Hey Brands…Give Your Fans A Show
Okay, we’ve heard it before. Social media is so much more than just a numbers game. It doesn’t matter how many fans, followers, or friends you’re able to rack up…it’s about the quality of the...
View ArticleWithout A Strong Brand, You Ain’t Got Jack So…cial! (Part 8 of 18)
The following post is part of an ongoing blog mini-series titled: Without A Strong Brand, You Ain’t Got Jack So…cial! A Dozen Rules For Attracting & Keeping Your Social Consumer. Rule #2 –...
View ArticleTwitter Gets a Brand New Bird
The folks at Twitter updated the iconic bird this week. They have simplified the bird in an attempt to create their Nike Swoosh of the social space. From Twitter: Our new bird grows out of love for...
View ArticleMarch Madness: The NCAA’s Slam Dunk
Time to air out your jerseys and get your Gatorade, because it’s time for March Madness (for all the Cal grads at NS – GO BEARS!). This year’s NCAA March Madness tournament marks the 75th year that...
View ArticleThe Future is Calling – Is Your Phone Charged?
Don’t you hate when your phone runs out of battery on you, especially when surfing your constantly changing social channels? We definitely do! Some brainiacs over at UCLA have manipulated graphene to...
View ArticleNHL: National Heckling League
For those who follow hockey, things are heating up because it’s almost time for the playoffs! Last year’s Stanley Cup finals pitted the New Jersey Devils against the LA Kings, with the Kings ultimately...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial Moms & Dads Twitter Party With Playground Dad & Vocus –...
More than ever parents are becoming more and more entrepreneurial. Whether it’s: 1. taking the plunge and building their own startups 2. moonlighting on nights and weekends on side projects that they...
View ArticleAre Twitter Accounts Safe? AP’s Wasn’t
In the last week we have seen the incredible impact that Twitter has on the delivery of news and current events. With the bombings in Boston, Twitter was the quickest way to hear new details of the...
View ArticleThe Future of Intervention: Social Addiction
Humans are social creatures. We like to interact with one another. The social phenomenon of the last decade has changed – and some might say improved – the ways in which people interact. Connection is...
View ArticleFacebook Has Hashtags. Why Should I Use Them?
Look who decided to join the conversation. Facebook has announced that their social network is getting #hashtags, those little meta-labels and meta-jokes and meta-ads—those meta-things that you’ve...
View ArticleVine Versus Instagram for Brands
Back in early June, we were talking about Vine’s incredible success. But it wouldn’t be long before Facebook and Instagram had their revenge, and when Instagram released video, everyone feaured Vine’s...
View ArticleWell, isn’t THAT Pinteresting-Taking Advantage of Pinterest
When Google became a word in the dictionary, it said a lot about our society and its relationship to technology. Could Pinterest be next? Maybe not, but you shouldn’t wait any longer to become a part...
View ArticleWord on the Tweet is that We’re Talking More about Twerking than Syria
So, as many of you have heard, and unfortunately seen, Miley Cyrus had quite the performance last month…simultaneously, the conflict in Syria was escalating. To me, it seemed like more people were...
View ArticleTweet Tweet says the Blue Bird
Twitter turns seven this year – if it were a dog, it’d be 49; if it were a person, it’d be a second-grader. But it’s neither of those things – it’s Twitter, that hashtagging blue bird that’s got...
View ArticleTwitter’s IPO Offering is Public & What we may see on our Twitter Streams
So, a few days ago we chatted about Twitter’s IPO Offering, and when it would potentially be revealed to the public. Sure enough, public it went. The revealing of the documents means that the company...
View ArticleFilter This: 1888 is the First “Instagram Hotel”
Social media and real-life collide in Sydney, Australia’s 1888 Hotel. Billed as the world’s first “Instagram hotel,” 1888 heavily incorporates the photo-sharing platform into both its aesthetic and its...
View ArticleFriday Funday: Twitter Goes Public
Just in case you missed it, Twitter went public on the NYSE. Like a debutante at a ball, $TWTR’s shares were tres popular. With a set price per share originally valued at $26.00, prices soared on tiny...
View Article2K13: A Look Back
It’s been a big year, North Socializers. Big things happened, the world kept spinning, the internet grew to be more of a vacuous time-wasting hole…but not really, because that’s basically why we...
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