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A Trendy New Addition to the Crowded Social Voice Community

October 13th, 2011
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Adriana Gascoigne

A new player has joined the hot social voice community – QWiPS. Alongside Audioboo, Fotobabble and SoundCloud this segment within the technosphere is a big trend right now that could have a significant impact on the way both consumers and bands/marketers use social media. We’ve already embraced multimedia on platforms like Facebook and Twitter through text, images and videos. But what about voice? We know how powerful voice, and even ambient sound, is — the first thing newborns hear are the sounds of the world around them and their parents’ voices. And every day we make calls and record messages for our friends and loved ones. But ultimately, it’s easier to just send that Facebook message, tweet or text. QWiPS lets you do both.

You can go ahead and send that tweet or that picture you captured on your smartphone, but quickly and easily add a sound snippet, or in this instance a short qwip, to go along with it. Imagine you’re on vacation at the beach and you want to send a quick snapshot to your family and friends at home — well you can, and with a short message saying how much you wish they were there and capturing the rolling of the waves in the background. It’s easier and faster to capture and share than a video, but it makes the message that much more special and personal, and a lot more human than a static image.
For brands and marketers, QWiPS allows them to capture that same “humanization” and personal connection, and it adds another layer to social media interactions and conversations. QWiPS’ debut at Fashion’s Night Out is the perfect example. Fashion editors and bloggers who used a beta version of QWiPS were able to take their tweets, pictures and posts from the parties, fashion shows and other events of the night, and bring them to life with the emotion, personality and authenticity of a spoken anecdote or some humor. For consumers and fans worldwide who couldn’t make it to the event, they could feel the excitement of the evening and hear editors, celebrities and designers speaking directly to them even while they stayed at home.
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Tags: Adriana Gascoigne, apps, girls in tech, QWiPS, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, social media, social voice, technology, women in tech
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Girls in Tech CrowdConf2011 Ticket Giveaway!

September 12th, 2011
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Terra Khachooni

Girls in Tech are giving away 3 tickets to the World’s Largest Crowdsourcing Conference, CrowdConf2011. How would you apply the crowdsourcing principles in a unique way?

Jeff Howe of Wired Magazine first coined the term crowdsourcing. Howe explains that because technological advances have allowed for cheap consumer electronics, the gap between professionals and amateurs has been diminished. Companies are then able to take advantage of the talent of the public, and Howe states that “It’s not outsourcing; it’s crowdsourcing.” A less commercial approach was introduced by Henk van Ess in September 2010: “Crowdsourcing is channelling the experts’ desire to solve a problem and then freely sharing the answer with everyone”. More >>>

Girls in Tech would like to offer 3 tickets to our members. To be considered, simply post how you would use crowdsourcing (crowdfunding, crowdwisdom, crowdvoting, or crowdcreation) for your business or any other business out there. It doesn’t have to be a a large submission, simply comment to this post with a few lines of how you would apply the crowdsourcing principles in a unique way. Get creative, think of how the fashion world and television has utilized its concepts, non profits (like Kiva) and how crowdsourcing could possibly grow an organization like Girls in Tech… you can post as many ideas as you’d like. If you do, please post each idea in a separate comment. Post away!

More about CrowdConf2011 >>>

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Applications Hackathon – $25,000 in awards to celebrate DocuSign’s new San Francisco Office

May 2nd, 2011
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Celeste

Come and join e-signature company DocuSign for an applications Hackathon event May 14th and 15th, 2011 celebrating the opening of their new San Francisco office!  The Hackathon will lead up to the DocuSign Summit, with two days of workshops and sessions on May 16 and 17.  Participants will compete for 35 non-stop hours; with a chance to win four cash prizes totaling $25,000 USD.

DocuSign Chief Technology Officer Grant Peterson said he’s looking forward to innovative applications due to the hackathon. “Developers can go way beyond just sending a document for a signature and enable applications to completely control the end-to-end document process,” Peterson said.

The DocuSign API provides interfaces that enable developers to create standalone applications or integrations allowing external applications to send documents for signature, generate custom forms to collect data, report on the status of transactions, and embed the DocuSign signing process directly into other applications, both cloud and software based.

DocuSign Hackathon prizes:

  • Most Innovative App – $10,000 USD Grand Prize
  • Best Consumer App – $5,000 USD Prize
  • Best Enterprise App sponsored by Box.net – $5,000 USD Prize
  • Best Mobile App – $5,000 USD Prize

More Event Info:  Register

Date/Time: 9 a.m. PDT on Saturday, May 14, until 8 p.m. PDT on Sunday, May 15, 2011
DocuSign’s Bay Area offices: 111 Sutter Street, 10th Floor in downtown San Francisco
Co-Sponsors: Twilio API and Box.net
Additional Sponsors: Other sponsors include HTC and Clearwire.  ProgrammableWeb is a media sponsor.
Additional Information: DocuSign Blog

To be part of the hackathon, register at DocuSign today!

 

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Roost Launches at Web 2.0 with Girls in Tech, San Francisco

March 31st, 2011
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Terra Khachooni

Girls in Tech San Francisco chapter Managing Director, Laura Slezinger was party to an exciting launch at Web 2.0 this week. Slezinger, and Girls in Tech are early adapters and on the forefront of new technology and tools. Girls in Tech San Francisco launched its new Facebook Page to be part of a beta testing round prior to the launch of Roost’s Social Marketing Platform. Slezinger, along with Star Varga of Vega Star Productions, and Restaurant owner Joe Hargrave of Tacolicious answered questions on a panel conducted by Chris Brubaker, VP of Marketing for Roost.

Press Release Follows:

ROOST REDUCES TIME SINK AND STRESS CAUSED BY SOCIAL MEDIA WITH NEW SOCIAL MARKETING PLATFORM FOR SMB

Free Social Marketing Tool for Individual Professionals and Small Businesses

First of its Kind Product, Solves the Biggest Headaches: What to Post and When

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – WEB 2.0 EXPO – March 29, 2011 – Roost (www.roost.com, @roost), a technology company committed to helping small business go social, announced its new social marketing platform for Facebook and Twitter at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco today. The Roost freemium productivity tool helps businesses who rely heavily on word of mouth and referrals tap into the power of the social Web more efficiently and more effectively.

Roost solves the nagging problem all business owners face when thinking about social marketing, “what do I post and when do I post it?” To alleviate the stress and time-sink often caused by social media, Roost developed the Campaign Creator which helps professionals plan their social marketing activities in 20 minutes per week. With the Campaign Creator, a user can set the duration and content types (post, link, quote, etc.) for each campaign. Roost automatically provides customized recommendations on post type and frequency to match the length of the campaign and to deliver a variety of content for higher audience engagement.

In addition, Roost’s suggested content feature, a first in this category, solves the problem of what to post with direct access to articles, blogs, quotes and other original content. With the suggested content feature, Roost users can easily queue up content on a daily or weekly basis by accessing a dynamic library of content related to the user’s specific occupational sector and interests. Campaign Creator is also designed to build relationships and attract more business with The Roost Bar. When friends, fans or followers view a shared link, a small, branded bar appears above the article and allows audiences to immediately “like” the user’s Facebook Page.

“Roost Campaigns are critical to disseminating strategic content in an efficient and timely manner to our various Facebook Pages, Groups, and Twitter accounts,” said Laura Slezinger, Managing Director, San Francisco Girls in Tech. “And Roost Circles allows us to connect to our dozens of national and international chapters without having to coordinate manually for each post.”

Unlike existing publishing tools for social networks, Roost is inherently social. Roost Circles, announced today in Beta mode, is a way for SMBs and individual pros to band together with their closest business associates, and by request, share each other’s posts, providing branding and engagement opportunities across each other’s networks. Whether the circle includes employees, favorite customers or vendors, the technology capitalizes on the economically relevant concept that rising tides lift all boats.

“Roost was built for the restaurant, CPA or Realtor, who doesn’t want to spend 10 hours per week on online marketing. They know they need to be on Facebook and Twitter, but they aren’t sure what to do or how to start,” said Alex Chang, CEO of Roost. “Roost is a product for real people who have little to no time, aren’t fully up to speed on all the nuances of social marketing and live and die by referral business. And best of all, it’s free.”

To create real social marketing campaigns, stay top of mind with your existing customers, find new customers and grow your social network for free, sign up at www.roost.com.

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Girls in Tech Flagship Chapter, San Francisco Launches their Facebook Page

March 28th, 2011
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Terra Khachooni

Girls in Tech, San Francisco is migrating their Facebook presence from Groups to Pages. As early adapters, Girls In Tech was first to join Facebook anduse social media in a real way to grow their network and online presence. Facebook has made some changes (and continues to make changes) and it is important to fall in line with where Facebook and social media is taking us. Please follow us on www.facebook.com/GirlsInTech.SanFrancisco as we will have great content for you to pull from for you Pages and of course, stay updated with Events. Groups will still be a place to connect and is a wonderful arena to have private interaction with your members, however as Facebook focuses on building out Pages, it is essential to understand the importance of have a robust Facebook Page.

In reading Mashable’s article how Social is Turning Search on its Head, I realized that although many of us are on Facebook, we may still need to understand how powerful of a tool it can be. And, with all of the changes Facebook makes, it can be hard to keep up.

Reasons why to have a Facebook Page:

  • Facebook Pages are indexed by Google (among other engines)
  • Pages are Public, anyone can “like” your Page and follow you without adding as a friend
  • It is easier to get someone to “like” a Page than to “join” a Group (joining sounds much more like a commitment)
  • You don’t have to accept a friendship to have fans or followers, they can feel connected to you through Pages
  • Pages are crawled as a stand alone website, sites with engagement receives a higher value and will rise to the top of Search Engines over static sites
  • Everyone should have a Page, there are people who are looking for jobs and are using Pages as a way to showcase themselves, independent contractors, social media consultants, as well as restaurants, boutiques, nail salons, bars, etc. Companies are using Pages for brand and image (ex. pictures of non profit work, creating an identity through personal interaction, etc.)
  • Savvy social marketers understand that followers do not want to be “broadcast at” but are engaged in a dialogue with people
  • Facebook is building out it’s analytics for Pages, including Insights and Feedback
  • Pages are cross marketing with each other and growing their reach
  • Facebook is investing heavily to make Pages the best business presence on the web

To all Girls In Tech Groups, it is worth your while to start focusing efforts to Pages. Social Media Examiner recently talks about How to Optimize your Facebook Page and discusses Why Most Businesses Get Facebook Wrong. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to do this. Facebook used to offer a way to migrate to your Page, but it seems they have stopped this option. If anyone knows of a way to migrate a Group to a Page, please let us know! And don’t forget to connect your Facebook account to your Twitter account so you can further your reach. Roost.com makes it easy for you to post once to multiple pages and multiple accounts. – Terra Khachooni

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The U.S. is Gettin’ Bizzy

January 27th, 2011
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Seana Norvell

In less then three months, Mountain View based start up, Bizzy, has registered almost 120,000 local business favorites in the hopes of providing YOU with business recommendations for everything from a lunch spot to a mechanic.

We can all go to Google or Yelp and type in “lunch in San Francisco” or “sushi in Soho” but the thing is, we are all going to get the same results. Even if you like upscale fusion sushi and I like the all you can eat buffet. Bizzy, Bizzy.com, is changing that with their personalized local business recommendation engine powered by people with similar tastes to you.

The favorites that have been shared on Bizzy thus far have been used to make over 650,000 local business recommendations and with every new shared favorite, the recommendations Bizzy makes are getting that much better. So sign up and share Bizzy with your friends and family to get the scoop on where to eat, shop and play.

Bizzy has released lists of the most favorited local restaurants in the top 10 cities gettin’ Bizzy including San Francisco, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, Seattle, Shreveport, La., Boston and Austin, Texas. Visit http://blog.bizzy.com/the-bizziest-cities-in-america to see the lists.

Top 10 Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area
1. Absinthe Brasserie & Bar
2. Pizzeria Delfina
3. Little Star Pizza
4. Yoshi’s San Francisco
5. Nopa
6. Cafe Borrone
7. DishDash
8. Coupa Cafe
9. La Fondue
10. Tied House Brewery & Cafe

Are some of your favorites in that list? Head to http://www.Bizzy.com and enter your favorites to start getting personalized local business recommendations. If you end up trying Bizzy and their recommendations, let them know how it goes! You could win $500 with their “Rec Check Challenge! Oh, and yes, there is an app for that: Bizzy.com/iPhone.

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Tags: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, DC, dinner, eat, Google, Los Angeles, lunch, New York, play, recommendations, restaurants, San Francisco, shop, Washington D.C., win, Yelp
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GIT takes a closer look at WordPress

October 23rd, 2010
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Emma Utstrand

NY Times uses it, Techcrunch uses it, Mashable, Flickr and Ebay use it too. So does Katy Perry, Perez Hilton and Martha Stewart. They all use WordPress for their blogs and websites. Girls in Tech does too and probably many of you as well.

WordPress is today the worlds most used content management system. WordPress 3.0 has been downloaded 12.5 million times and the the hosted WordPress.com has almost 14 million bloggers! For your WordPress site you can choose among 1,200 themes and plug in more than 11,000 different plugins.

A Night on WordPressWith so many users we thought it only right to pay some attention to WordPress by creating an event around the CMS giant. On November 3rd we invite Ann Oyama, web developer and WP consultant  (and electrical engineer!), to talk to us about developing for the WordPress community. We will also get techie and dive head first into a demonstration on how to create custom WordPress websites and how to use custom taxonomies and post types. For newbies to WordPress, like myself, a taxonomy is a way of classifying data, making it easier to organize your content. Post types is another way of managing content in an organized way.

Join us for this event if you are a blogger, developer or interested in learning more about WordPress. This will be a developer-focused event, but will serve as a good, fast, introductory for you who want to learn more about the technical details  behind your blog or site.

Feel free to also send us any WordPress related questions that you would like Ann Oyama to address: info@girlsintech.net, Facebook,  Twitter @GITSF.

Hope to see you at KickLabs November 3rd! Get your tickets here: http://wp2nite.eventbrite.com/

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Tickets almost SOLD OUT & 10% off for GIT!

October 8th, 2010
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Terra Khachooni

WarmGun is offering Girls in Tech 10% off! If you’re in and around San Francisco, you may want to jump on a GIT discount! Click HERE for more details.

It’s no longer enough to have a pretty UI. Face it – you need to make your site convert…wake up and smell the analytics!

Warm Gun: Designing Happiness is a 1-day conference for designers and non-designers about “designing for conversion”. From successful startups like Mint to iconic brands like Apple, design has become increasingly crucial for attracting, retaining, and converting visitors into users, and users into happy customers. The Warm Gun conference will uncover the science behind the art of web design, and demystify the process of designing for both conversion and happiness.

Tickets are almost SOLD OUT — for more info, visit www.warmgun.com or Watch it Live!

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Women in Technology Executive Auction and VIP Closing Party

September 2nd, 2010
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Laurel Kaufman

WITI (Women In Technology International) and Girls in Tech is thrilled to share with you an opportunity to attend the 2010 Annual WITI Foundation Executive Auction and VIP Closing Reception on Tuesday, September 14th during WITI ‘s Annual Women and Technology Summit in San Jose, CA.

The Annual fundraising event is one of WITI’s most celebrated festivities, a fun setting where attendees competitively bid on auction items and one-to-one meetings with Tech’s leading executives from the industry’s most prolific corporations including GEICO, Symantec, eBay, Genentech, McKesson and Charles Schwab.

Executive Auction attendees enjoy food, drink and networking with colleagues and new contacts to propel their careers skyward. At the same time, they will be able to bid on auction packages to benefit the WITI Foundation such as an executive lunch or dinner meeting with Mr. Randy Spratt of McKesson at a Bay Area restaurant of the winner’s choice; plus an iPod Nano, American Express gift card and tickets to the September 16 San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

All proceeds from the Annual Executive Auction and VIP Reception assist the WITI Foundation in our efforts to continue to celebrate the remarkable women who innovate the world around us and to nurture young girls to seek careers in Science and Tech.

Take the opportunity to bid on meetings with:
Raji Arasu,
Vice President, Technology, eBay Inc.
Janice Chaffin, Group President, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec
Laura Ipsen, SVP/GM Smart Grid, Co-Chair EcoBoard, Cisco
Todd Pierce, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Genentech, Inc.
Tama Ruiz, Vice President of Information Systems, GEICO
Randy Spratt, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer, McKesson Corporation
Hugh Westermeyer, Senior Vice President, Technology, The Charles Schwab Corporation

To learn more about our Executive Auction please visit:
http://www.witi.com/center/conferences/2010/summit/auction.php

To learn more about our 2010 Summit Growth Café – San Jose, CA from Sept. 12th – 14th 2010:
http://www.witi.com/center/conferences/2010/summit/

To register to attend our Executive Auction or the entire Summit please visit:
http://www.witi.com/regforms/conference_registration_form.php?id=2490

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Girls in Tech Presents “Why We Love Craigslist” featuring Craig Newmark

August 31st, 2010
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Adriana Gascoigne

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