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Sprout Up is a free monthly event for forward-thinking Toronto area entrepreneurs to gather and mind-meld. This month’s event features HootSuite’s Ryan Holmes.

I mention this for a few reasons. First, I’ve been talking to Toronto-area dating sites about a special dating event being put together up north and I bet that Sprout Up would be a good place to meet other entrepreneurs and network.

Secondly, Hootsuite has been on my mind lately. I’ve been using it and a few other services as a testbed before I begin to officially recommend to clients. As a matter of fact, someone just told me about yet another social media tracking service that’s charging thousands of dollars a month to publish and track what’s being said about brands online. That’s fine if you have money to burn, but guess what, go sign up for HootSuite or CoTweet and you can get pretty much the same thing for free (for now).