“The Twitter Hashtag is the New Neon Sign”

“The brand lives in connections.” This simple—yet powerful—statement from Noah Brier, co-founder of Percolate, emphasizes the importance of social media.  Yet compelling as it is, we can take this statement one step further: I offer that your brand can also live in...

The Rise of the Employee Brand

While the stragglers sit still trying to figure it out, the smart brands have evolved into social brands.  However, while the social brands sit patting themselves on the back for their innovation, the really smart brands are busy building engaged communities from...

Out with the Old (Marketing) And In With the New

The power of television in the 1950’s gave advertisers the ability to push messages out to a mass audience. Internet marketer HubSpot believes that shoving unwelcome messages at consumers is like using a sledgehammer. An outbound marketing strategy is based on the...