For those of you who work in technology and web design a new year means new design trends. Let’s take a look at a few web design trends that have accumulated a fair amount of buzz already this year. 1) The Need for a Mobile Site A mobile site is a website intended to work exclusively on a mobile device. …
It may seem like every company, brand, or event has a social media presence. However, many of these profiles seem to exist purely out of obligation and are updated sporadically at best. On the other hand, some organizations seem to really grasp the purpose of social media and the various platforms. The social media strategy implemented by the International Olympic …
As I’m sure some of you have noticed, Facebook has made some changes to its algorithm. Many users are seeing less “meme-type” content and more “news-type” content. News articles fight for top spot-even over your friend’s posts. This is all well and good and love it or hate it, but the algorithm could completely ruin one profession: social media marketing. In a …
Relocating an entire business, mountains of video equipment and all, definitely doesn’t sound like much fun, right? Well, even though the actual moving process is kind of a pain, it means that your business is doing great! Moving to a new, bigger office is like getting to take over your older siblings bedroom (the bigger one, of course!) when they …
Brazil’s most eccentric billionaire, Count Chiquinho Scarpa is no stranger to oddity. After the stir he raised when he announced his entire fortune would be willed to his prized cockatoo, you would think that nobody would be surprised by his antics, but his latest stunt has generated quite the buzz in the social media realm. With the idea of death …
If you haven’t tried using Pinterest as your search engine, I highly recommend you try. As a social media manager for many accounts at Michigan Creative, I need to find unique, interesting, and new content for many different businesses across various industries. I wanted to share with you why I choose to use Pinterest as my search engine over Google or …
With so many different social media platforms out there, you may be wondering if Pinterest will be worth your time. I would say that the answer to that question for the majority of businesses is yes. In my opinion, businesses with any visual aspect should consider using Pinterest as a marketing platform. I’ve already completed a blog on the advantages and …
We all know there are many advantages to having certain social media networks over others. We also know there are downsides to all of the networks, too. So what I’m going to do today is list my top ‘pro’ and top ‘con’ to each social network. Let’s start with Facebook. Top ‘pro’: Millions of listening customers are on this network, just waiting …
Let’s start off with what the word “optimize” really means before we dive into what it means for social media accounts. From dictionary.com: The definition I totally made up in my mind of what I think it means to optimize in terms of social media accounts: Optimize: To standardize all social media content, including, but not limited to: graphics, …
It’s been said a million times: “In this day in age, your web impression is one of the most important marketing tools as a business or service provider”, but how do you know when it’s the right time to update your website? Many business like to give their websites a facelift every few years to stay up with the current …
