A local Colorado Springs entrepreneur is launching a marketing website for local businesses.
Called wherestheegg.com, the site will allow visitors to seek up to $50,000 in cash and prizes hidden throughout the content of the site in the form of digital eggs. In exchange, they’ll see the ads throughout the site.
The goal, says creator Aaron Winter, [...] [...]
I’ve been fielding a lot of questions lately about the role of company Web sites amid the sea of social media venues.
Most of the questions sound like this: “Can’t I just launch a blog and a Facebook page and skip building a company Web site?” I understand where these thoughts come from, because it seems [...] [...]
Have you ever posted a Facebook status update only to instantly regret it? I’ve done it more than I care to admit, but was pleased to find that the Urban Dictionary has already addressed the sentiment. These statements are called “epiphanots.”
Urban Dictionary defines epiphanot as:
An idea that at first seems like an amazing insight (at [...] [...]
There’s a joke among web developers that the Great Recession coincided with the launch of Twitter, but we only tell the joke quietly after first checking to make sure the room is empty.
We’re careful because we know all you business owners and marketers out there just love Facebooking and Twittering all day long while dazzling [...] [...]
Unless you live under a rock, you’re familiar with social media. Everywhere you turn, people are LinkedIn, Facebooked, Twittered and blogged. Virtually anyone involved with modern marketing will tell you it’s a must-do for business. But is it?
Clients frequently ask what they should be doing in this area and the answer is almost always the [...] [...]
Each year, the Colorado Tourism Office solicits requests for proposal from advertising agencies around the state.
This year being no exception, the CTO on Jan. 10 opened the bidding for four marketing-related contracts:
Advertising/overall brand direction;
Public relations/social media;
Digital directives/digital advertising; and
Publication of the state visitors vacation guide.
What’s new is that the second item – public relations/social media [...] [...]
By Rebecca Tonn
rebecca.tonn@csbj.com
A growing number of banks have realized it’s time they Tweet, Friend and blog or risk losing younger generations.
They have good reason to join the social media revolution.
Embracing it can increase retail banking revenue up to 10 percent, according to a report by Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group.
Locally, one of the banking industry’s [...] [...]
The Air Force Space Command says five Air Force bases in the Pacific will be the first to get access to social-networking Internet sites under new Defense Department rules.
Space Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., said Tuesday the five bases are Anderson in Guam, Eielson and Elmendorf in Alaska, Hickam in Hawaii and [...] [...]
Business owners who haven’t caught on to the hip, happening and absolutely necessary world of social media could soon have extra time on their hands — to contemplate the red ink on their financial statements.
Social media is everywhere — and no, it’s not going the way of pet rocks or hula hoops. It’s here to [...] [...]
by Ann Snortland Published: March 13,2010
Tags: Social Media
The buzz about social media as a business tool has reached a fever pitch. The challenge is to separate hype from reality and determine how it best fits in your organization.
Social media is a very powerful pull marketing tool for middle-market companies and has become a regular part of the overall marketing mix. The primary [...] [...]
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