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WordPress 5.0: Introducing the New Gutenberg Editor
As if the end of the year wasn’t busy enough, WordPress announced this week that they were releasing WordPress 5.0. This latest update to the open-source platform is significant for two reasons: 5.0 comes with the platform’s biggest update to the editing interface in...
4 Reasons Why Your Lead Generation Efforts Are Failing on Social Media
Your lead generation efforts on social media could be failing due to a few simple problems that just need a little strategizing to fix.
3 Steps to Get Ahead of Voice Search
The voice search craze is coming and you gotta be ready for it. Here are some easy steps you can be taking now to get ahead of the trend.
How to Turn Your Followers into Customers
How can you convince people to turn their likes into purchases? Before you increase your ad spend try out these tips.
Five Questions to Ask Before Diving into an Influencer Strategy
Influencer Marketing - we won’t spend a lot of time going over it, because it’s likely you’ve seen it everywhere. If not, here are some classic examples: By definition, influencer marketing – particularly on social media – is a strategy of targeting the...
Instagram Launches Mobile-First IGTV
Instagram is making the jump into long-form videos with a new feature called IGTV, the company announced on June 20. According to the release, Instagram is building IGTV with creators in mind, and they're doing it in a way that utilizes the pre-existing audience of...
Find Your Tribe: Building Community Through Facebook Groups
You may have heard, but Facebook changed their algorithm...again. Facebook wants you to spend more time seeing your uncle's Mafia Wars score and less time fending off sponsored posts from Raising Canes. After the announcement advertisers collectively wrung their...
Chatbots, Social Media, and The New Customer Service Frontier
Have you ever chatted with a seemingly-real customer service rep on Facebook? They're usually incredibly knowledgeable and save you from spending hours of your life on hold for the simplest questions. While these reps may have restored your faith in person-to-person...
How will Snapchat bounce back after the redesign nobody asked for?
If you breath air and frequent the internet, you likely know about the dreaded update that Snapchat rolled out on the app in January. The update showcased a reconfigured user interface that basically made everyone want to yank their hair out: WHAT HAPPENED? One...
5 Highlights from Facebook’s F8 Conference
Facebook's developer conference, known as F8, began today in San Jose. As usual, the event provided Facebook with an opportunity to showcase a slew of upcoming features for all of their social platforms — Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. It was also the...
The Facebook Scandal and Your Personal Information
By now, you've undoubtedly heard something about the Facebook scandal as it dominated international news for several weeks. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the focus of a congressional hearing about how personal information of Facebook users was shared with a third...
Inspiration, Influence, and Mood Boards
Mood boards are not only great for visually mapping a graphic design project, but also for creating a log of things that inspire and push you as a designer.
Targeted Advertising: A Glossary
Have you ever felt like you were being watched online? Learn how advertisers use a variety of data sources to build custom ads specifically tailored to you.
Three Industries That Don’t Need to be on Snapchat (For Now)
This blog post comes with one caveat. When I say “on Snapchat” I’m talking about posting organic content. There are still great opportunities with all of these industries within Geofilters and Featured Stories. Snapchat is one of the most popular social media apps...
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