Cold calling. You’ve no doubt been on the receiving end of a cold call. They always seem to come when you’re in the middle of doing something. They come out of nowhere, which is probably why they’re so annoying. Chances are, you’re not thinking about whatever it is they’re selling, so you’re forced to switch […]
With smartphones becoming increasingly popular, more companies are seeing the importance of developing branded apps for Android, Blackberry and iPhone. Lots of companies opt to go for a basic app that provides product information and includes a mobile store. While this is useful, it’s not a very creative use of an app. The great thing […]
(Image via Gigaom) According to Mary Meeker, a top analyst at Morgan Stanley, more people will soon be accessing the Internet via mobile devices than from regular computers. If you take a look at the above graph, you can see that this is likely to happen in the very near future. More and more people […]
The other day I was looking up a business and went to their website. I searched around a bit on the website and saw case studies from 2001. It made me stop and think about the company. Do I want to engage with a company that has 10-year-old case studies? I then went to check […]
Oh, how I love a good infographic. This one (from the awesome Techvibes) illustrates just how much social media use is growing and changing in Canada. Three things really stand out for me. The first is the huge jump in the number of LinkedIn users. This might be due to its recent IPO, but I […]
Getting started in social media can be confusing, but what can be even more confusing is trying to figure out whether or not it’s working. How do you know what to measure and how do you measure it? The answer to this question is going to be different for every business. We’ve gathered a few […]
Hashtags are all over the place on Twitter. When they are used correctly, they can help make your tweets easier to find in searches and help boost your visibility. This article from Search Engine Land mentions a few reasons why hashtags should be part of your social media strategy, of which this is probably the […]
Setting up a Facebook page is easy, but the hard part comes when you’ve got to figure out what to do with it. Ice cream shop Cold Stone Creamery is one company that has done an amazing job working with Facebook pages and has shown that they really understand the marketing potential of Facebook. Cold […]
Social media doesn’t have to strictly rely on Facebook and Twitter. There’s another social media tool that has the potential to be hugely successful if you can manage to get the formula right – YouTube. Getting the formula right is the tricky part. If you can get the right blend of ingredients in your video, […]
When you hop into the world of social media, you start to hear this word everywhere. Engagement. It’s thrown around a lot, but what does it actually mean and how do you do it? Last month, I helped my co-worker create her own Fendi bag via Bergdorf Goodman’s Facebook page. It was part of a […]
