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As a marketer, if you were to hear the phrase "140 characters," chances are you already know the platform that phrase is referencing. The truncated - some might even say stunted - constraints of Twitter have forced a level of brevity that today's marketers have embraced as the norm. Paragraphs-long Read More

A Pinterest campaign that generates $2.7 million in earned media coverage. A tweet-to-order feature that earns press and accolades including the Cannes Lions 2015 Titanium Jury Grand Prix. A thought leadership initiative that requires little upfront content investment but consistently ranks at the t Read More

Getting and keeping buy-in for any new digital marketing initiative is crucial. Sure, your boss or the executive team may be skeptical about your proposal at first, especially if it represents a big shift in strategy. Wading into uncharted territory can feel like a huge risk. Your mission is to get Read More

Ever heard someone make an outlandish digital marketing strategy promise before? Unless you’re teaming up with one of the Kardashians, reputable digital strategists know that no matter how much we want to guarantee a viral hit or social media success, digital marketing just doesn’t work that way. Y Read More

Content that's uninspired or hampered by bad lead-ins and structure falls prey to the same issues - it's not necessarily bad exactly, but it is uninteresting and liable to cause your readers to wander off.

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The Instagram "Takeover" is an interesting social media phenomenon that brands created specifically to increase their audiences while partnering with other businesses or people. Basically, you allow someone to take over your Instagram feed for a specific period of time and post their own photos on y Read More

In a perfect world, we would have unlimited budgets and time to invest in whatever social media projects we wanted for amazing results. This world is...more complicated. And while using several different social media platforms at once can be very effective, we understand if you only have enough reso Read More

We've talked about Instagram Stories before, and how they allow you to post 24-hour long collections of photos and videos for "in the moment" descriptions and communication. You know, basically like Snapchat – in fact, so much like Snapchat that many people wondered just what Instagram was trying t Read More

So what are your options when it comes to successfully expressing your brand message on social media? There are two: the DIY approach and working with an outside professional. Here's a breakdown of pro vs. cons of hiring out your social media posting: Read More

If you're a regular on Facebook as well as their social media rivals Twitter and Instagram, you may notice an unusual difference between the sites' feeds. While hashtags are a familiar occurrence in the fast-paced user interfaces of the latter two, Facebook hashtags are notably sparse on Facebook it Read More