Welcome to episode eleven!

Run time: 23:32
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A podcast about communities and social media tools

In this episode:
- Eden interviews Ali de Bold from ChickAdvisor
- We talk about Podcamp Halifax
- Introducing the Twitter Song by Michelle Yogis
- We have an addition to the community calendar

Ali de Bold is a third-generation entrepreneur. In 2006, she and her husbandAlex launched ChickAdvisor as a solution for Ali’s constant search forthe perfect hair salon. Since then it has become a thriving onlinecommunity where women share reviews about their favourite stores,products and services.

00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah.
00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby.
00:15 Summary of this episode.
00:26 Eden introduces Ali de Bold
00:51 Eden welcomes Ali de Bold to Community Divas
01:00 Ali explains what ChickAdvisor is and how it got started
01:45 Ali and her husband Alex de Bold created ChickAdvisor
01:50Ali explains her role now. Mentioned: ChickChat TV video series, their Product Review Club and local events such as shop crawls and movienights
03:05 Bridging on-line and off-line communities
03:31 Plans to expland off-line events to places outside of Toronto
04:21 Online community tends to take place in the forums and also the face to face events
04:59 Ali speaks about the geographic location of ChickAdvisor members
05:48 The product review club started when Ali started receiving a lot of products to review
07:02 How the product reviews are conducted
07:36 Eden and Ali discuss how advertisers feel about honest reviews by ChickAdvisor members, and how this builds credibility
08:24 Eden has been part of the product review club
08:44 How is ChickChat TV enhancing ChickAdvisor? Mentioned: Where'd You Get That, Slice, Rogers Media
10:23 Have community members been featured on ChickChat TV?
10:52 Are people watching episodes directly from the website? Mentioned: Rogers Pizza Pizza network; see also press release July 8, 2008
11:19 Has ChickChat TV been driving traffic to the website?
11:39 Eden asks what the relationship is between the blog and the main site
12:41Recently launched re-design of ChickAdvisor to give it a moresophisticated look to better suit its demographic and make some thingsmore user-friendly
13:24 Thoughts on building a community for women
14:09 How many people are using the site - currently just over 100,000 unique visits a month
14:35 Are site visitors staying loyal?
14:50 Keeping visitors on the site - all about the content Mentioned: Google Analytics
15:38ChickAdvisor plans for the future - movie night in February to seeShopaholic and shop crawl in April featuring Canadian designers   
16:35 Eden wraps up the interview
16:38 Eden and Connie discuss Podcamp Halifax mentioned: Third Wednesday in Halifax (see also @thirdwednesday on Twitter), Halifax Public Library
17:45 Connie was interested in how the sessions were held in the library
18:38 Michelle Yogis is someone who we met
19:05 The Twitter Song by Michelle Yogis (thanks, Michelle!!)
21:12 Community Calendar - Podcamp London has been added to the list
21:42 Eden wraps us up
22:00 Podcamp Toronto promo by John Meadows

Community Calendar:

1. Podcamp Toronto  - http://podcamptoronto.org/ - February 21 & 22, 2009
2. Mesh University (meshu) - http://www.meshu.ca/ April 6, 2009
3. Mesh conference; - http://www.meshconference.com April 7 & 8, 2009
4. Podcamp London, London, ON, - http://podcamplondon.com/ April 25, 2009
5. Podcasters Across Borders - Kingston, ON http://www.podcastersacrossborders.com/June 19-21, 2009

Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network.

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