A Cirque du Solei performer flips before delivering the first pitch at Monday’s game between the Padres and Royals at Petco Park. The video was uploaded on June 26th and as of July 1, 2011 it had been viewed 1,118,922 times. There is a lot that is right about this video: It is amazing to watch It is short It …
Qwiki.com – a new search tool to get excited about.
I don’t often get giddy when I read about new software, search engines or products – actually that isn’t true at all, I have just taught myself to curb the enthusiasm and to take the wait and see approach. Once in a while though the little kid in me just jumps up and down for joy and say, ‘Looky, looky, …
Email newsletters – are they still effective?
The oldest (and in my opinion one of the best) social media platforms is email newsletters. Today I received newsletters from both the US Forest Service and the Game Fish and Parks. The Forest Services’ was an information blast on how they were taking action to control noxious weeds in the Black Hills. And the GF&P’s was a roundup of …
Marketing – Outback Steakhouse’s Bloomin’ Onion/Facebook campaign
Outback Steakhouse recently offered a free ‘Bloomin’ Onion‘ to the first 5,000 folks who signed up on their Facebook Fan page. The results? They added 24,000 new fans in the first week. And the numbers just keep on growing.
Do you ever wonder what your dog is thinking?
I do all the time. I know he likes to eat. Every time I come home he picks up a shoe or a shawl or a shard of printed out news and brings it to me, tail wagging – happy and welcoming. Like the well trained owner that I am, I dig the dog food cup into his food bucket …
4 Reasons Companies Don’t Join the Social Media Marketing Frenzy.
You know who you are. You have that antagonizing itch scratching and scratching right there nestled next to the need-to-succeed part of your brain. You know the world of doing business as usual has taken a sharp left turn but you aren’t quite going with it. You have an inkling you should but you just aren’t buying in. Hummm, why …
Thought of the day -Youtube marketing
This one is from Mashable in a should-read article about 5 Outstanding Leaders in YouTube Marketing. One thing is becoming apparent: The brands that achieve long-term success on YouTube are the ones that consistently and frequently publish refreshing content that has intrinsic value for audiences online. The take away? -If you want to succeed in this brave (yet strange) new …