New-School Tips for Rockin’ Your Next Presentation
Whether I like it or not, I am a product of what some would label the “new school.” In high school, my fear was that I would get caught texting rather than passing notes. When I was in college, Facebook told my friends and I about the hottest parties and the bitterest breakups. OMG and Read the Rest...
The NEW Dot-com Era
It’s lunchtime, and I’m anxious to try out a new local eatery. In a matter of seconds, I’ve got the restaurant’s website open and their menu up. It’s an action that is old-hat. In fact, most consumers have come to expect that if they enter the name of a business and throw .com behind it, Read the Rest...
The Rise and Fail of Infographics
When I was just a college lad, I took a class called “Information Graphics.” Of course, I didn’t really understand why my school chose such a bland name for the class that everyone got the most excited about – the one where you got to learn Photoshop and InDesign. Then, once I had a few 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...
Seven Social Media Myths Debunked
It’s 4:15 p.m. on a dreadfully slow afternoon. Have you updated your Twitter status today? No, really. If you are anything like the 250 million active users on Facebook and 44 million on Twitter – you’ve probably already updated your status several times today. To those that may think, “Why would I waste my time 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...
Are brands commitment-phobic?
A few months back, I found out that I would be heading to BlogHer this August. Now, if you’re unfamiliar with BlogHer, it’s the largest blogging and social media conference in the nation and it exists by and for female bloggers (thus the “Her”). As I disclosed in my pre-show blog, I was a little Read the Rest...
“Say Cheese!” – A snapshot of the mobile photo app craze!
We all have that one friend who just cannot detach their pointer finger from the capture button of their cameras. This person is usually the one that bugs everyone to gather for a group pic and doesn’t waste ANY time getting them up and tagged in a Facebook album. (It’s a running joke around M/C/C Read the Rest...
A View From the “Cloud”: the World Post-PC
It’s a race to the finish line for Apple and Amazon. This past month, both companies premiered their new cloud computing software. Amazon, seeking to out-do Apple, promoted Lady Gaga’s new album by offering it for 99 cents if purchased from the cloud. Apple sought to establish its cloud as the Mac Daddy (no pun intended) Read the Rest...
Three Ways to Immediately Improve Your Website
If you are in the business of making websites, you know one thing – nothing is permanent. There is always something that you can do to improve your site, whether it’s generating fresh content to attract new visitors or integrating the latest technical development. But these things take time to create, and there can be 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...
Team-up with Meetup
No matter how familiar or unfamiliar you may be with Meetup, there’s always something to do, learn, share or change in your community – and that’s exactly what Meetup promotes. With 250,000 monthly meetups and more than 2,000 group meetings taking place each day, Meetup takes social engaging opportunities and makes them available to anyone, Read the Rest...