November no longer simply means the kick-off of the holiday season. It also means it’s time for Movember. The Movember Foundation is a global organization committed to changing the face (literally) of men’s health. Men are challenged to grow their moustaches, and women to support,...

05 November, 2014

As social media marketers we spend a good amount of our time giving advice to our brands about how to be clever and engaging in order to seamlessly join the conversation on social. We steer away from “selling” outright in most cases even, while feverishly...

04 November, 2014

I have to admit that the inspiration for this post came from something one of my clients reported their Facebook rep told them --- that Facebook is not a platform for driving sales.  It's all about buying impressions for your brand but it's not a place...

03 November, 2014

Should Facebook Rooms Become Brands’ Shiny New Toys? Way back in the day, Internet chat rooms were topic based. In social media, profiles are generally aligned with the person, not the topic. Facebook just launched Rooms, a mobile-first system to allow people to gather to discuss...

01 November, 2014

When I first read the term “content shock”, I thought of the word that once followed shock -- jock. History will likely remember Howard Stern as the King of Radio Shock Jocks, one of many controversial broadcasters who would deliberately provoke or offend their audience...

28 October, 2014

  Forums are one of the oldest social elements of the web. Essentially, forums are just threads of comments, links, and media that users can interact with. They are incredibly simple and their user interface usually leaves something to be desired. However, for niche audiences and...

27 October, 2014

IFTTT Expands Twitter Marketing Opportunities The popular automation tool, If This Then That (IFTTT), has announced its partnering with Twitter to allow new actions to be triggered based on Twitter searches, Twitter mentions, and tweets from a specific location. While this integration will open new and...

24 October, 2014

You know what scares a social media manager? Holiday content. It’s amazing how just one day can create such drama. So, here’s the dilemma: Do you partake or do you pass? How can you tie in your brand in an effective way? Should you be...

22 October, 2014

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Similar to this old adage, we don’t know who should own a brand’s social presence: public relations or social media marketing? It seems like the answer is right in the question. Truth is, social media marketing was...

20 October, 2014