Month: February 2016

What’s Facebook Got Up Its Sleeve Now?

What’s Facebook Got Up Its Sleeve Now? by: Sean Murphy Last month, Facebook was granted a patent for a software system that will recognize and analyze neologisms. That’s a fancy term for pieces of language – such as slang, abbreviations, acronyms or nicknames – before they actually become widespread. Basically, Facebook will continually be up-to-date […]

Ten Constructive Uses of A Spring Break for Your College Student

Ten Constructive Uses of A Spring Break for Your College Student If you’ve got a child attending college this year, there’s a good chance he or she is facing that dilemma of just what to do with spring break. A week off from school might feel like an awkward amount of time to really do […]

Action Hero: Community Counseling Center

Action Hero: Community Counseling Center by: Christiana Newcomb Building and Supporting an Emotionally Strong CommunityCommunity Counseling Center (CCC) was founded in 1968 to meet the need in the community for affordable counseling, and has become a leader in local mental health services ever since. CCC serves the under insured, and low to moderate income.Qualified, state-licensed […]

Your Next Campaign: Six Simple Questions to Ask

Your Next Campaign: Six Simple Questions to Ask by: Christiana Newcomb In some of the most expensive marketing campaigns recorded, Chanel once spent $33 million, Guinness spent $16 million and Chrysler expended nearly $13 million. Keep in mind, these aren’t their marketing budgets for the year, these are the costs for one, single campaign. The […]

Five tips for making better videos

Five tips for making better videos by: Todd Peterson, Senior Producer at Red Canary Productions Nowadays, anyone can create a video. Just turn on your phone, aim, and push a button. Right?Well, yes. But what makes a video really awesome? Here are five tips that might help take your videos from “kinda boring” to “super […]

Spinning, Smokescreens and Cover-Ups – What Is Public Relations?

Spinning, Smokescreens and Cover-Ups – What Is Public Relations? by: Mary Verdin Understanding the function public relations has to the success of your business begins with knowing what public relations is not!I was once interviewing a potential employee and I asked her what public relations (PR) meant to her? Her response? “Oh, I love PR. […]