This year was huge for the Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso, which dropped a successful second season over the summer, pulled in seven Emmys, including the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and just released a surprise holiday stop-motion short called “The Missing Christmas Mustache.” If you...

What makes the world of social media go round? The simple answer is… memes! Social media memes bring cheer, joy and laughter to everyday life when used correctly. They’re even more fulfilling during those long work days that seem to be dragging, also known as...

We love a good joke. Ok. We should be honest it doesn’t have to be a good joke, we listen to embarrassingly punny jokes too. The real trick to catch our attention, is having a brand interrupt the norms on social. This month, we’ve rounded up...

I was told I need to write this blog post by my fellow coworkers who insisted I “just need to get it out of [my] system”. Apparently, this is supposed to quell my need to make puns in meetings, and the hallway, and the kitchen,...

Comedy clubs and Saturday Night Live are great and all, but have you noticed how funny the internet is lately? Just take a scroll through Facebook and Twitter, and you’re guaranteed to find a post that immediately makes you LOL and then tag your best...

Another day, another "holiday" on social media. You may think you've seen them all, so test your social media holiday knowledge on whether the examples below are real or fake. No Googling, no hashtag searching … no cheating. The answers are listed at the end...

Establishing your brand voice is critical in the social space. Don’t take my word for it, take Stephanie’s whose blog post was picked up by AdWeek! In a world where there is so much noise, standing out can be a challenge. So, how do you stand...

The great Dr. Seuss once said, “You have to be odd, to be number one,” and while this quote can be interpreted many ways, to me it has always meant that to be the best, you must not be afraid to be a little quirky....

We’ve previously discussed how and when brands should engage with certain holidays through their social media presences. Although, while we’ve offered guidance for social engagement on more conventional holidays, there remains a wide and varied range of wacky, bizarre, and utterly unique holidays out there...

We love when brands think outside of the box and try something a little different in their campaigns on social. You may have read our social media roundup of best in class brand social voices. We’ve put together a few brand examples that made us...

Every so often a new social media platform arises and one cold day while I was sitting in the Toronto airport, Mastodon came to my attention. Since my co-workers had flown out earlier than I and I had some time to kill, I decided why...

Who knew emojis could cause so much debate. But when you’re in the social media industry, emojis are life. The question is, when using emojis in your brand’s social media messaging, how do you punctuate? Do you use the emoji itself as punctuation at the...

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