“I have a dream…” Delivered by one of the greatest orators ever, Martin Luther King, Jr., this speech still echoes the fundamental beliefs of the civil rights movement decades after it was spoken. The March on Washington, where this famous moment occurred, was one of...
A Boomerang. A toy we all wanted until we had it, sometimes it came back to us, but most of the time it didn’t. The Boomerang of the digital age is an app accessible through Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. It is a one-second video clip that loops back to the...
When I started working with Smirk New Media in January 2015, I had no idea that almost two years later, I’d be a full-blown strategist on the team. Beyond that, though, I had no idea what bonds and friendships I would form, how those relationships would enact positive...
By Michaela Lawson Instagram’s newest feature is making waves of controversy in the world of social media loyalty as the capability seems eerily similar to Snapchat Stories. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing app just launched Stories, a new feature that looks almost...
By Michaela Lawson A local hashtag became the top trending topic on Twitter and even received national response on Friday amid other big ticket news items – Russell Westbrook’s extension and the 2016 Olympics Opening Ceremony to name a few. The hashtag...
By Michaela Lawson “We need to stand out a little more. Any ideas?” “Change the font.” “Change the layout.” “Change the logo.” “Change it all!” “Let’s break the Internet today.” That’s about how I imagine the conversation went at Instagram’s headquarters last week,...
