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Want ‘Viral Marketing’ Magic? Consider These Key Components

| April 10, 2013 | 0 Comments
Want ‘Viral Marketing’ Magic? Consider These Key Components

Hotmail, one of the very first web-based email services, is the classic example of something that, while it sounds sinister, is actually an incredibly smart way to market something; viral marketing. Indeed viral marketing, like an actual virus, is supposed to spread easily, quickly and silently until, before anyone even knows what has happened, the [...]

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Building Online Brand Influence: How to avoid being an interloper

| March 6, 2013 | 0 Comments
Building Online Brand Influence: How to avoid being an interloper

In his Sunday chat, Chris Brogan discussed the art of self-promotion and how to approach it gracefully.  His points about self-promotion are well suited to expand the discussion to how a brand can join customer conversations successfully. As social media has become an integral part of our campaigns and brand strategies, we marketers are breaking [...]

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Marketers Need To Be Story Architects

| December 19, 2012 | 0 Comments
Marketers Need To Be Story Architects

There’s been much discussion lately about the importance of storytelling in good marketing and how we marketers need to embrace it; however, not much has been written about how to properly architect a story for maximum impact. Admittedly, I’m a recovering English major who spent much of my academic life trying to master the short [...]

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Do you need social media awesomeness?

| November 7, 2012 | 0 Comments
Do you need social media awesomeness?

Get ready, Portland. Jason Falls and his social media band are headed this way.  Social media awesomeness is yours for the taking: come out for the kick-off on Wednesday, Nov. 14 and join Fall’s digital marketing conference Explore Portland Nov 15-16, 2012.  Both events are chock-full of marketing experts ready to share their advice to [...]

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#Lavacon 2012: Content Management, the Developer and the Mobile Web

| October 24, 2012 | 1 Comment
#Lavacon 2012: Content Management, the Developer and the Mobile Web

Lavacon 2012, an annual gathering of the content management community, was full of presentations specifically geared towards content curators & strategists and delved into strategy, tools, resources, case studies, and more.  Being a front-end developer, I came out of this three-day conference with a new-found respect and understanding of content management, how it relates to the developer [...]

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