It has been a week for me. I’m finally able to catch my breath. This made me realize that I didn’t have something to post tomorrow. After a bit of debate, with myself, I decided to do another This Week is Social media. There were a few things I think you should know about! Canva Update […]
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Should You Care about Twitter Stories?
Should you actually care about the recently released Twitter stories? I would say yes you should pay attention. Unlike SnapChat, Instagram is a program a lot of businesses/marketers are familiar with the service. The app is not something foreign or hard to use. I think the biggest issue people have, well those over 40, is […]
Is Evernote Evergreen? The future of the Service
Before I begin this post. I am the biggest fan of Evernote. I have been for many years. In fact, I have been a paid member for just about as long as I have been a member. It allows me to do so much, especially on the go. I can’t picture my workflow without the […]
SSBS – Small Business Social Tools
There are a ton of tools on the market for social media. You can spend your entire budget on more just on tools. It would be great if we could all use a service that does social listening, sentiment analysis, account management and analytics analysis. In a perfect world we would have all those things. […]
Changes in Podcasting? Is it needed?
When I mention podcasting many things come to mind. Brands in podcasting are TWiT, NPR, Adam Corolla and more. We are having a renaissance of sorts with the medium. Prior to this a lot of podcasting were geared towards technology and things a bit geekier. I can say that cause I consider myself a geek. Now […]
Facebook let’s you track In Store Visits
Wouldn’t it be great to run an ad on social and be able to see the effectiveness of how much traffic it drive? Sounds like a dream or a something a ways off. It’s not any longer. Facebook announced this week the new Store locater for location awareness ads. It’s a long name for a […]
Review Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
A few weeks ago I recommended getting the Nik collection from Google. They are a set of PhotoShop plug-ins but several of them you can use as stand alone apps. The HDR Efex Pro 2 is on of those you can use as an app. If you’re not familiar with HDR it’s called High Dynamic […]
We are on Apple News
I’m very happy to say that Marketing Elements is on Apple News now! The process was very simple and easy to get the blog on. However the plug in to help publish in Apple format is a bit more complex. I installed the plugin called “Publish to Apple News” and some things went wonky. I […]
Should you Pay Tribute in your Social Media to a Celebrity that Passes?
I don’t have to tell you that last week we lost a musical legend, Prince. I’m sure you have heard it on the news. This got me thinking should you tie in your brand to a celebrity. I think Jennifer Jones on her blog hit it dead on with what was a hit or miss in the […]
Google Play Podcast and why Your Podcast should be on it!
This week Google announced the Android app of Google Play Music has launched their podcast service. If you aren’t familiar with podcats, they are audio or video programs on just about every topic. They tend to be produced by individuals. Larger networks have sprung up like TWiT, 5by5, Nerdist and Podcast One. Shows consists of […]