Comments for Dawn Comber

Comment on Social Media and Social Activism by dandelionweb

dandelionweb — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:43:10 +0000

Wow this is inspiring Dawn. Your daughter's a natural at PR. Nice to see her using social media and traditional media to promote a good cause and inspire her peers.

Comment on Social Media and Social Activism by dandelionweb

dandelionweb — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:43:10 +0000

Wow this is inspiring Dawn. Your daughter's a natural at PR. Nice to see her using social media and traditional media to promote a good cause and inspire her peers.

Comment on Blogging and Social Media (a la WordCamp Toronto 2010) by dawn

dawn — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:51:16 +0000

Hi Janet, great meeting you too. You're right on target about being genuine and social. Maybe we could start a blogosphere campaign for Noise Reduction.

Comment on Blogging and Social Media (a la WordCamp Toronto 2010) by dawn

dawn — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:46:32 +0000

Ruth, I agree that Jeremy’s talk set the tone for WordCamp and online. Thanks for stopping by.

Comment on Blogging and Social Media (a la WordCamp Toronto 2010) by Janet Barclay

Janet Barclay — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:29:56 +0000

Dawn, I enjoyed meeting you (however briefly) and also found Jeremy’s presentation to be a great kickoff to the entire event.

There is an awful lot of noise out there, but instead of giving up on social media, if we take Jeremy’s suggestions and remember to be genuine and be social, we should attract followers who are like that too – hmm, just like in “real” life!

Comment on Blogging and Social Media (a la WordCamp Toronto 2010) by Ruth Maude

Ruth Maude — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:34:32 +0000

Hi Dawn,

Nice to read your comments from WordCamp. I too liked Jeremy’s talk and felt that it really set a great tone for our interactions in person at WordCamp as well as online. It was a very appropriate keynote address.

~ Ruth

Comment on Blogging and Social Media (a la WordCamp Toronto 2010) by dawn

dawn — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:26:24 +0000

I’m glad that I made your day. Keep on noodling – we humans are so forgetful and our motives are so mixed. We need to be reminded to stay focused on what’s important. Thanks.

Comment on Blogging and Social Media (a la WordCamp Toronto 2010) by Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:18:15 +0000

Wow, I guess the talk worked, eh?

Honestly, though, you can never tell from stage, so I really appreciate that the talk helped you. So thank you so very, very much for this post, it really made my day!

I think your language around “cheapening” social media is exactly what I was driving at, but couldn’t find the words for. This is something I’ve been noodling on a lot. As you said, it’s not something we can change for others, but it IS something we can change in ourselves.

I’m just generally a fan of people a) being more human; b) giving a damn; and c) being okay with failing.

Best of luck, and stay in touch on Twitter / whatnot!

Comment on DMOZ, ODP, Link Juice, Page Rank and SEO by Ruth Maude

Ruth Maude — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:58:23 +0000

Dawn you make good points. Google’s webmaster guidelines used to say “Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project…” This was removed in 2008 suggesting that, at least as far as Google is concerned, backlinks from directories such as the O.D.P. have less value now. I just don’t know that I’m interested in investing time submitting and monitoring site listings with the O.D.P any more.

Comment on Difficult Conversations by dawn

dawn — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:21:31 +0000

Your responses are not uncommon. Have you thought about having a conversation with your husband or one of your children about the way they speak to you? You will want to have the conversation at a time when they haven’t spoken sharply to you but at a time when you can genuinely be curious and open to their comments.