Recently, I came across an old story by PR Daily titled, “7 proven ways to create viral Pinterest posts.” These tips provide helpful insight on how one can easily promote their blog through Pinterest. However, this social site has a number of marketers wondering how they can use the fourth most popular social media site
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Confession: I love personality quizzes. Flip through the magazines in my house and the tell-tale check boxes will inform you of more details about me than you would ever want to know (although I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t want to know which Downton Abbey character I am). It’s a basic, human need to figure
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This weekend, the Marketwave team traveled to Georgetown, Texas to celebrate the wedding of our Account Manager, Bana Varnon, to Cade Jobe. True to her personality, the wedding was down-to-earth, charming and perfectly organized. From the wedding programs (which Bana had proofed by a Marketwaver) to the music selection (ranging from Brooks and Dunn to
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No one loves awkward moments more than the Marketwave team. Luckily, top brands have provided us with great fail fodder over the past 12 months. Here’s a list of our favorites: BIC for Her: A beloved local columnist, Ellen DeGeneres and sarcastic Amazon reviewers agree that this was one ugly mistake by a typically vanilla
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It’s a little known secret that print media, while hurting overall, has one contender that remains strong. According to the Association of Magazine Media (MPA), a robust 91 percent of adults and 96 percent of 18-to-24-year-olds engage regularly in this “traditional” form of media. I’m certain that the reason for this is due to powerful
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Slow and steady wins the race, right? If the tortoise didn’t prove it, Google+ certainly has. G+ is gaining so many new users that it now outpaces Twitter as the world’s number two social network, behind Facebook. Google’s path to dominance can be attributed to its connected services: search, YouTube, Gmail, maps and more. The accounts are
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