Social media is a fabulous tool, when it’s used right. But, because of the power and breadth of the social sphere, one mistake can be dangerous. First, lets define what I mean when I say ‘social media’. Social Media encompasses blogging, twitter, facebook, linkedin, technorati, digg, etc… basically, any tool that you can use to connect and share with other indivisuals on the web. Here are...
1. Twouble with Twitterers: yeah, ok, so I may be this bad sometimes…2. Redesigning the Stop sign – if a marketing team was in charge of designing a stop sign…definitely true for some of the large agencies.3. Font Fight – for the Web Geek in all of us (first shown to me by Creative Whirlwind)4. Hulu and Dennis Leary – bliggity blogs, facey spacey’s, tweety...
If you couldn’t tell, I love to write. Absolutely passionate about writing. And it’s something that I do very well (not to sound conceited…). But, great writing isn’t born overnight. It takes practice, effort, training and did I mention practice? All writers have resources that we use when we need to improve our writing, but some writers would prefer not to admit that. I have...
One of the most important parts of social media marketing and blogging is to start a conversation. You can write and write all day, but if no one poses questions or contributes to the conversation, it gets pretty boring pretty quick. Comments are what keep the blog going and what keep a writer motivated through those tough days. The problem is: How do you get...
I love reading blogs, almost as much as I love writing them. Over the last few weeks, I have read some exceptionally great ones. Not a single one came from a social media expert or marketing guru, they all came from people just like you an me, those who are passionate about what they do and it shows in their writing. Here are my favorite...
We know how difficult it can be to get motivated at the end of a long day, after working for hours (whether work that pays you or physical labor on the house…). But, there are ways to keep yourself motivated. 1. Take a break from everything and enjoy browsing the Internet. Most people have lost their enjoyment with the Internet because they spend so much time...
Look around at the people in your life – those who have nothing to do with creativity or your work. Those are the people that are going to give you your next great blog post or idea for an advertisement. 1. IRL friend. Or a friend who isn’t on twitter, linkedin, blogging, stumbleupon, etc. More than likely they are on Facebook, but if they aren’t, even...
Have you ever reached your creative breaking point and wondered where to turn for help? The usual coffee/glass of wine/rock music/running/etc just isn’t cutting it? Try breaking out your favorite tools from when you were 6 (okay, my favorite tools still!): A coloring book and crayons.I am serious! I even talked about how my 10 year old niece reminded me of how powerful coloring can...
Twitter. It’s been talked about incessantly for the last year or two. Everyone who isn’t on it, wants to know what it is. Everyone on it knows how powerful it can be. But – why do you tweet? Anyone ever asked you that one? We do it by the minute, by the hour, by the day and by the event. We cover the important and the...
