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We Were Promised Jetpacks – It’s Thunder And It’s Lightning
We Were Promised Jetpacks is an indie rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland, comprising Adam Thompson (vocals, guitar), Michael Palmer (guitar), Sean Smith (bass) and Darren Lackie (drums). The band’s debut album, These Four Walls, was released on 15 June 2009 on Fat Cat Records. I recently just came across them while I was digging through [...]
Sufjan Stevens – Vesuvius
The Age of Adz (pronounced odds) is Sufjan Stevens’ first full-length collection of original songs since 2005’s civic pop opus Illinois. This new album is probably his most unusual, first, for its lack of conceptual underpinnings, and second, for its preoccupation with Sufjan himself. Vesuvius off of The Age of Adz pulls you in right [...]
Lemolo
Lemolo followed me on twitter this last week and I noticed they were local to Seattle so I decided to check them out. When I first hit play I was honestly skeptical when a extremely simplistic electronic beat started. In hopes that it would get better I waited to see if it would build but [...]
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Print: The #1 Medium Social Marketers Overlook
Posted by Elliott on February 8, 2011 · View Comments
If social marketing is done right it will integrate with many different business groups inside an organization. However there is one medium that is almost always overlooked when it comes to social marketing… Print. I’m not talking about adding a short link or URL on a flier or magazine adds. I’m talking about using print [...]
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Social Marketing: Hybrid Approach to Identifying Targeted Influencers
Posted by Elliott on February 7, 2011 · View Comments
With any social marketing strategy influencer engagement and identification usually ends up at the top of the list. If you’re unfamiliar with influencer marketing it’s simply the act of targeting specific key individuals rather than the target a market as a whole. The individuals that are targeted have a strong influence over potential buyers in [...]
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The Power Of Crowdsourcing
Posted by Elliott on December 2, 2010 · View Comments
Crowdsourcing is a very powerful tool that can be leveraged with individuals or organizations. Most crowdsourcing examples that I come across are mainly like www.Mystarbucksidea.com or www.pepsirefresh.com where people just want ideas. What’s different about this one is www.zefrank.com asked people share an experience or an emotional incident. The results are quite impressive. Here’s the [...]
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How to Detect influencers backlinks and Leverage them through Social Media
Posted by Elliott on October 6, 2010 · View Comments
In social media the number of followers a user has usually correlates to a person’s influence on the social web. Even thought this can be true at times followers can be bought through contests, gifts, and purchased through other marketing agencies. Using these tactics will raise a person’s follower count however, will usually lead to [...]
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How To Use Google Adwords to Define Keywords For Targeting Your Audience
Posted by Elliott on September 3, 2010 · View Comments
Engagement is the cornerstone of social media. Brian Solis even wrote a book on engagement, which I do recommend reading if you’ haven’t already. Having engagement being one of the most important parts of social media it’s perfect for outreach marketing efforts. Outreach marketing is the action of seeking out individuals or companies with shared [...]
Read MoreWhy the Top Ten Facebook Pages Are Successful
Posted by Elliott on September 2, 2010 · View Comments
Whether your business has a Facebook page or if you have a personal fan page you’ve probably wondered what successful Facebook page owners are doing. This blog post covers the top 10 Facebook pages from brands that you’ll more than likely know. Regardless of your business size, there are some good tips here that you [...]
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