Jan 22

How To: Be a Public AND Private Individual on Facebook

Many people who use Facebook for personal and work reasons struggle to find the balance between sharing somewhat personal info with friends and sharing with the world. Creating and maintaining a separate page is a boatload of work and, depending on the size of your following, may not be worth it.

In the past, you pretty much had to make the decision- do I make my life public? or do I just shut out everyone I don’t actually know? Most people elected to keep their friend list to those individuals that were close friends and thus, they were not able to enjoy some of the business benefits of growing your network and personally branding yourself. Continue reading

Jan 01

Vizio’s FanCam Helps Rose Bowl Attendees Prove They Were There

Electronics maker Vizio has created a fun little experiential/digital campaign aimed at attendees of Monday’s Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Ca.

According to an article on the University of Wisconsin website (the Badgers are facing the Oregon Ducks in the big game), Vizio has installed a ‘FanCam’ in the stadium that takes a 360 degree image of the stadium with a 20 billion pixel resolution. Attendees will be able to visit the FanCam microsite after the game and zoom in on the image to find themselves. They can then tag themselves and send to friends via Facebook, Twitter and email. Continue reading

Dec 19

A Quick Rundown of the Recent Google+ Changes

The Google+ team certainly isn’t coasting through the Holiday Season. The updates to their 6-month old social network have been coming out fast and furiously and there have been a few cool ones along the way. Continue reading

May 16

This Week In Digital Marketing

Its been a pretty busy week for digital marketers. Here is a quick summary of some of this week’s highlights… Continue reading

May 11

Facebook Tip: Now You Can Tag Pages in Photos

Imagine you just bought a new Jeep Wrangler and took your three best friends out for an inaugural spin in the new wheels. You stop and snap a picture of your three amigos in the Jeep. You then decide you want to show the world your new vehicle and post it to Facebook.

Naturally, you would tag your friends in the photo when you upload it, but now you can tag more. Continue reading

Apr 26

Yahoo Purchases Audio-Recognition TV Check-In App

Remember the app I told you about last week that Pepsi was using to reward people for watching their TV ads? Well, apparently Yahoo thought it was a good idea too. Continue reading

Apr 24

This Week In Digital Marketing

Its been a pretty busy week for digital marketers. Here is a quick summary of some of this week’s highlights… Continue reading

Feb 12

How Social Media is Being Integrated Into the Grammys

It seems every big event finds a new way to creatively integrate social media into their production. Last week, we saw the NFL setup a Super Bowl Twitter microsite, foursquare created special badges had fans ‘check-in’ to the Big Game … Continue reading