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11 Sep
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11 Sep
NFL Blacked Out – What?
Why do all the suits and ties behind NFL always try to find a way to make a buck and ruin the game for the rest of us. I am not sure if you have heard the latest but here it is. “…if a home game has not been sold out within 72 hours of its […] -
08 Sep
Facebook Makes You Smarter, So Twitter Makes You Dumber?!
Scoops Here. I guess parsing out my time in favor of Facebook will do me well according to psychologist Dr Tracy Alloway from the University of Stirling in Scotland. Apparently using Facebook makes you smaaaat (that was connoting the Boston accent if you did not pick up on that), and using Twitter destoys a few […] -
07 Sep
Why viral social media makes me want to punch things
I could probably end my post right here. Who hasn’t seen this yet. My boss emailed it to me. I saw it 9 times in one hour on Twitter. Then 2 of my friends posted it to Facebook. The next day my husband told me about it, 3 more friends posted it to Facebook. I […] -
04 Sep
To much research stating the obvious…
Over the last several months we have read well over 100 whitepapers, blog posts and articles all eventually coming to one conclusion. Social Networking/Social Networks are not a fad and are here to stay. News Alert!!! We have to steer the conversation in the direction of what our Social Networks might look like in a […] -
04 Sep
Who says social media is cheap–Get Twtapps for $500,000!
Scoops Here. Twtapps is a true testament of the growing value of social media and the applications being developed for it. According to Read Write Web, Twtapps founder and developer Felipe Coimbra cited insufficient resources and in laymans terms he sick sick of coming up with more applications. Currently, around 83,000 Twitter users have used […] -
03 Sep
Can’t Touch This!! Hammer and Social Media
If the Hammer – or MC Hammer, Stanley, whatever you call him these days – can teach us one thing: it’s not a how-to on personal finance… it’s not fashion… it’s persistence. Persistence in marketing his brand and staying relevant. You may be saying, “What? That 1 or 2 hit wonder (don’t forget about […] -
02 Sep
As the President gets back to work, I follow…
I’m pretty sure President Obama was reading national security briefings instead of sipping Pina Coladas poolside and reading Twilight, but at least the man got a much-needed vacation. Sure, he played a few rounds of golf in between phone calls, took a bike ride (ahem without a helmet) and grabbed some ice cream with his daughters […] -
26 Aug
Shock Value of Advertising–Does it work?
Scoops Here. Do you ever see an ad and go “wow I can’t believe they did that!”? One of the most notorious users for this approach it PETA. Not shocking though, is another ad that PETA has recieved attention for recently. A billboard suspended over Atlantic Boulevard in Jacksonville, FL is causing more controversy. It is part […] -
25 Aug
Scoops Giving More Props to Facebook…
Scoops Here. I am dedicating another post to Facebook. First being excited that they decided to fix up their events functionality, now they have finally made their well deserved mark on the Top 50 U.S. Web Properties list. For the first time, Facebook is in the Top 5 of comScore’s newly released Media Metrix rankings […]