Eat, Tweet and Repeat
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
- Twitter Cupcake @ Suisse Shop - Photo copyrighted by cbustasters
I received an interesting post this morning from The Central Ohio Network (CONET) which is a Linkedin group here in Columbus. It is a great resource for networking and sharing about the going ons around town. The post was about a TasteCasting event that was held at the Suisse Shop European Bakery which combined social media networking and food tasting and reviews.
As a self styled foodie and marketing professional I was immediately hooked on the idea of combining the two activities. TasteCasting is the brainchild of CONET member Dan Harris. His idea was to bring socially connected people using social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and Youtube together to help local food service businesses build awareness, announce grand openings, introduce new menu items and generally great buzz about food establishments. What a wonderful marketing idea to leverage the social networks to help out restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries and other food service businesses grow and get the word out about their services.
You can view the photostream of the Tasting on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36498169@N04/sets/72157615602754718/
Or watch this video that was posted on Youtube:
I can vouch for the quality of pastries and tasty culinary creations of the Suisse Shop European Bakery. My perosnal favorite is their Italian Cassatta Cake. They are located at 2119 Polaris Parkway, Columbus OH 43240 (Phone: 614-846-5102). Website: http://www.thesuisseshop.com/
