G’day, I’m Jane and this is my first blog for rAVe I’m from Brisbane in Australia and I have worked in A/V for over 16 years, 6 years in staging and rental and 10 years in commercial A/V. I am the owner of Australian Presentation Systems (QLD) we are an audio visual specialist we do anything from your basic boardroom install to full on integrated system.

I am a keen social networker into Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook; I use them to expand my business network and to keep up with my friends and what is going on in the world. I recently had a meeting with my website guy (and friend) who was telling me that I should put the company on Facebook and on twitter.

At the time I had been on twitter as @janetimmins since 2008 and developed a good range of connections, I often thought who would want to follow my company. So I set up @APSQLD with the aim to tweet about new products and maybe A/V related tips. I also set up the Facebook company page, posting photos of jobs that we have done over the years and liking such pages as rAVe publications andInfoComm International. Anyway to cut a long story short, that is how I connected with Gary Kayye and was invited write this blog for the rAVe “blog squad”. From my early days in AV I have know of Gary as an AV guru and have been reading his newsletters for many years. Social media has helped me connect with all sorts of people I would not normally come in contact with at a networking event.

I suppose what I am saying is that if you or your business is not involved in social media then why not?  What have you got to lose? There are a lot of opportunities to be had it is just a matter of putting in the time to develop your brand and your companies brand.

Well, I hope your still reading this, as I thought it might be good for you to understand where I’ve come from and what I do.  I intend to blog about my previous and my day to day experiences in my world of AV as it is Down Under. I am attending a Crestron DigitalMedia Certification – Design course next week I will blog and let you know what it was like.