Monthly Archives: April 2011

Design Thinking

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Alexandra

As a social media manager, my days are often filled with meetings and phone calls in between account work. On Friday, I had one meeting in particular that I was really looking forward to. One of our clients, Tim Ogilvie, … Continue reading →

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Caption Contest

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Alexandra

Public relations offices are full of random memorabilia. Check out this photo of one of our senior staff members reading the paper. Suggest a caption to win some cool books, and to be featured on our blog.

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Social Vending

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Dee

You have your vending machines.  And then you have your social vending machines. Pepsi is getting consumers involved in a whole new way with a prototype launch of its social vending machine.  In addition to quenching your own thirst, you … Continue reading →

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App Happy: Note Everything

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Eric

Looking for that perfect app to keep all your thoughts organized without having a million pieces of paper scattered all over your desk? Note Everything, a free app in the Android Market, allows you to electronically organize your thoughts (in … Continue reading →

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Duped!

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Dee

How closely do people pay attention to the press release?  On NPR’s music blog The Record, Frannie Kelley tells a great story of how a ridiculously fake bio for an actual band went insanely viral. The headline of the release … Continue reading →

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In Print: The Beatles

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Alexandra

This has been a good week for Beatles fans, as three separate Beatles-related books have made the news. 1. Via GalleyCat, I read that Abrams will be publishing Living in the Material World: George Harrison – an illustrated book that … Continue reading →

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Fan Page Duel

Posted on April 7, 2011 by admin

Do you remember Xanga? If any of you were like me and used it as an online journal, you probably remember spending hours at a time tinkering with the HTML to make your page look unique. With Facebook, things get … Continue reading →

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Last Words

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Alexandra

Thanks to the beloved GalleyCat Twitter feed, I happened upon a link to Flavorwire — tweeted by BookBench — that had a list of 20 famous last lines in literature. I sifted through the list quickly, amused by the lines … Continue reading →

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Social Media April Fools

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Alexandra

If you’ve been on Google today, or have logged into LinkedIn, you may have picked up on two clever April Fool’s Day jokes.

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