10 Projects to Focus On In 2012

10 Projects to Focus On In 2012

On January 1st I crack open Excel and plan for the year. It’s a tradition, partly to help me plan and partly to help me keep my sanity. At the beginning of the year, my husband and I decide which projects we want to tackle and how many activities to provide for our kids. Then, as I go through the year and look at our un-decorated spare bedroom...
Checking In: Location-Based Services for Healthcare

Checking In: Location-Based Services for Healthcare

In recent years, the concept of “checking in” at a restaurant or venue through social media sites like Foursquare or Facebook has become increasingly popular as more and more of the population adopts smartphones. These days, people use their mobile phones for just about everything – networking with others, shopping online, downloading music,...
The Value of Facebook

The Value of Facebook

This week our team was meeting with Phelps County Regional Medical Center Physicians Group (PCRMC) to discuss phase II of their online strategies.  At the meeting, Elizabeth Hedrick in the Recruitment and Business Development office presented the results of the Facebook advertising campaign. I’m often asked to prove the value of social media...
Speculating on Google+ for Brands

Speculating on Google+ for Brands

Brands like Ford and Mashable have quickly jumped on board with Google+, but now those accounts could be shuttered soon according to Google. For now, Google is discouraging businesses from creating Google+ profiles, instead promising a business experience to launch later this year which will “far exceed the consumer profile in terms of its...
Keeping Mad Men Accountable

Keeping Mad Men Accountable

In the Golden Age of Advertising – long before AMC’s hit television series Mad Men won over millions of American viewers depicting the changing moods and social mores of 1960s America – there was a time when advertisers such as David Ogilvy, Leo Burnett and Bill Bernbach created magical, sensational and subjectively successful advertising...

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