I'm so over the Vine craze. Can we just call it now. Vine videos are great, they're funny (sometimes) and many can be artistic and even creative, but the fact of the matter is, people don't seem to really like brand produced Vines. Yes, I've read the news. I've seen…
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As you know, I'm a big Halloween fan and I've been watching what some brands have been doing on Halloween and unfortunately I'm also watching what some brands aren't doing on Halloween. In this "live" article, I'm going to be adding videos that are being well received this Halloween. When…
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I keep asking myself this question over and over. I don't understand why the concept of content creation, contextually relevant content that is, has not been a priority for a lot of brands and their agencies. A recent study states that a mere 46% of companies produce any real content.…
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What does a hamburger look like to you? It may look delicious. It may be colorful. But it's not content. It certainly doesn't tell a story. So why would you foist off a picture of a hamburger as content...over and over again? You can post one tomorrow, you can post…
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In her best George Costanza voice, Joyce Evans of Fox29 in Philadelphia is probably asking herself... "should I not have done that...was that wrong?" Evans sent out a very off-color tweet that made her famous on the Interwebs, but for all the wrong reason. Here's her tweet: “Thought ‘Breaking Bad’…
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One day you wake up and realize that it's time to look at your surroundings...and decide that you're being strangled just a bit, day by day, until all at once you can't breathe. So what do you do when you get to that point? You either succumb, or you disrupt.…
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The Monogram Group is a small advertising agency based out of Chicago with much bigger "dreams". Headed by Scott Markman, a 32 year industry vet who founded the company 23 years ago, the agency decided to risk it all and accept an appearance on AMC's show, "The Pitch". Monogram appears…
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Party City is launching a new social media promotion that is sure to cause a lot of their competitors to run like Dracula at sunrise. From all appearances, Party City is ready to "own Halloween". Party City currently operates nearly 800 stores nationwide. The company sells all kinds of party…
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Anthony “Spice” Adams and White Castle are featured at Social Media Week Chicago #SMWWhiteCastle Watch live as Spice, Lynn Blashford, Director of Marketing at White Castle and White Castle Vice-President Jamie Richardson talk about the social promotion that began when Staci Garcia saw the initial Tweet and started the ball…
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There are some days when it's a lot of fun doing business in social media. Today was one of those days. Seeing brands take a shot at participating in the trend of the day brought a lot of laughs. I'm not quite sure anyone did anything mind blowing but that's…
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Building up for one of the world's biggest events, Coca-Cola releases the music video ... The World Is Ours". The video appears to be a collection of user-generated content perhaps curated from Instagram and the piece is one of the most subliminal marketing pieces that I've ever seen. The song…
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Kenneth Cole took to Instagram to address the firestorm of activity that ignited after he published the following Tweet: "Boots on the ground" or not, let's not forget about sandals, pumps and loafers. #Footwear — Kenneth Cole (@KennethCole) September 5, 2013 His Tweet launched a massive response but it may…
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Sometimes we look to hard for data when we actually live it and don't realize it. There's no avoiding the ROI of social. I sometimes think that people feign ignorance about it. It's found everywhere. We go to movies based upon what our peers says. We go to hair stylists…
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You might think that I'm asking a rhetorical question. Although it may seem kind of silly, I'm actually asking you a serious question. Let me say it again in case you blinked past it without regard. What time do you close your website. The answer, for most of us, is…
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Please watch the video above. It's only 4 minutes but it will tell you why some people are losing Twitter followers. In the video, you'll see that I have a bit of an attitude. Well it's because I'm downright offended. I'm actually pissed off. Seems like some people I used…
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