by Sara Richardson
It’s fairly common to shorten names. We watch “TV” these days, rather than “television.” We call our Williams “Bill” and our Katherines “Kat.” We can dial up AAA for roadside assistance, withdraw funds from an ATM, stop by an HEB on our way home, and cook our dinner with PAM. If something amuses us, perhaps we LOL or even LMAO. We might tell our BFFs we’ll see them L8R or sign off with TTYL.
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by Amy Valentine
The contrast between the two main sporting events of winter 2014, the Superbowl and the Winter Olympics, provides a great opportunity to compare the ads companies choose to run. Businesses know that they have a great chance to reach a huge target audience with both events. While the Superbowl is a one-time event, the Olympics are spread out over two weeks.
During the Superbowl, crowds of people at parties pay particular attention to the ads,
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Over the last several years, we’ve had lots of discussions with clients about what role social media should play in their marketing. Some companies are avid social media followers and participants—others still aren’t comfortable with social media in their marketing mix. Sometimes this reluctance seems to be based in a “how would my company benefit from that?” type of mentality.
At the end of 2013, the The New York Times took a look at how the twitter side of its social media efforts was going,
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