I am very excited to be one of the featured experts on ITbusiness.ca’s twitter chat at 1pm ET today (March 20).You can learn more about the Twitter Chat here: http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/bitcoinitb-an-itbusiness-ca-twitter-chat/47210Be sure to follow along with the action using the hashtag #BitcoinITBWhile Bitcoin has been around for a while, in the past several months it has really picked up a lot of media attention.The adoption of Bitcoin has been an amazing thing to witness as businesses of all shapes, sizes and geographic locations start to use this cryptocurrency alongside traditional currencies.Elite Email customers may recall that we were the first ESP in the world to start accepting Bitcoin for our email marketing subscriptions. While we were excited to be the first ones to dive in, it also gave us some great insight into how this new digital currency affects businesses. (See our Bitcoin acceptance blog post)Currently Elite Email has subscribes in different parts of the world paying in Bitcoin and we actually pay some suppliers in Bitcoin as well. It will be interesting to see how (or if) Bitcoin will become even more mainstream.I’m sure today’s Twitter chat will be very interesting and I hope you can join in.
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Robert Burko
Robert Burko is CEO and Founder of Elite Digital, a leading digital marketing agency in North America. With 20 years of experience, he currently leads over 95 people across multiple countries and is recognized as one of Canada's chief digital marketing specialists. As a key thought-leader in the marketing industry and award-winning entrepreneur, Burko has appeared on national television, radio, podcasts, and in countless print publications and blogs across North America. He is also a professor of Digital Marketing & Social Media in Toronto.