Posts Tagged ‘twitter’
Careful What You Do on Social Media
by Sarah Warlick, content director Ready for some serious Twitter drama? LeBron James quit following his own team! What is he thinking? How could anyone do anything so awful? What does it mean for the playoffs? Does his action reflect deep divisions within the Cavs community that point to a disastrous end of the…
Read MoreTwitter Introduces Interactive Twitter Polls
by Kelly Lucas, client marketing director In the past, if you wanted to survey the Twitter-sphere, you had to create a special hashtag and manually track and count the responses. Ain’t nobody got time for that! But as luck would have it, Twitter has announced the introduction of Twitter Polls. With this new feature,…
Read MoreSending Private Direct Messages on Twitter Just Got Easier
by Kelly Googe Lucas, client marketing director In a post on their blog yesterday, Twitter announced they are making it easier for users to send and receive a Direct Message (DM) on the popular platform. Historically, if you wished to send a private DM to another user, it was required that you followed each other.…
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Read MoreClient News: New Website Launched to Facilitate Discussion of Intuit QuickBooks Online
ATLANTA – JANUARY 2015 – Cathy Iconis, founder and CEO of Iconis Group, LLC in Atlanta, Georgia, is pleased to announce the launch of the new website QBOchat.com. This website is dedicated to providing a regularly occurring open and collaborative forum for people to meet online to discuss the Intuit product QuickBooks Online (QBO).…
Read MoreThe Most Effective Social Media Platforms
by Kelly Lucas, client marketing director When asked what is the most effective social media platform for their organization, B2B marketers choose LinkedIn, according to Social Media Examiner’s 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report. This report is based on data gathered from a survey of 2,887 marketers in first quarter 2014. There’s quite a bit…
Read MoreLinkedIn Announces New Premium Experience
by Kelly Lucas, client marketing director Just like Twitter changed profiles to look more like Facebook, now LinkedIn is hopping on the “we all look alike” bandwagon. As announced today on their blog, LinkedIn will begin rolling out a new profile look for their premium members. The updates and enhancements include the following: Visually enhanced…
Read MoreIs All Fair in Love and Social Media War?
by Matt Galchick, intern If a tweet gets posted and deleted before anyone gets a chance to read it, did it even exist? According to a Los Angeles jury, the answer is “No.” In what is being considered a ground breaking case by many, a forensics team in the first ever “Twibel” (Twitter libel) case spent…
Read MoreReally, It’s Just Chatting
by Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk, president Last week, we closed the office on Friday for our annual bbr marketing planning day. As most of you know, it’s tough to completely shut down, even for just one day, but we have found that it is time well spent. We take a look at the year that is…
Read MoreThe Little Blue Bird Enters the Big Leagues
by Sarah Warlick, writer and copy editor With a very successful initial public offering behind it, Twitter has more to boast of than ever. Try these ideas to harness the power of the platform. Following its strong IPO last week and a couple years of rapid growth behind it, Twitter is riding high every way…
Read MoreDo You Know the Complete History of Social Media? [Infographic]
by Kelly Lucas, marketing and social media manager Most people, when they hear the term “social media,” think of online platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. However, long before there was even a world wide web, there were other media that enabled us to be social. Starting with the advent of postal service in 550…
Read MoreWhat Does the White House Twitter Hoax Have to Do With Me?
by Kelly Lucas, marketing and social media manager If you think people aren’t really paying that much attention to what’s said on social media, think again. Yesterday, stocks took a brief nose-dive when the Associated Press tweeted out the announcement that there had been explosions at the White House that had injured President Obama.…
Read MoreSocial Media Sensitivity in Times of Tragedy
by Kelly Lucas, marketing and social media manager On Friday, when I learned about the shooting in Connecticut, I instantly became physically ill. Literally. My stomach was tied up in knots and I was openly weeping for those children. I was so very upset and like many, my nerves were frayed. Along with watching…
Read MoreWho ‘Owns’ the Relationships That Arise From Your Firm’s Social Media Presence?
by Sarah Warlick, copywriter and editor A brilliant blogger or talented tweeter creates strong relationships with the audience that follows your firm. What does that mean when personnel changes occur? It’s an interesting question, one of the new horizons that accompany the rise of social media as a branding tool. Companies are beginning to…
Read MoreBehold the power of social media (aka “Is that pot I smell?”)
by Kelly Googe Lucas, marketing and social media manager Recently, Bonnie and I traveled to New York and Connecticut for some business meetings. We visited the High Line in Manhattan (very pretty) and met with a client at the Standard Biergarten (very cool). I’m telling you, a biergarten by the water in New York…
Read MoreDid someone say chocolate covered bacon?
by Kelly Googe Lucas, marketing and social media manager We’re excited to be participating as an exhibitor in the 2012 GSCPA Southeastern Accounting Show. We’ve got a fancy-schmancy new booth to show off, hot-off-the-presses brochures to hand out and some very interesting prizes to give away. What sort of prizes you ask? Well, I won’t…
Read MoreHootsuite AutoSchedule: Help for the Super Duper Busy Professional
by Kelly Googe Lucas, marketing and social media manager While you may get that using social media is a great part of your overall marketing strategy, it’s not always easy to be consistent with your posts if you are a particularly busy individual. Now Hootsuite has come out with a new feature that makes…
Read MoreLinkedIn is Getting a Facelift
by Kelly Googe Lucas, marketing and social media manager First Twitter gets a new ‘do, then Twitter dumps LinkedIn, so of course LinkedIn has to one-up the bird and get a completely new look. In the next few weeks, LinkedIn will begin rolling out a fresh new look for their homepage. In the latest…
Read MoreTwitter Splits from LinkedIn: It’s Me, Not You
by Kelly Googe Lucas, marketing and social media manager While some have bemoaned (and some smirked at) the divorce of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, there was another equally earthshaking split this weekend. Twitter left LinkedIn. Yes, it’s a sad day in the social media world, leaving many to ask the question “How could…
Read MoreSocial Media and Your Firm: A Love/Hate Relationship?
by Sarah Warlick, copywriter and editor You hear about the importance of using social media for your firm all the time, along with fantastic claims about the benefits it offers. While there’s a good case to be made that business use of social media is imperative and the benefits are proven daily by firms who…
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