Feb 17, 2014 | Blog, Digital Strategy, Smirk's Take, Social Media
By: Kurtis Wiles A new study conducted by TNS on behalf of LinkedIn found that 81 percent of small businesses (SMBs) are currently using social media to drive business growth and 94 percent are meeting marketing objectives through the integration of social media. The...Aug 27, 2013 | Blog, Digital Strategy, Social Media
Over the past couple of days, Facebook made some announcements previewing promising new changes ahead for the social media giant. On Thursday, Facebook announced a new deal with Shutterstock that will make millions of stock photos in its library available for Facebook...Jun 6, 2013 | Blog, Smirk's Take, Social Media
After acquiring Tweetdeck in 2011, many of Tweetdeck’s fans feared Twitter would simply shut it down after making extensive updates to Twitter’s website and features. Instead, Twitter simply narrowed Tweetdeck’s focus, worked on its web experience...Apr 2, 2013 | Blog, Digital Strategy, Smirk's Take, Social Media
According to a new study by RadiumOne, 58% of social media users use hashtags on a regular basis. Of the study participants, 71% that admitted using hashtags were women and 44% were middle-aged. By this standard, hashtags are mainstream and one of the main ways people...Mar 28, 2013 | Blog, Digital Advertising, Digital Strategy, Smirk's Take, Social Media
Connecting with your audience has evolved so much over the past decade. When the right people promote posts and they go viral, they can circulate across the world in minutes. Advertisers are still struggling to invest in word of mouth advertising and harness the power...Mar 7, 2013 | Blog, Social Media
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, when Facebook first started, the news feed was filled with mostly text and now it’s nearly 50% photos and visual content. Today reporters and social media fans around the world got a glimpse of Facebook’s...