à moi qui tente d’expliquer pourquoi l’industrie du web attire tant d’indépendants. En deux mots, c’est une industrie qui bouge très vite, donc les grandes entreprises, plus inertes que les individus, manquent de postes adaptés aux nouvelles … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss
Tagged business, Consulting, Education, Events, evolution, freelancing, goingsolo, internet, Online Culture, Psychology / Sociology, soloist, theory, Thinking, web, workplace
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Marketers and Salespeople: Agents for Freelancers?
[fr]Discussion à SXSW avec mon ami Thomas Vanderwal: existe-t-il des agents pour freelances/consultants? Je rencontre beaucoup d’indépendants (en plus de moi) qui ne se sentent pas à leur aise dans les négociations “commerciales” (préciser le mandat, le salaire, les conditions). … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss
Tagged agent, business, commission, Consulting, freelancing, going solo, money, negotiating, sales, selling, soloist
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Thinking About The Next Going Far Events
[fr]Alors que je commence à penser aux conférences que j’organiserai après Going Solo, je me retrouve saisie par l’angoisse de la transparence. Même si je prêche l’authenticité et la transparence à mes clients, cela ne m’empêche pas d’être moi aussi … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss, Connected Life
Tagged business, cluetrain, company, entrepreneuring, Events, going far, going solo, Online Culture, organizing, partner, planning, transparency
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Quelques pages en français
[en]I’ve added some French content to stephanie-booth.com. One page describing my standardized offer for blogging in business (of course, other packs can be negotiated — this is mainly to help my clients get started). Another detailing private classes I offer … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss, Corporate, My corner of the world, Social Media and the Web
Tagged apprendre, blogging, Blogs et entreprises, bloguer, business, communication, Consulting, corporate, cours, entreprise, formation, initiation, lausanne, New Content, new media, nouveaux médias, Social Media and the Web, suisse romande, training
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Website Pro Day 3: Results!
[fr]Le Website Pro Day 3 a porté ses fruits! Mon site professionnel anglais commence à ressembler à quelque chose. On y arrive! A quand le WPD4?[en]After three days of hard work (which resulted, amongst other things, in a server move, … Continue reading
Posted in Being the boss
Tagged business, freelancing, marketing, New Content, online, presence, stephanie-booth.com, website pro day, wpd3
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