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Announcing Baby Jesus with Social Media

by Andrew Bagley December 21, 2010

As I anxiously await the birth of my first son (my wife is due on Christmas day… and no, we are not going to name him Baby Jesus) I’m preemptively marveling at the role social media will likely play in his arrival.  There will not be a new star announcing his birth (can’t afford it [...]

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Forget Local, the Mobile Future is Personal

by Sean Bartlett December 1, 2010

Location-based services and local deal sites are all the rage these days but the staying power of “local” as a stand-alone service or feature is going to be short lived, especially for mobile users. Much has been made of the stats from Bing and Google that tie local intent to mobile searches, but I contend [...]

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Foursquare and Yelp and Places, Oh My

by Dustin Diehl November 30, 2010

Over the past few weeks we’ve talked a lot about new coupon/deal/discount features that have been rolling out on popular location-based service platforms. Well, apparently, we’re not done. Last week, just in time for Black Friday, there were several announcements and examples that caught my eye: PepsiCo and Vons step it up on Foursquare – [...]

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Welcome to Customer Service – Digital Style

by Greg Chapman October 6, 2010

There’s a restaurant close by that is a family favorite. It’s one of seven Valley locations, and the restaurant has been a Phoenix tradition for 45 years. My wife and I suggested that we meet up with friends from out of town there Sunday night. We knew it would be something different that they didn’t [...]

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The Social Rundown

by Dustin Diehl September 17, 2010

It’s that time of week again! Here’s your easily digestable snapshot of this week’s Social Media happenings: New Twitter Twitter has remained relativity unchanged since its inception; updates have typically been minor and often go unnoticed by most. This static characteristic has given rise to a wealth of third party platforms like TweetDeck, Seesmic and HootSuite, offering [...]

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Mobile Marketing for Retailers

by Sean Bartlett September 14, 2010

Of the industries which have begun to embrace mobile in a meaningful fashion, retailers are operating at the front of the pack – though often a bit misguided. A mobile strategy doesn’t mean stand-alone text messages or a “mobilized” version of the desktop web experience, but rather a comprehensive program that is integrated with traditional, [...]

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