Episode 8: Social Media and Self-Care

In Episode 8 of Don't Call Me a Guru, Linda and Tyler chat with Deepika Mittra, a therapist, stress expert and self-care advocate who recently authored "Social Media & Technology: How to Use it Without Being Consumed By It." Deepika shared some fantastic insights around managing social media use and the role social media marketers play in the rise …

Episode 7: All the Stories

In Episode 7 of Don't Call Me a Guru, Linda and Tyler discuss ALL the social media Stories - Snapchat Stories, Facebook Stories, Instagram Stories, Messenger Stories Day - why all the copycatting? Which Stories should you be using? What should your Stories strategy be? What are the differences? What do Story features mean for organizations and their social media efforts?  Listen …

Episode 6: Is Twitter Dead? (Hint: No)

In Episode 6 of Don't Call Me a Guru, we are joined by Jennifer Hollett, Twitter Canada's Head of News. Jennifer was the keynote speaker at iMEDIA conference in March. We spoke with Jennifer about Twitter abuse/harassment, impactful hashtag use (including using hashtags for movements and making hashtags work for your brand), and Jennifer answered the question: …

Episode 5: Livestreaming

In Episode 5 of Don't Call Me a Guru, Tyler and Linda have a chat about all things Live Video - how to use it, why you'd use it, what you need to know before you start livestreaming, and content/strategy approach and suggestions. Listen the podcast below, and/or subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or Google Play! And …

Episode 4: How are Teens Using Social Media?

In Episode 3 of Don’t Call Me a Guru, we talk year-end social media highlights and look forward to what social media trends or features might become more commonplace in 2017. We also chat with leading, local political blogger Dave Cournoyer of daveberta.ca about a range of social media and politics topics. Dave is an Edmonton-based […]

Episode 3: Politics and Social Media

In Episode 3 of Don't Call Me a Guru, we talk year-end social media highlights and look forward to what social media trends or features might become more commonplace in 2017. We also chat with leading, local political blogger Dave Cournoyer of daveberta.ca about a range of social media and politics topics. Dave is an Edmonton-based …

Episode 2: Social Media for Non-Profits

In Episode 2 of Don't Call Me a Guru, we have a great conversation about social media in the non-profit sector with Devin Komarniski, Marketing and Communications Manager at the Bissell Centre. Devin has worked in Edmonton’s non-profit sector for over 10 years, focusing the last six in marketing and communications for Hope Mission and …

Episode 1: The Beginning

Welcome to Don't Call Me a Guru! Two friends who spend a lot of time on and thinking about social media decided they wanted to get together to record a social media podcast. This is it! We are Tyler Jack Butler (@tylerjackbutler) and Linda Hoang (@lindork).   We'll be putting out a new episode at …