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Introducing Off The Beaten Path - A Walking Podcast

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I'm Not A Social Media Expert

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     I've made it a personal mission of mine to be a more positive person. It's not that I'm a gloomy bastard or an asshole or anything quite that drastic, it just means that I often find myself incredibly frustrated with the efforts, or the perceived lack thereof, of other people. I also get incredibly annoyed by what I consider to be the continuing proliferation and propagation of old, out-dated, antiquated and unreasonable ways of thinking. You may have noticed this with my last few posts. It's something I've been passionately struggling with since I was 19 years old.

     What can I say? I just believe with every part of my being that something greater than this way of life is possible...for everyone. To quote my friend and mentor Daniel Quinn, “If the world is saved, it will be saved by people with changed minds, people with a new vision." So I promise that although I will be transparent in my feelings and ideas I would like to promise you (and myself!) that negativity and angst is not going to be the overall tone of this blog.

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05 · 29

Goodbye Gatekeepers! Hello New Rebel Alliance!

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  I've deemed the so-called "experts" of "proper social media engagement" #Gatekeepers on Twitter but they exist across the Web. You'll know them by the arrogant manner with which they abuse these amazing new communication networks to bully newbies while at the same time propagating and proliferating the same old, antiquated, out-dated and quite frankly piss-poor ideas that have existed from the days of stone-tablets and hieroglyphs. They have a vested interest in making their voice the loudest, even if they're saying nothing. To put it in simple Star Wars terms, if the humanization and personalization of Web 2.0 is "The Force" then they are the #EvilEmpire spreading cultural despair and intellectual destruction throughout the social galaxy.

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Scott Valentine

I'm a storyteller. I'm a passionate creative. I'm a son, husband, father and friend. I'm a small business owner. I'm a dreamer. I'm outside the box. I'm a singer and a songwriter. I'm not a social media "expert" but I have a lot of great thoughts about participating in The Social Revolution. I look to build stronger a more vibrant and supportive small business community in Greater Victoria where I live with my wife and young daughter, Bella. I'm an animist and a realist and an idealist all rolled into one. That - and a helluva lot more.

I own and operate Designs 20/20, The Living Experience under my Nature Nurture Productions company umbrella. I've founded The New Rebel Alliance and Hyperloco. I also publish an incredible (and FREE!) weekly online newsletter called The Sunday Evening Post which is a great resource for small business owners and local lovers in Greater Victoria.

(Please find me on Twitter at @designs2020)

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