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Social Hour- Amber Mac and Sarah Lane Live in Petaluma

December 4th, 2012 · AmberMac

Powerfriending author and Co-Host Amber Mac

Amber Mac and Sarah Lane did their first show with both in the same location recently.

Social Hour Episode 85

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Social Hour Episode Episode 79

September 30th, 2012 · AmberMac

Amber & Sarah on Facebook deleting search history and fake accounts, MySpace’s comeback, LinkedIn endorsements, Gangnam tops views, Twitter profile tips, better Foursquare maps, & more!

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Social Hour

August 9th, 2012 · AmberMac

The Social Hour-Episode 71

The Social Hour – Digg Relaunch, LinkedIn and Yelp Win, Maily for Kids

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AmberMac at Social Mix 2012

July 29th, 2012 · AmberMac

Powerfriending author, AmberMac, was the opening keynote speaker, along with Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee in Toronto at the Social Mix 2012 conference presented by Jugnoo.me.

AmberMac -Social Media for Entrepreneurs – 7 Steps to Success

Her oresentation Social Media for Entrepreneurs – 7 Steps to Success gave advice on how business can work with social media and gave a number of ideas and case studies to the participants.

Follow the Social Mix buzz about Amber Mac’s keynote on Epilogger: http://epilogger.com/events/social-mix-2012/Search/ambermac

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AmberMac State of the Digital Space 2012

January 16th, 2012 · AmberMac, PowerFriending

AmberMac on VP Digital

PowerFriending’s author is interviewed for a video show by VP Digital on Viafoura. See the complete interview below

She sort of gives a “State of the Union” message on digital from her perspective as an innovator and keen follower of the space. It is a perspective that she can uniquely share because of her experience as an author, ux specialist in answer to her interviewer. She is a digital columnist for The Globe and Mail in Trending Tech, a co-host on two highly followed video podcasts The Social Hour and Command N, a broadcaster on CTV and a strategist in digital for her firm MGIMedia, a Canadian leader in the Digital Strategy space.

Amber MacArthur – Technology Host, Journalist, and Strategist from Viafoura on Vimeo.

New book Coming ?

And it appears we may have another masterpiece in the oven with a new book. Although Amber does not fully reveal if the next “book” will be in hardcover or online we see her own actions reflecting the changes in the market and await eagerly the outcome. The concept of book publishers publishing hardcovers versus digital online self-published multimedia efforts are undergoing massive change and Amber pointed to children’s interactive books as a classic example of changes. Also discussed was the disruption to the market from large players like Amazon delivering directly and by-passing the retail shops As an author she looks to advice from her readers at how they wish to get her content, and knowing this trendsetter in her wisdom she will make the right moves.

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You Tube will grow in 2012

The explosion of video will continue in 2012 with You Tube being the biggest player, in conjunction with its other properties such as Google + being able to allow sharing directly, in addition to the integration with the manu other social properties. You Tube will have more direct competition in online video with the emergence of new models from the old established TV networks like CBS which already has made headway with quality productions being offered.

Social Networks Evolving

Facebook, Twitter,Google + are all on the scene with Facebook evolving with its business model quite well.New entries to the market are allowing it to get broadened at at the top by the big players with unique niche sites like Quora and Path springing off for distinct communities.

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Power Friending in Polish: E-Przyjaciele

August 15th, 2011 · PowerFriending

Power Friending now has a Polish edition entitled “E-Przyjaciele”

E-Przyjaciele

Polish Edition of Power Friending

A power to be reckoned with from Leslieville to Kracow, AmberMac.

E-Przyjaciele

E-Przyjaciele Polish Edition of AmberMac's Power Friending

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The Social Hour on TWIT.tv | AmberMac

March 29th, 2011 · PowerFriending

AmberMac..now into 40th Episode

Powerfriending author AmberMac has teamed up with Sarah Lane to do a new podcast on the TWIT.tv network. The show will be a continuance from the ever popular Net@Night with Amber and Leo Laporte that has already had a long history with over 190 episodes. Lane filled in on net@night during Amber’s maternity leave and has been on and off with Amber and the show since then filling in when Leo was unavailable.

AmberMac and Sarah Lane- The Social Hour

The two are a dynamic duo from different countries although both are well travelled and are usually in the center of the tech and social media scene both in the Silicon Valley and the thriving scene in Toronto where Amber is based..
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I watched the first live version of The Social Hour and think it will be fun for anyone who wants to know the news now in social and a bit of the why and how behind it.

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Tell to Win by Peter Guber

February 23rd, 2011 · Peter Guber

Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story

Why another book review on the Powerfriending.org site? Simple answer one of Powerfriending’s big supporters is Tony Robbins who did a video telling us what a super person AmberMac is and why we should listen to her. I just got an email with a small video from the same Tony Robbins today encouraging me to look at Peter Guber’s new book, with almost the same fervor. The book is entitled Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story

Any smart marketer knows that the best way to succeed in their objective is to tell a story that explains the idea better than any set of data points or PowerPoint slides sets could on the merits of the idea. Tell to Win…The Hidden Power of Story is the way that we all learned at our Daddy’s knee and it is the way that most of us learned our life lessons all along.

Tell to Win

Peter Guber Author Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story

Peter Guber , the author is the former chairman of Sony Pictures and current CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group. Guber illustrates how powerful storytelling—about yourself or your product—can be the ultimate tool to get the meeting, engage the listener, and close the deal. With brisk and readable anecdotes, the author relates what he’s seen and learned in Hollywood, and how his celebrated friends—Bill Clinton, the Dalai Lama, Arianna Huffington, Nelson Mandela, and Frank Sinatra—impressed upon him the power of a well-crafted story or appeal.

Tell to Win Author Peter Guber

The celebrity name-dropping lends some glitter to Guber’s very reasonable precepts: as he urges the reader to harness the power of metaphor in crafting the core narrative of a pitch or advertising campaign, he refers to how Michael Jackson taught him about drama by making him watch a python slowly stalk a helpless mouse, and how KISS frontman Gene Simmons, son of Holocaust survivors, used his backstory to fuel his ambition and his business strategy. This valuable and inspiring book will help readers deliver an authentic and meaningful story to customers, colleagues, or prospective clients.

Tell to Win Teaches Us How To Spin a Good Tale

Good storytelling begets good understanding as the reader feels the story on an emotional level. I think it is often interesting to look who makes pre-sale comments on new books. I heard about this title from an email from Tony Robbins who told me the story of how Guber had been such an influence on his life, not only as a friend and a mentor .but also from the spinning of great stories which moved Robbins, who is no slouch in the storytelling and personal development world. Guber’s book Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story is available March 1 at online sources and bookstores. If you want to preorder this book, Tell to Win you can do it now at Amazon,Barnes&Noble or many other fine booksellers.

Tell to Win Peter Guber

Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story

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Power Friending is Everywhere

December 21st, 2010 · Buy Powerfriending Now, PowerFriending

Power Friending Fans

are absolutely everywhere. Toronto Photographer and Video Artist Denise Jones is just another of the many satisfied readers and shows us.

In the picture below the talented Ms. Jones was relaxing poolside in the south and catching some sun along with reading one of her favorite books.Power Friending

Power Friending Shines

Ever the social person that Denise is she posted this pic on Facebook with an encouragement for people to go out and get it and read it, if they had not done so already. The picture is very nice for all of us in Ontario’s snowy winter but the wise thought did not escape us.

Get Your Copy of Power Friending

Curl up where it is warm and cozy and read your copy now. It is available in fine bookstores everywhere and if you want to order it to show on your doorstep click on any of the book covers on your right.

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