Consider this “professional peer pressure,” if you want, but come on… all the cool kids are doing it. LinkedIn is typically recognized as the go-to place for online business networking. Since its IPO in May of 2011, LinkedIn has experienced wild growth in both volume of unique visitors as well as in the amount of [...]
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We’re baaaaaack! It has taken us a couple of days to get back into the swing of things after pulling five 13+ hour days, but we are pumped about all the relationships we made and strengthened at the IFA Annual Convention in Orlando. Our booth was awesome, if I do say so myself. It [...]
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If aliens were to look at Google’s recent report Zeitgeist 2011: How the World Searched, they would likely conclude humans are a fickle bunch. I would agree with them…after all, I wouldn’t dare disagree with aliens, even if they were cute or funny – cue Mars Attacks. Fickle or not, we did a lot of [...]
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By now, likely no one under the age of 80 has escaped a certain four letter acronym– SOPA. Introduced into Congress in October of 2011, the Stop Online Piracy Act was met with instant backlash from the tech-savvy down to the common man. Though we’ve all likely heard of the bill, some may not “get [...]
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Analogies are great. We certainly love them here at 919 Marketing and use them all the time. They’re an excellent way to bridge the communication gap with clients. They’re great motivating speaking tools for colleagues seeking advice/help. They can make a big difference…period. But they can also be a huge hindrance when they’re shot out [...]
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Chat with the head of a marketing department about priorities or goals and you are bound to notice a powerful pain point emerge within just a few minutes. Beneath the conversation about strategic plans to improve ad-copy and get publicity in major news sources lurk fears that even a best effort will not mean getting [...]
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919 Marketing’s Round Table Discussion: A “fly on the wall” peek at a real conversation going down in our office If PR is new the journalism, then bloggers are the new media outlets according to yesterday’s post from Chris Brogan called “Our Responsibilities as Media Channels”. Boy, did this post have our staff talking. Mostly because [...]
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Keeping Your Tweets in a Row: An In-Depth Look at 4 Twitter Management Tools
by Nicole Posted Dec. 29, 2011
Facebook, Google+, and Twitter – By now, you’re aware of them and likely (hate it or love it) they are a part of your everyday life. Now that you’re hip to the services, you’re either on your way to accepting them as beneficial business tool or standing alone and falling further behind. For those bringing [...]
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Slice(s) of Life: Watching America’s Favorite Serial Killer Can Make You Dexter-ous
by 
gchapman Posted Dec. 27, 2011
I’m not a huge TV guy. Let’s face it, most of today’s TV shows are garbage – too many vampires, pregnant teens and drunk “I’m about to go Jersey on you” shenanigans – and I don’t to waste my time watching bad TV. You can call me brash and elitist, but I assure you I’m [...]
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My parents recently had my childhood home videos transferred from VHS to DVD. Over Thanksgiving, my family took a walk down memory lane, enjoying the clips of birthday parties, school plays, and laughing at what was considered fashionable in the 1980’s. During one Christmas past, a two and a half year old version of me [...]
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