Earlier this month Ignite Social Media's fearless leader Jim Tobin put together a post of the Top 50 Branded Facebook Fan Pages for October 2010 that listed Facebook, YouTube and Starbucks as the top three most popular corporate destinations for users. After spending some time...
I am just getting back from speaking at another successful Pubcon and I can say that the conference was a hit. Lots of tracks, lots of content, lots to share. In typical fashion I dont attempt to beef up my session notes in any format...
One of the coolest things about working with Facebook is that the platform is constantly evolving, which means that what we create for Facebook can evolve, too. As an agency, we're always visualizing new ways of presenting content for brands that is engaging, interactive, and...
For any Jimmy Kimmel fans out there, you may or may not have heard about the newest national holiday that he established last Wednesday on his show. November 17th is now National Un-Friend day. ...
Last week several of us tried out the new Deals feature on Facebook Places. Several of us wrote about it on this blog. To some of you, this may seem like overkill on a single topic. However, it's partly because we're passionate about staying up...
In preparing a social media strategy last week, I stumbled on the Engagement DB report prepared by Wetpaint and Altimeter group in 2009, and I must say, the report still has nuggets of insights that are helpful ammunition for most social media marketers....
When Facebook announced last week the launch of Deals - in effect, the missing business component of their Places location-based check-in functionality - almost lost in all the buzz about mobile coupons and loyalty programs was talk of what I think may be one of...
Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death for American women? To be honest, I didn't know that either, until we started working on a collaboration between Nature Made and WomenHeart called 100,000 Heartbeats For Women. ...
I just got back from another great conference put on by the guys at Blueglass. This is their 2nd conference since merging and I must say they are quickly making a name for themselves. They are one of the few conferences I have seen in...
Recently some game changing news hit the social street when Facebook announced "Deals," which finally explains why Facebook's "Places" function unrolled earlier this year. ...
Yesterday Facebook announced the new "Deals" functionality for Facebook places. In a nutshell, this functionality will give local businesses the ability to offer you a deal when you check in to their place on Facebook. So far, this has rolled out to only around...
Around 2007 and 2008, I remember social media marketers harping that the most important thing for a brand to do in the social space was listen and respond to consumers. As we come closer to 2011, I can't help but feel that the most...