Celebrate good times, come on!
How do you measure a year? 8,760 hours? 525,949 minutes? One new iPhone release? 52 Friday afternoon happy hour sessions? However you choose to do so, a year measures the time it takes for our planet to mosey once around the sun. It also marks the time that has passed since I’ve started my journey at Read the Rest...
FREE Advertising, FREE PR, FREE Graphic Design: Giving You the Business!
That’s correct; your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The headline reads, “FREE Advertising, FREE PR, FREE Graphic Design,” and that’s exactly what we’re offering one promising company with our “Giving You the Business” contest! Because we’re 25. Let me explain. Twenty-five years ago, M/C/C was born on a kitchen table in Dallas. The brain-child of our Read the Rest...
How to absolutely make sure your site is on the first page of search results … psych!
If you’ve thought about implementing a search engine optimization (SEO) or search engine marketing (SEM) program for a client or business, you’ve probably read countless white papers preaching innumerable strategies that lead to a definite page-one rank. But here’s the thing: Google’s not super-excited about all these reports. In an ideal world, where Google doesn’t Read the Rest...
Tips For Time Management From a Traveler
I’ve spent the first half of this year doing more traveling on behalf of M/C/C than I’ve done over the last few years (post college and post existence of spring breaks) in my personal free time. Fortunately for me, I love to travel and I love the field of study that I chose to make Read the Rest...
Making the Most of an Internship
An internship is a great opportunity to learn more about an industry and get real hands on experience. Like most things in life, the more you put in the more you are bound to get out. My short time as a PR intern has taught me some valuable tips about how to make the most Read the Rest...
Farewell, dear readers. I’m going to BlogHer.
So one of the biggest social media events of the year is coming up, and I’ve got a ticket. I’m excited. It’s BlogHer 2011 – 3,000 women who love blogging and are extremely influential when it comes to being brand ambassadors and spreading the word about a product, service or company. Wait, what? What Read the Rest...
Culture Shock: Using Corporate Culture to Bring Out the Best in Employees
Collaborative work environments, massage rooms, nap stations and singing coworkers may seem like office distractions, but some of the world’s top companies disagree. These corporations use their internal routines to practice what they preach externally. It would be hard to find Groupon CEO Andrew Mason on a typical office day. In order to break separation Read the Rest...
How to not blow it on Twitter
Nothing is more deserving of a staff email than being tweeted by a big brand name. After all, isn’t that why we love social media so much (apart from brightly colored backgrounds, ridiculous hashtags and @claytonroot)? It totally makes us feel like brands want to talk to us. Unfortunately, to some of the savviest of Read the Rest...
Identifying Your Kryptonite to Play Nicer With Coworkers
For Superman, it was kryptonite; for Cookie Monster, cookies; and for me, a shoe sale or two will do the job. Each and every one of us has a weakness. Recently, LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy sat down with The Wall Street Journal and gave readers advice on how to achieve career success. Aside from the Read the Rest...
Quick! When and where should brands use QR codes?
Met with any of us recently? If you have, you’ve seen them on our business cards. But maybe you’ve also seen these blotchy little things that vaguely resemble Rorschach tests blown-up and in the bottom corner of a billboard, or on the price label for the sweet, new tech gadget you’re contemplating whether or not Read the Rest...
Who stole my tabs?! A guide to the new Facebook Pages
Several weeks ago, millions of Facebook users signed in, only to have their world rocked (yet again) by Facebook’s newest makeover. This time, however, changes went beyond a few nips and tucks and user profiles received a full-blown facelift. Now, after the disgruntled statuses made their way on down the news feed, Facebook’s Pages is Read the Rest...
Kickin’ Butt&Takin’ Names – M/C/C receives another honor for work of genius
Creativity, visual appeal and innovative design are rarely considered luxuries for the websites of advertising agencies and marketing firms. These qualities are just a few of the numerous expectations of agencies that practice what they preach. Here at M/C/C, we believe that our website should clearly communicate our capabilities, and made sure to fulfill that Read the Rest...