This post was first published by Melissa Drozdowski at the Interprose Voice blog. “Influencer marketing” has a certain cachet these days; it’s the buzziest buzzword that ever buzzed. Everyone wants in on it. Brands want to know how to put it to use, while wannabe influencers want to capitalize on its popularity. But, what is […]
As the unofficial “cruise director” for my family, I’ve planned everything from birthday parties to Disney World vacations – and yes, it involves a spreadsheet. How else are you going to coordinate our nearly 20-person clan? Needless to say I would classify myself as a planner. A good plan provides clarity, direction and alleviates a […]
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The best investment is in the tools of one’s own trade.” Almost two and a quarter centuries later, and his advice is still spot-on. If you’ve been following this Master Class series or checked out our webinar on event marketing and live social sharing, then you know it’s time to start […]
“A minute of video is worth 1.8 millions words.” ~ Dr. James McQuivey, Forrester Research If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is one second of video worth? According to Forrester’s Dr. James McQuivey, it’s 30,000 words. My math skills aren’t the best but here’s how the arithmetic breaks down: if a picture […]
So, in Parts I and II of this event marketing Master Class series that is the companion to our recent Boosting Conference Engagement with Live Social Media webinar, we looked at the why and how of live social sharing. Now, I want to zoom in on one particular aspect: livestreaming.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime ~ Chinese proverb You know what they say – give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and he’ll be out on […]
This post was first published by Melissa Drozdowski on Interprose’s blog, Interprose Voice. “Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you […]
This post was first published by Rachel DeFrank on Interprose’s blog, Interprose Voice. Could you imagine the Coca-Cola logo without its iconic red? How about a purple and orange Subway logo? Color theory plays such an important topic in branding and marketing, yet you may not know the specific psychology behind the colors you are […]
This post was first published by Melissa Drozdowski on Interprose’s blog, Interprose Voice. Well, we finally made it – we’ve come to the final whistle stop in our Wikipedia Master Class journey. Along the way, we’ve discovered what it takes to get started, Wikipedia’s process and the various pages you’ll encounter; and the Five Pillars […]
This post was first published by Melissa Drozdowski on Interprose’s blog, Interprose Voice. John Green, author of that four-hanky tearjerker The Fault in Our Stars once said, “Oh, Wikipedia, with your tension between those who would share knowledge and those who would destroy it.” It’s probably the purest description I’ve heard of the conundrum that […]
“A Wikipedia article is a process, not a product.” – Clay Shirky, writer and social media theorist Welcome back to our Wikipedia Master Class series. In the first installment, we covered the question of how to know whether your brand is ready for a Wikipedia article, and the first steps you need to take to […]
Talk about chutzpah. In case you missed it, Burger King recently pulled off a brazen stunt using emerging voice technologies. In a cheeky TV spot, the fast food giant tricked Google devices into reading Wikipedia’s article about its flagship Whopper hamburger… after some wanton editing by the marketing team. It almost got away with it. […]
