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October 28, 2011

Social Media: An Invaluable Tool for the 2012 Presidential Election

The advent of social media in the early 2000s was still in its infancy during the 2004 presidential election but by the 2008 election, the frenzy around it created an unprecedented role of the interactive Web 2.0 tools in the digital political landscape and marked it as the first social media election in history.

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October 24, 2011

Has Your B2B Company Adopted Social Media Yet?

If you’re a B2B company that is hesitant to join the world of social media, you may soon get left behind. Social media is now mainstream, and for B2B companies, it is proving to be the most influential channel for business purchases and an essential tool for advancing business products and services. In other words, using social media might mean the difference between getting your foot in the door and making the sale.

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October 02, 2011

How important is creativity?

While 97 percent of employers say creativity is of increasing importance, only 72 percent say that the hiring process gives creativity priority as selection criterion in hiring of new employees (which means you may need to pitch it, regardless of what they are asking for).

Check out Richard Grefe's (AIGA) take on the current climate of hiring practices and the important role creativity plays:

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August 30, 2011

Texas Conference for Women

On November 17, the 12th Annual Texas Conference for Women comes to the George R. Brown Convention Center.

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August 11, 2011

Your Social Media Resume

Resumes are important to a job search, invaluable even. I’m sure we have all, at one time or another, spent hours pouring over that one page of information that is supposed to find us our dream job. Every word is criticized, every margin is stretched. Job searching is serious business.

What if you had the most beautiful resume but you were sabotaging yourself? Or maybe your resume is lacking a bit but you could give yourself a boost in other areas? Social media. Comments, tweets, photos, check ins, posts. It is all there for your future boss to see.

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August 09, 2011

Beauty

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July 19, 2011

Social Media Revolution

There are several versions of this type of video available. This particular one was posted in June, which means it’s still pretty relevant.

It’s a good watch!

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May 27, 2011

Kissing on Facebook & Twitter

We aren’t going to sit here and claim to be the experts on all things social media. With things constantly changing, there is almost nobody that can claim that title. But we read (a lot!) and we know a thing or two about the online world.

Several sites are all clustered under the social media umbrella, but we’d like to just take a second to discuss Facebook and Twitter. We are often asked about the difference between the two and how to tailor their marketing efforts towards each. Here’s a teeny tiny glimpse into each.

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May 10, 2011

SAME, yet different

In Denver, Colorado there is a little cafe making a huge different. They go by SAME Cafe, standing for So All May Eat. The premise of the restaurant is simple: Pay what you want.

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May 10, 2011

SAME, yet different

In Denver, Colorado there is a little cafe making a huge different. They go by SAME Cafe, standing for So All May Eat. The premise of the restaurant is simple: Pay what you want.

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