Friday Five (Creative Market, Pit Bulls, Willy Jeeps, and more!)
Every Friday, we present our staff’s top picks for the best links or articles of the week AND we’ll tell you why we think they’re so great. A word of warning – this isn’t always about marketing. It’s just great stuff we’ve curated from across the web that we think is worth sharing. Enjoy! Creative Market (Jessie-Lee): http://bit.ly/MdRLuV This was the best find I made all week! If you are a designer you are probably familiar with COLOURlovers, its a go to source for the freshest color combos. Creative Market is a side project to bring fresh design content to the masses! By...
Read MoreNew Promotional Product: The Desk Shark
Every now and again you wonder “Why didn’t I think of that…?” Well, more often than most, the team at Semco has me saying just that. Mid-year, they’ve launched several very cool and useful advertising specialty products. I take my hat off to their creativity, innovation and mindful pricing. One of my favorite new products is the “Desk Shark.” This handy little item keeps your cords where you want them — off the floor! So often, when you unhook your laptop, iPad or Smartphone, the cord slips off the desk and onto the floor. This little gem holds up to 5 cords or...
Read MoreLinkedIn Adds Two New Features
Some important changes are once again coming to LinkedIn. Throughout the next several weeks, LinkedIn will be rolling out two new features – targeted updates and follower statistics. Both Facebook and Google+ already offer something very similar to targeted updates, which will allow LinkedIn users to segment their connections into specific groups and publish status updates to one or more of those groups. With this feature, you’ll be able to create individual lists using common marketing demographics such as industry, job function, seniority, company size, and geographical location. There...
Read MoreFriday Five (weather, organ donation, translation and more)
Every Friday, we present our staff’s top picks for the best links or articles of the week AND we’ll tell you why we think they’re so great. A word of warning – this isn’t always about marketing. It’s just great stuff we’ve curated from across the web that we think is worth sharing. Enjoy! How Weather.com Is Building a Social Media Weather Alert System (Jessie-Lee): http://on.mash.to/JZx0wr Long overdue, but nonetheless brilliant (in my opinion)! Having started with a full site redesign, Weather.com is going to begin implementing weather alerts on Facebook and Twitter. This will...
Read MoreMaking the Most of Your Tradeshow Experience
Quintain Marketing President John Booth offers quick tips on how to get the most out of a tradeshow. Click below to view this presentation (it’s only 93 seconds long!). If you can’t view the image above, copy and paste this URL into your...
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