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4 Brands That Did Mother’s Day Campaigns Right

By Mallorie Rosenbluth It’s no surprise that during key holidays, social media is heavily populated with branded campaigns–and Mother’s Day is no exception. While children were preparing to have special days with their mothers, filled with flowers and brunches, brands spent months planning to reward their customers and communities (and their mothers). Here are four [...]

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The Future of Social Media is in Your Pocket

By Mallorie Rosenbluth I recently had the privilege of keynoting Visit Salt Lake’s annual Social Media Seminar where the theme of the day was Social, Mobile, Local. My presentation touched on the profound impact mobile has had on social media and consumer interaction, as well as our ability as marketers to create rich media using nothing [...]

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3 Reasons Why LinkedIn is THE Network to Watch

By Mallorie Rosenbluth Over the last several weeks (and days) LinkedIn has been making social media news that’s going to be more influential than Facebook’s new Timeline design. Gone are the days when LinkedIn was considered the uptight friend of the social media inner circle. The site is proving to be so strategic and smart that [...]

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Why Your Brand’s Account Got Hacked

By Mallorie Rosenbluth Unless you’ve been in a bubble that is impervious to social media news and crises, you’ve certainly heard about Burger King‘s and Jeep’s recent Twitter hacks. Brands everywhere were in a tizzy, wondering if their organizations’ social accounts would be the next targeted. Then MTV and BET joined the party, prank-hacking themselves – and no one was [...]

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5 Things Every Community Manager Must Have (that’s not in their job description)

By Mallorie Rosenbluth Today marks a very special day in the world of social media. As the fourth Monday of January gets into full swing, we celebrate a day devoted to some of the hardest working people in the industry – community managers. This job barely existed 5 years ago, and now, we have an [...]

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Power-Up Your On-Pack with Social Media Integration

By Mallorie Rosenbluth What do consumer packaged goods have that other brands don’t? Built in billboards. CPG brands spend a lot of hours, dollars and man power ensuring their packing is attractive to their target consumer and in-line with the look and feel of their organization. It’s a billboard telling consumers “hey, pick me!” as they [...]

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When it Comes to Social Media, Be Like Taylor Swift

By: Mallorie Rosenbluth Besides perfect hair and an ex-boyfriend roster that reads like People’s Sexiest Man Alive list, Taylor Swift has also seemed to knock it out of the park when it comes to social media. With over 20 million followers on Twitter, 35 million likes on Facebook and 3 million followers on Instagram she’s [...]

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Social Media, Starring Your Brand Mascot!

By: Mallorie Rosenbluth We’ve said it before, and many brands have proved it, that telling stories via social media is one of the keys to increasing engagement and building loyalty (and thus, driving purchase intent, over time). But what happens when you’re stumped about the stories to tell? We know content is king, especially in [...]

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3 Reasons Facebook Can’t Figure Out Mobile

By: Mallorie Rosenbluth In the world of social media, it seems to many that Facebook is the industry’s golden child. Even when the network compromises user privacy, makes sudden and confusing changes, and gets villainized in a major Hollywood production; users still flock like moths to a flame. Over 8 years and 900 million users [...]

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Why Value Trumps Viral

By: Mallorie Rosenbluth Long before the Old Spice Guy and JK Wedding Dance (remember those?) were finding their way en mass to our Twitter streams, Facebook feeds and Good Morning America segments,the concept of “going viral” has kept marketers awake at night, wondering if their next idea will spread like wildfire. But what does this concept [...]

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