August 2011
6 posts
Lets "Link Up Later"
By Caralyn Reiff As the summer Buzz Builder session draws to a close, I find myself overhearing snippets of nostalgia and goodbyes floating through our (practically) wall-less office. I decided to scroll through our tumblr account and reflect on what people wrote about. It is eclectic to say the least, maybe even random, but through out every sentence of every post there is the common thread of...
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Google+: The Cool Party You Should Attend
by Christine Varriale
Google+: it’s like that party you hear is supposed to be “the party of the year.”
You get there, and it’s all these people just kind of standing around, drinking, and not talking to each other. What’s so great about it?
Google is taking over the world. It’s always there, whether you’re aware of it or not. You don’t search...
Going Mobile: Top 3 Strategies To Consider For...
By: Cara Lawton
You are a successful US company. You have established yourself as a marketable brand within your industry. You believe that you possess a clear understanding of the needs of your consumers and are constantly developing new ways to serve them better. Your company is well aware of the rapidly changing digital community and follows current trends in digital media to stay ahead of...
Royally Social
By: Alexandra Shapiro
There are traditional ways of accessing the past. From textbooks, to photographs, to family stories, we can lose ourselves in a world that seems so unknown—so glamorous—that we can only admire it from a distance. I am talking about royalty—a concept that isn’t really in the past but one that makes us think of ancient castles and truly old money. Of course, pop culture has...
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Four Social Media Innovations of the (Near) Future
By Tyler Becker
Social media is always changing with innovative ideas and new ways of generating eyeballs. Across all platforms of social networks, innovations are keeping the social media scene up to date with original means of creating, sharing, rating, and using content. Some people like to look ahead and predict the future of social networking trends and tools (nearly impossible with social...
#Whywehashtag: An Exploration of Hashtag Use On...
By: Tim Nelson
While it may still have some detractors and holdouts, there’s no denying that Twitter is an integral part of how we communicate. Other writers on this blog have already done a great job covering how and why we use twitter, but today I wanted to look at an interesting side effect of Twitter’s increasing popularity: the rise of the hashtag in all facets of our daily communication....