Social Media Strategy Articles

Guy Kawasaki started this. In a recent post-webinar Twitter chat with Facebook guru Mari Smith, Guy noted the lessons that marketers could learn from watching Justin Bieber’s movie, Never Say Never. And after viewing it myself, Guy was spot on. What … Read More


In the film Up in the Air, George Clooney advises his protégée to utilize profiling to get through the airport security line quicker. He defends his move, quipping, “I’m like my mother, I stereotype. It’s faster.” Sometimes, when things are … Read More


Rules help us make sense of the world. Go out and be productive during the day when the sun is up and rest your body when it’s dark out. Rules keep us safe. Stay on the right side of the … Read More


A New Year brings new opportunities for your business. Among these, one that is sure to be a resolution on many to-do lists is taking social media to the next level. You are tweeting, friending, liking, tagging, blogging, and creating content to build your … Read More


Why Not?

June 30, 2009

I love the Robert Kennedy quote about how he looked at “things that never were and asked why not.” Why not is a great question. I love flipping it back onto others when a new idea is on the table. … Read More


I love snacks. Snacks are great because they’re … well, snacks. Small in size, sweet or salty. One of my favorite pieces of new media marketing vernacular is “info snacking.” For those un-indoctrinated, info snacking speaks to all of the … Read More


Table Scraps

June 15, 2009

Our Facebook movement is just a weekend old and already there is news in the form of this post from Mashable. The executive summary is that Facebook has responded — no doubt spurred to action by our incredibly small, er … Read More


Due to advances in technology and perhaps accelerated by the economic downturn, online/social media is quickly overtaking other traditional forms of staying in touch with those who want to hear from you — namely your customers. One can’t simply have … Read More


Say It with Video

March 24, 2009

In our last post we talked about our mantra for employing online video (borrowing a bit from the folks at FTD) — say it with video. We took some of our own advice and used video for our newly added … Read More


“There’s a Fan!”

February 6, 2009

Sorry to get you excited. I have no cool way to tie Harry Caray into an advertising blog post. Don’t get me wrong. I really think it could be done. Harry was on the mind as I was creating a … Read More


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