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Love Makes the Marketing World Go Around

“Show me the love” has been a common  phrase in the marketing world before Social Media was a beating heart.  Fast forward to 2010 and Social Media has become the BFF.  With Social Media you can easily develop a sincere interest in hundreds of people and accelerate the love.  Take Dale Carnegie’s quote, for example: [...]

The Art of Social Media – A Workshop

Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, & More! The Art of Social Media is a 2 day workshop being held the weekend of March 13th-14th, 2010. I will be leading the discussion that will provide attendees from the art community with the powerful knowledge of: An Introduction to Social Media Tools – an overview of Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, YouTube, [...]

The Naked Brand

I expose myself to friends and family on Facebook daily.  I disclose my real emotions in the moment, share candid photos, and give honest opinions.  Facebook is a community which is built on trust and relationships.  Just as in your local community, if someone isn’t being themselves it’s usually obvious.  In the Facebook world your choices are to hide the [...]

Southwest Airlines New Facebook Contest – Fans Fly Free With Some Turbulance (TO OTHER AIRLINES!)

I love to start my morning with a soy latte and Facebook.  The 10 plus farmers, artists and dreamers who meet at the local Rexville Grocery (small town hang-out) every morning feel the same way about their morning ritual.  Good friends…good coffee.  Facebook has become my morning community.  I can get together with my community of friends and family in [...]

Brand Awareness and the Pink Glove Dance

I received an e-mail today from my sister-in-law to check out the Pink Glove Dance video on YouTube.   Obviously a couple of other people spread the word as there have been 3,063,623 views just three weeks after the pink glove dance was uploaded.   Now is the season to use uplifting, heartwarming, and inspiring videos to get your message [...]

Facebook Announces 350 Million Users in Just 5 Years

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, announced via an “open letter” banner at the top of every single users Facebook feed at 6:23 PM yesterday (December 1st) the big 350 million Facebook milestone.  The letter’s purpose was to announce the elimination of regional networks (such as China) so there can be  better privacy control.  What does [...]

Corporate Brands – Stand By Me

You’ve probably seen the Stand by Me video on YouTube by now – the one where street musicians from around the world each sing a part.  The video has over 15 million views and 17,000 plus comments. But it wasn’t produced by a major brand or media company.  It was made by a group of [...]

Soy Mocha Please – Facebook & Community

By Julie Burgmeier La Crema Coffee Facebook posting from yesterday:  Offering $2.00 16oz Any Flavor drinks for the rest of the day and just for a special someone soy mocha’s are $1.00 for a TALL. Boy did that get MY attention!  And what perfect timing.  I was getting ready to run my ballot to the drop-off [...]

Think Vertical Storytelling – Think Web-Weaving

By Julie Burgmeier Carl Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology -  aka Jungian psychology.  Jung believed that mythic stories, whether they were creation tales, legends, sagas  or fairy-tales, were wisdom stories.  He defined the stories as very dreamlike, a condensed perspective from the [...]

Facebook “Soy Mocha Please”

by Julie Burgmeier I’m working in my boutique feeling very tired from a late night of consulting work.  I decide I just need to put it out to the universe via cyberspace. I Facebook on Wednesday:  “can someone please bring me a double soy mocha? i’m SO TIRED!” Fast forward 4 days – Saturday.  I’m [...]

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