Topic: Trends

The Future of Search

By: Michael Bray

May 04, 2012

Every day, 60,000 new websites are added to the web, 140 million tweets are sent, 1.5 billion Facebook posts are made,1.6 billion blog posts are published, 2 million videos and 5 million photos are uploaded. How can we navigate our way through the growing expanse of web content to find what we need?

Let’s take a look at three ways search is evolving.

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Topic: Trends

Tags: Search, SEO

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I Feel Pretty. Oh So Pretty.

By: Jen Gordon

April 26, 2012

We live in a world where we just want to feel pretty. Be pretty. Look pretty.  And most of the time, many of us just don’t. In fact, only 4% of women around the world actually think they’re beautiful.  And that’s a very small number.

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Topic: Trends

Tags: advertising, celebrity endorsement, women's beauty products

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How Social Influencers are Replacing Banner Ads

By: Matt Fiedler

April 20, 2012

Banner ads. Easy to target, easy to place, and at times, even fun. But banner ads are also pretty low performers.

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Topic: Trends

Tags: advertising, Banner ads, social media, social media influencers

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We’re In This Together

By: Jack Hartman

April 18, 2012

About a month ago I was fortunate enough to attend a fantastic keynote by Jeff Dachis, CEO of Dachis Group during Social Media Week.  Despite the fact that I was suffering from the flu and missed a few of the highlights, there was one quote in particular that stood out amongst all of the coughing and sneezing: “Today every business and brand are social. In 2012, the honeymoon for social is over.  It’s not okay any longer for to us be experimenting, testing, tasting or trying in social.”

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Topic: Trends

Tags: digital, social media

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5 SXSWi Talks Worth Your Time

By: Michael Bray

April 06, 2012

The SXSW interactive conference might be over for now, but here are five awesome talks that you can still check out.

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Topic: Trends

Tags: apps, mobile, social media

Comments: Discussion