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The Podcast tent continues! Kim and Bob talk with Hootsuite’s Kemp Edmonds. We learn a lot of stuff about the organisation and how well it is doing from him and we also talk about BACON the ongoing subtopic in the Podcast tent today!

Here is a sad truth about Kim… she sings this song when she does Hootsuite on her computer. Maybe we should ask the gang down at Hootsuite to make us a special sweet-tooth application to make it even more useful for poor Kim and her sugar needs.

Kemp, is based in Vancouver. Has taught Social Media at BCIT, now works with Hootsuite and is just a great guy. It was a treat for us to chat with him. Learn about all the things Hootsuite brings to the users. Learn more about the free-mium model that Hootsuite recently adopted. One of the great benefits of Hootsuite is that it grows with you and your needs.

We also appreciate Kemp’s wry sense of humour and his work ethic. Nice that those go hand in hand. We admire that in a person.

Bacon is certainly the theme in the tent this day. It makes people happy. Interesting how strips of pig will do that to a person.

Some of us cannot eat bacon… Doctor’s orders. But, we can wear it.

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Hot times in the tent at SMCV11.

In the hot seats are Valerie Lamirande aka @haidasoapgirl and Ronnice Krug aka @Caribbeancabana. Both ladies made the road trip from the Comox Valley to come to the conference.

We creep Bob out talking about peri-menopause. Just love doing that to Bob.

Valerie (on the right) is Kim’s official soap supplier. We get the back story of Valerie’s soaps. Haida Gwaii stories through soap. History, depth and more in a hygiene project. Beautiful items to see and to smell. Too bad there is no smell for this podcast. Valerie tells us more about her soaps…. oil and water and making it mix.

Ronnice (on the left)  talks about Caribbean food – her partner Wain, is a chef/owner of Caribbean Cabana. Amazing food, Wain is gorgeous and they work hard to engage locally and across the Island with their Social Media needs.

We talk JERK. The food, not the creeps. Road trip worthy jerk in Courtney.

Go do the fossil tour in Courtney – then go try the restaurant. A great day to be had.

The ladies also tell us if they like Twitter or Facebook – what did they choose?

Check out these plush Bacon Toys.

Bob brings up the topic of BACON! It started the bacon talk for the day.

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Social Media Camp Victoria 2011 was super fun. Bob and Kim learn some great things from a variety of people at the conference. These people will now forever be know as Social Media Campers.

The reason for campers? Well, Bob and Kim thought they should put the CAMP in Social Media Camp, so they gathered a tent, a tree, marshmallows, toilet paper, wood, podcast equipment and tea, and created the Podcast Tent.

It was a very popular spot and we had the chance to connect with multitudes of interesting folks. It was a treat for us! This is the first of many podcasts we did on the first weekend of June.

We were also delighted we were placed near the washrooms and the green room. This meant we had ready access to tea at all times. Tea is happiness in a cup, did you know that? As we drank so much tea, the location of the washroom was ideal for us. The green room was so close, but we needed to know why it was called a “green room”. Here is the source of all knowledge, Wikipedia. Wiser than the Wizard of Oz, this site has the info. Learn about Green Rooms here – http://www.ask.com/wiki/Green_room.

Our first guest is Laura Barnes. She owns two Serious Coffee locations on Vancouver Island. http://www.seriouscoffee.com/. They do coffee, tea and Kim’s favourite, French Sodas. Laura tells us how they engage with customers for all 26 Serious Coffee locations on Vancouver Island. Their “Tall, Dark and Have Some” campaign rocked Facebook and Twitter. She loved how the public got involved. We learn more about the company and all that they do. Laura talks about how she became the Social Media person for the company.

Bricks and mortar companies can use social media in great ways. Laura Barnes is someone to learn from. We were lucky to have connected with her. We loved it and eager to hear more from her!