4 Sessions I Am Excited to See at Maine StartUp and Create Week
Tomorrow is the beginning of Maine StartUp and Create week. We are so fortunate to have so much support for startups right in our backyard! This is a weeklong event with literally dozens of sessions,...
View ArticleSMBME’s 75th – Thank You!
Last night we celebrated 75 Social Media Breakfast Maine events. We had a special nighttime event at Red Thread, in One City Center. Photo credit: MaineToday Media Reflecting on the night and last 7...
View ArticleWhat Do You Want Your Legacy To Be?
A photo posted by Amanda O’Brien (@amandamaeobrien) on Dec 9, 2016 at 6:28am PST 2016 was a rough year for many of us. The end of the year left a lot of us disappointed, uncertain, and frustrated. I...
View ArticleHow Fire & Company Uses Social Media To Get New Customers
At each Social Media Breakfast, I ask attendees for topics they want to talk about or cool stuff they are seeing locally. I have had a couple people mention the awesome online marketing from Fire &...
View ArticleSMBME on MaineLife
I was asked recently by Jess Knox, from Venture Hall, and Erin Ovalle, from MaineLife, to do a short interview for their Game Changers segment. It was great to spend some time gushing about this little...
View ArticleHow to do Your First Facebook Live Broadcast
We recently had an event where we discussed Facebook Live. I will admit it is something I have not been driven to try. Some people like being behind the camera and some people like being in front of...
View ArticleSMBME is Moving to Rising Tide
I am thrilled to tell you that Social Media Breakfast Maine has a new home. I have some very big goals for 2018 and knew a venue switch was needed to meet those goals. I knew a few major needs were a...
View ArticleGetting Legal Right When Starting Up
Starting a business is hard. I am aware. Starting a business right is even harder. When money is tight, misspending money can literally kill your new business. As I have started a business, I have...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Privacy in 2019
Trevor Hughes from International Association of Privacy Professionals speaking at January 2019 SMBME at Rising Tide. Happy Data Privacy Day! How are you celebrating?!? At our last SMBME, we had Trevor...
View ArticleAsk for 20% More
A lot of us are trying to find our way in the freelance world, gig economy, or are pricing projects inside a company or agency. There is fear about pricing from just about everyone (probably totally...
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