The Armadillo Studios Blog

Are You There Social Media? It's Me Conflict! | Aug 12, 06:54 AM

Last year around this time, I was luckily enough to be asked by Alex Lemanski, of bitfyre fame, to partake in a panel proposal for SXSW 2010 on the meat and bones of freelancing called Leave Your Job, Start An Agency. A year later and after a very well received SXSW panel, I am fortunate enough once again to be asked to partake in another panel proposal for SXSW 2010 called Are You There Social Media? It’s Me Conflict!

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Topic: sxswi-2011 || Fresh-Ideas

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The Music-Critic Podcast | May 4, 07:55 AM

If you’re a lover of new music, one of our long-standing clients Music-critic.ca, is probably one of the best places to find out the latest bands. Over the past five years, Armadillo Studios has been constantly working with Nathan Atnikov (the owner and editor) to improve the web site and help spread the word about their fantastic reviews.

This week, Music-critic took another giant leap into the digital realm with the launch of it’s own weekly Podcast.

Hosted by Nathan, this new weekly podcast will highlight some of the best new tracks being released from well known and undiscovered artists. So if you’re looking for some new music to fill your iPods and iPhones, make sure you go to iTunes and subscribe to the new and a 100% fresh Music-critic.ca podcast.

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Topic: Client-Releases || Fresh-Ideas

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Free Social Media Advice for Local Politicians | Feb 24, 08:45 AM

News of Bronco Dave’s decision to not run in the next round of civic elections has sent a bit of a political shockwave through the circles of political pundits and social media networks in our fair city.

While this buzz grows, plans will be formed and serious candidates will start to come out of the woodwork. So as they do they will inevitably turn to the growing local Social Media communities to get their voice heard. So in anticipation of that, your friendly friends at Armadillo have some free advice on how to best get your message heard and better yet, not have it backfire.

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Topic: twitter-for-businesses || Fresh-Ideas

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Foursquare Starts To Make Waves In Calgary & Edmonton | Jan 26, 08:32 AM

Much has been made of the Geo-locational social application Foursquare since it’s launch into the Calgary and Edmonton markets in November of last year. The application has been garnishing a bit of buzz in the local tech communities and it is now poised for it’s big breakout role within our cities. Because of which local businesses should really start taking note.

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Topic: Fresh-Ideas || Trends-in-The-Industry

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Shel Israel's Twitterville | Nov 4, 04:52 PM

A month ago Shel Israel swung through Calgary on a promotional stop for his latest book, Twitterville. Intrigued by his previous work, Naked Conversations with Robert Scroble, Half of the Armadillo team attended his talk to see what Shel had to say about on twitter. Shel spent the evening doing what he does best; regaling the audience with anecdote after anecdote about the growing importance of Twitter for business (and to a lesser extent society). Needless to say, very few attendees of left without a copy of twitterville under their arm.

Shel is a gifted story teller and Twitterville is nothing short of enthralling and inspiring. From a business perspective if you are looking to properly explore the world of Social Marketing, in particular Twitter, consider picking up a copy.

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Topic: twitter-for-businesses || Fresh-Ideas

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