@JoelECarlson: Hello everyone on this gray Spring day in MN. Today’s guest on #jectv is @digitalkvan. Lets get to Tweeting shall we?
Nadia: yea please!
Q – #1 So @digitalkvan, tell us a little bit about your background. Where did you grow up and where did you go to school?
Nadia: I grew up in Toronto. Then I attended university of Victoria for my bachelors then did my Masters of Digital Media ..
Q – #2 What kind of work have you done from when you completed your schooling up until now?
Nadia: since completing school I have been working at Microsoft as an online community manager. I also am having great …
success with @scubadiverlife – a personal project that I have built through social media
along with many other side projects .. I love making websites then growing them using social media
Q – #3 What do you feel drew you to Social Media and being able to connect/communicate with people online?
Nadia: that happened while at Uvic in 2006 when I first got onto Facebook. The real passion came when @Ning was released..
I started building many niche networks using @Ning .. my obsession exploded!!
I love that people are able to have a place to connect online #SocialMedia
Q – #4 Neat. So how did you connect with Microsoft, and what’s your role with them entail?
Nadia: I applied for many social media jobs- it was a perfect fit… They needed to grow their communities for products …
out of research. Duties are community growth, engagement, support, relaying the communities voice, blogs and campaigns
Q – #5 You mentioned your work with @scubadiverlife, explain what that is and also talk about your experience at #sxsw.
Nadia: @scubadiverlife is a blog and community that I started past year. I have grown it to almost 16k for under 1k…
@scubadiverlife is my baby and life project. I have many plans for it.. Just waiting for the right time to implement !
#Sxsw is the most fun anyone could ever have! I love running campaigns there and meeting awesome new people! I hope ..
to never miss #sxsw .. It’s just beyond amazing!
Q – #6 Who did you get to meet for the 1st time at #sxsw? What were some of the events/programs that you enjoyed?
Nadia: you meet everyone and anyone.The networking is my fav.. Some fav events = Mapquest BBQ , Nikon Party, Mashable House..
Q – #7 Lets shift more to you. FAVORITES: Restaurant, comfort food, store, App, recent music download.
Nadia: my fav restaurant is @earls soooo good. Fav store = amazon.com recent digital cd purchase = Adele
Q – #8 To end today, in 1-5 Tweets, what do you see as the future for Social Media as a tool and how it will be used?
Nadia: social media will become a great source for search and ads. Data is so tailored to people’s interest that other …
industries will adapt to personal data and shift to exploring the benefits of such data…
@JoelECarlson: Thank you very much @digitalkvan for your valuable time and your comments today. Have a great week above and under water. :)
Nadia: thank u for the opportunity! I love your twitterviews! Glad to be apart of your program! Have an awesome week!