Originally posted on IZEA. Who has “mommy blogger” in their marketing plan? I raised my hand too. Connecting with the right bloggers should be in every brand’s playbook. The “mommy blogger” in particular has become the Holy Grail. Why? Some time ago marketers finally figured out two important facts about how products are purchased: 1.…
Does your brand have an abandoned community lingering somewhere in the socialsphere? You’re not alone. Many marketers are guilty of it at one time or another. Sometimes unknowingly. An “abandoned community” is a Facebook, Twitter, or other online community created by a brand, or someone authorized or not representing it, that is eventually neglected. There…
Content creation has become a very crucial role for marketers over the past few years, and it doesn’t look like a role that will be going away anytime soon. Whether you’re managing content, creating a presentation, writing a blog post, or developing copy for social media, there is no doubt that you have to be on your…
Remember when the fail whale made history? Ever since I have become obsessed with funny error messages and have kept a log of them here on the blog for a few years now. They are a trivial thing when it comes to a brand’s website design until you are surprised by one that is simply…
It’s not enough to say 2012 was a good year for social media. It was an amazing year. As marketers we embarked on many new experiences from curating photo boards for Pinterest, to arming employees with iPhones to join the Instagram mobile photo movement. I was delighted to come upon this infographic inspired by a…
On January 15th Facebook made its latest big announcement unveiling their new search engine called Graph Search. Now that they’ve collected tons of information through Open Graph (essentially the LIKE button that logs our interests) and location information in Places, our photos and posts, they are making it easy to sort through it to find…
It happened so fast. Social media has crept into the mainstream over the last twelve years. Crept? OK, that’s not a good word. Let’s call it launch bombed. Like 007 landing at the party in a big parachute. While arguably social media in the form of two-way communication online was developed as early as the…
10. Blog regularly Most of us have a blog at this stage, and if you don’t you’re missing out on opportunities to feed your audience and Google freshly squeezed content. The challenge with blogging is keeping up with it. Make a resolution in 2013 to put your blog on a schedule and post regularly. When…
Changes to Instagram’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service were announced Monday and it took just hours for the community to dive into a tailspin. Much of the to-do was about content rights and personal photos being used in advertising. Can you imagine your personal Instagram photo that you thought only your mobile followers would…
Do you ever look at what another brand is doing and sigh, “I wish I had thought of that”? Sometimes it’s not about how many hours you put into it or trying harder. It’s working smarter and becoming more open and creative. You never know what will take off when it comes to engaging with…
