I can’t believe that it’s been a year since I started my blog.  It’s crazy to think about where I was when I started it and where I am now.  I was a skeptical at first about putting myself out there onto the internet for everyone to read, but I’m really glad I did.  I’ve met some really great friends through blogging and even started a blog division for my agency.

A big thank you to everyone who has read, commented and supported my blog   You make my day!

I can’t wait to see what the next year will bring.

Sean Ward, one of my newest business co-horts, caught me on video the other night at Casie’s house after our SMWTO event and asked me some questions about the launch of my New Media Division.  Check out the video and interview here

Meet Carly-Anne Fairlie of The Fairlie Agency. Carly-Anne noticed that most of the work was going to the people on her roster who are active on Youtube and social media so the natual thing to do was to go full-force. The founded the Toronto Blog Stars and now she represents Raymi, Casie, and me. Stay tuned for the announcement of our first big event together.

Thank you Sean for posting about me & the agency!

Yesterday  I went to the Social Media Trends in 2010 presentation to hear Scott Stratton speak.  He runs a company called UnMarketing and I was really looking forward to hearing what he had to say.  I went with Currybomb and we just made it in time, luckily Casie had saved us seats.

I was really impressed with Scott’s presentation.  He was very engaging and I actually took notes and learned a lot.  If you follow me on Twitter you likely saw my favourite quotes of the evening:

“Twitter is my trusted Google”

“Twitter is like a water cooler for Entrepreneurs”

“If you don’t know who the creepy dude is in your office, you are the creepy dude”

He really gets social media and his philosophy “stop marketing, start engaging” makes sense.  Scott/UnMarketing started on Twitter in Jan 2009 and logged 7,000 tweets in his first month to be relevant.  This hard work earned him a book deal and I am definitely going to read it when it comes out.  Thanks to UnMarketing & Refresh Events for putting on a great event.

Afterwards I went with Sean, new friend Sheldon & Casie to her house for a food and a hang before Kathryn picked my up to go to our next event.  It was a blast hanging with you guys and we’ll have to do it again soon!

If so, then please nominate my blog for the Best New Blog in the 2010 Bloggies.

It’s super easy to do and you don’t have to register for anything, just enter in your email address.

Click HERE and look for this nomination form:

Type in my info:

NOMINEE: kaponetwo
URL: http://www.kaponetwo.com/

You have to make 3 nominations, so add me and any two other blogs you like.  There are a bunch of different categories to choose from.  Feel free to nominate a blog from my Favourite Blogs on the sidebar.

Thank you!

I’m on a roll right now.  Just had a really good Skype hang with Casie and am feeling so excited and positive about this year.  I’m catching up on all my posts from the past few weeks and am working hard on redesigning my blog layout, again.  I decided that I really want to do it on my own and that means I’ll have to learn a lot of things myself.  I’m a fast learner and know the basics so I think I’ll be ok, and I’ve found out that if you ask for help and advice online, people respond pretty fast.

I’m not really a resolution type of person, more of a “set goals and try to achieve them” type, so here are the goals I’ve made for myself so far this year.

• Sew more clothing for myself
• Create more quality content for my blog.
• Design a blog identity – layout, logo and header.
• Get my office set up so it is a more productive space.
• Organize my business to run more efficiently and set goals.
• Use a hard copy day planner again – I have been trying to get my hands on a 2010 Moleskin Color A Month – anyone know where I can get one in Toronto?  I can’t get one from the US for 2-3 months now.
• Take more “Me” time – try to take at least an hour a day where I am unplugged and unavailable.
• Find a good, local Yoga class or instructor at practice at least once a week
• Live a greener lifestyle and try to influence those around me to adopt greener practices
• Get involved with a charity – I just have to pick one, or ones.  Suggestions are more than welcome,
• Cook more and eat a more balanced vegetarian diet.  I’m a sucker for pasta every night.
• Go on my first all-inclusive, exotic vacation (I’ve only been to England and all over North America).  I don’t really care where, just somewhere there is sun, sand and water that I can see the bottom of.
• UPDATE: Another goal was to get my blog a PageRank and I just went to check it out and I went from 0 to 2 in the last month!  Thank you
  

I feel like this is a good start.  I’ve enjoyed my staycation the past week and cannot wait to get back to work on Monday.

Have you set any goals for the year?