By Kelsey Jones
If you haven’t watched the short film Caine’s Arcade, drop what you’re doing and do so now:
Caine’s Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.
Category: social media
Apr 11
Great Ways To Get Leverage For Your Social Media Marketing
Guest Post by Claudia Somerfield
Social Media Marketing is the hottest and trending topic in the marketing world these days. SMM apps like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, blog sites, email and online surveys help your business to increase traffic for your website, let the world know your products, and aid in increasing sales. These marketing efforts continue to expand in the online business community, not only it reaches the most impossible location of a certain prospective client, but it helps one double or triple their number of customers every day.
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Apr 10
Translating Social Media into Real Life
Anyone over the age of 20 can remember a time before humans were completely reliant on computers. Classrooms may have been integrative, but in an Oregon Trail type of way – where students would wait their turn to play the survival game on one of the room’s few computers. Now though, most schools have computers on a one-one basis, allowing each student to play any number of games (educational, of course) on their own time. The obvious draw here is that students can learn valuable life skills online, and then use them once away from the computer. (When it’s math or deductive reasoning, great; when it’s cursing or how to buy Legos online with your parents’ credit card, not great.)
But it’s not just children that are learning from social media; it’s all ages. By interacting, commenting, and clicking on new links, social media users are translating their newly learned skills into real life every day.
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Mar 06
B-Sides: Online Communication Now for Purchasing Drugs
Over the years the Internet has worked as a segue for many people. It combines schedules, brings old acquaintances together, helps sell unwanted goods. But, according to several news reports, the websites are taking it a step further and helping those of all moral standards. They’re acting as a medium for illegal narcotics to be marketed and exchanged. Or more specifically, they’re helping head shops hustle their merch. No more alley lurking and telephone booth squatting; now drugs change hands through a simple web message.
But, what’s even more noteworthy than this upcoming practice (after all, there was the Craigslist killer, are we really surprised by drugs?) is that the media is having a heyday. Constant reports, articles, grilling politicians about law restrictions – it’s as though the reporters think the social media drug trade is government funded. Why is the public surprised when technology lives up to its capabilities?
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Mar 01
The Social Robot: Live from SXSWi
By Kelsey Jones
Bethaney and I will be joining the rest of the other tech nerds next week for South by Southwest Interactive, a conference that boasts these impressive stats:
Interactive Conference Participants: 19,364
Interactive Conference Sessions: 935
Approximate Number of Interactive Media in Attendance: 2,508
Yep. Pretty big deal. I’m hoping to meet Rainn Wilson and perhaps make eye contact with Seth McFarlane, wish me luck.
However, all fun aside, there are several amazing sessions led by experts in our industry that we can’t wait to learn a ton from. I will be live tweeting as much as my batteries allow from @wonderwall7 and @thesocialrobot.
Bethaney and I will be attending separate sessions so we can get the most out of the experience. There are several sessions on blogging, content, and social media that we know will not only benefit us as professionals in the internet marketing industry, but our clients as well.
In the meantime, if you’d like to sponsor us in exchange for wearing a company t-shirt or have any suggestions for food/fun/tips in Austin (like the best BBQ or TexMex), let us know.
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