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 …
This week’s small business showcase features a women’s boutqiue found in downtown East Lansing, Michigan by the name of Jeanologie. Jeanologie is a womens clothing store that offers hand-picked, high fashion styles inspired by the streets of New York. Founded in 2010 by Michelle Gross, a former MSU graduate, Jeanologie strives to be your one stop shop to find that …
Usually each time I write a new blog I try to decide between video and marketing, so this time I figured I would just combine the two. I mean, it is a pretty big deal! You can use a ton of different methods to market your business, but my personal favorite is video marketing (big surprise!). Whenever I see …
Along with the rapid growth of technology and contemporary art, competitions between tops brands are kind of fierce. The marketers work with artists and come out with extraordinary ideas and features to suppress other brands. Being creative is the key to success here. Recently, a series of pictures designed by a Russian graphic designer has caught my attention. The pictures …
A collection of 10 stupidly clever Halloween puns. You’re Welcome.
What I thought was the oddest question was posed to me by a coworker. I was sharing my latest blog post and after reading it, he stopped and said, “but aren’t businesses ruining social media?”. Of course my immediate reaction was “of course not!”, but it really got me thinking. I posed several questions as a reaction to that statement …
On being a CEO, farmer, coach, father, and entrepreneur and laughing at yourself out loud. Before I start, I don’t know if I am doing any of it right, but, one day maybe my mistakes, and my successes can be beneficial to someone…and hopefully I don’t break too many things on the way… I posted on my Facebook the other …
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 …
Usually when we find ourselves posting to Facebook or Twitter, we have an ideal audience in mind that we want to reach, impact, and connect with. As social media marketers, it’s a goal to captivate an audience full of diversity to effectively share your product or idea. The largest social media outlets may be global, but at times its difficult …
