Social Media Strategy and Training - specializing in restaurants and entrepreneurs
Today I stumbled across a reminder about a great organization/event for restaurants looking for a way to give back to the community – and really, shouldn’t we all be doing that? The event is called Dining Out For Life, and it’s produced by the Lifelong Aids Alliance, which provides a variety of care services to [...]
Do you remember where you met your significant other? Do you remember how you found your favorite restaurant or bar or hangout? For most of us, the answer is yes or at least “I’m pretty sure it was…” Okay, that’s good enough for the purpose of this column! My point is that meeting places are [...]
It’s that time to review highlights of the past year, and it’s very easy for me to identify the overarching bright shiny object for me – Twitter! I reluctantly and skeptically entered the Twitterverse March 18, 2009 (I checked!), largely due to the advice from one of my highly respected advisor/friends, Betsy Talbot. The thought of expanding my [...]
YOU ARE WHAT YOU TWEET! Using Twitter as your recipe for online success Monday, October 19, 2009 Mayflower Park Hotel, Seattle 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm $50 for early-bird registrations (by Oct. 9); $65 after Oct. 9/at the door (if space available) http://youarewhatyoutweet.eventbrite.com/ As a restaurant, chef or food company, do you dream of: Being [...]
I’ve always wanted to be like those characters on the old TV show “Cheers”, or to be more specific, I wanted what the theme song promised “you want to go where everybody knows your name”. And so that is why I now want to be Angela Shen (right) when I grow up. Seriously. As the founder [...]
Welcome! I am a social media strategist and trainer, and have helped hundreds of restaurants, food companies, and entrepreneurs increase their customer base and gain visibility through Twitter, Facebook, blogging and other social media tools.
As an entrepreneur who operated my own successful personal chef business (The Incredible Chef) for 6 years and also enjoyed 15 years in corporate and sports marketing/PR, I create powerful strategies to blend online and offline marketing activities for businesses. I have a particular passion and expertise in working with restaurants and food-related businesses, and have married my two primary loves – food and marketing – into one very smart business!