October 30, 2010
A Social Media Halloween
Hey all you social media fans! Halloween is around the corner and by now everyone probably has their costumes picked out. You don’t!? Well, don’t worry. There have been plenty of creative people out there who came up with ideas to incorporate their love for social media with their love for Halloween to help you out with some ideas. Mashable held a contest to see who could come up with the best social media inspired costume. The results were definitely…
October 26, 2010
HowMutch would you pay?
HowMutch.com is a new Q&A site only asks one type of question: How much would you pay, or would someone have to pay you, to do…? The site asks you fun and completely random questions about how much you would pay for different activities, services and scenarios. After you answer, it tells you how your price compares to the median price everyone else who had answered the same question gave. You can also see more stats or ask your friends…
October 25, 2010
Office On-the-Go
For all you workaholics out there, we all know you wish you could be doing your job 24/7, but there are only so many resources you can use on the go. Smart phones have opened up a world of mobile business, but there are still some limitations to what you can do. Sometimes you just need your desk, but can you carry your office around with you? Now you can! Portable office desks are the new innovation for work-crazed businesses…
October 22, 2010
Starbucks Launches Digital Network, Gives You Six New Reasons to Drink a Second Cup
Each month, tens of millions of Starbucks fans flock to their local branch for coffee, pastries, and free Wi-Fi. Now, Starbucks is taking their in-store digital experience to the next level with the Starbucks Digital Network (SDN), which went live at 6,800 locations Wednesday. The network, which appears on the welcome screen when you connect to Starbucks Wi-Fi, features six channels with exclusive and personalized content. The SDN is also available for smartphones and tablets in addition to laptops, so…
October 19, 2010
UPS Loves Logistics
The United Parcel Service of America’s new global brand campaign “We Love Logistics” has recently replaced the long-running tagline, “What can Brown do for you?” and the popular “Whiteboard” campaign. Within the past two weeks, the launch of this new campaign has been shown throughout all sources of media in several different countries to highlight the company’s strong logistics capabilities. While the concept of new logistics has been defined by UPS and understood within the business community as the most…
October 18, 2010
Twitter: The Ultimate Backstage Pass
Twitter obviously allows a person to communicate what they are doing at that exact minute. The tweets just keep coming and could be about an event that is completely boring like studying for a test, or way too detailed information pertaining to the birth of a child. But, it is undeniable that we love to hear juicy gossip…especially from celebrities. It’s impossible to listen to the radio without hearing tweets about Justin Bieber’s alleged tattoo or what’s happening with Katy…
October 15, 2010
Social Media: Today, Tomorrow…Forever?
This morning, Quinnipiac University hosted the Social Media Breakfast Connecticut panel discussion. This panel was aimed to discuss the current trends of social media in the business world and how it will prosper in the future. Included in the panel were Dan Weingrod from Cronin and Company, Kevin Downs from Wireless Zone, Kristien Del Ferraro from Humongo, and Ben Kunz from Mediassociates. Many interesting questions were posed to the panel which provoked great conversation, including if social media is about…
October 14, 2010
Why isn’t my business’s social media following growing? Twitter has answers!
Twitter has been prepping an ad product directed specifically for small business owners. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says the company “would offer a self-serve tool for local businesses to buy Twitter ads, and is working on ways to deliver those ads based on location, ” starting next year. This has been long awaited since the release of the ‘Promoted Tweets’ that currently exist. ‘Promoted Tweets’ are an advertising system that allows businesses to have their tweets highlighted in search results,…
October 12, 2010
Here today, gone tomorrow! The NEW Gap Logo Gets the Boot
The gap brand has held a strong reputation of good quality classic American designed clothing which has always corresponded with their iconic logo. If you didn’t get a chance to see the NEW logo, here it is paired next to the long time favorite. On October 4, 2010 Gap introduced the new logo through their website and within a weeks time they were practically forced back to the old one. What the company didn’t expect was the uproar of backlash…
October 4, 2010
Social Media and Social Good – Something New to "Like" Online
It may not have popped up on your News Feed this morning, but Facebook has some big news. Founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is donating $100 million to establish “Startup: Education”. The money will go towards improving the Newark school system, one of the weakest in the nation. Even though Zuckerberg is not from New Jersey, he selected it because Governor Corey Booker and Mayor Chris Christie are both strong leaders dedicated to education. Zuckerberg’s Facebook announcement states that they want to…
