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Archive for April, 2009

The Twubble with Twitter

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

by Joe Cullen Brown, Sound Designer

You’ve done it.  You found an interesting tweet, so you click the writer, then click follow.  And you’ve done it not just once, but many times. Then a strange thing happens . . .

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What?! I can’t flex the golden pipes?!

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

By Katie Earley, Copywriter

I’m one of those people who watches the Super Bowl for the commercials. Not necessarily because advertising is my day job, but Super Bowl commercials are consistently more entertaining than anything else on TV on a Sunday night. One of my favorite Super Bowl commercials would have to be the E-Trade baby.

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One Horse Records Records at Vest Digital Media

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

by Joe Cullen Brown, sound designer

The Howards from Corydon, Indiana, will release their second CD “Farm Fresh” this summer, and believe me, what they sing about is the way they live.

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Twitter Tweats - New Age Bribery?

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

By Whitney Wright, Vest Media Buyer

I recently joined Twitter for work related reasons.  Before, I would have never joined Twitter.  Don’t get me wrong, I like to the mildly stalking nature of Facebook, but constant updates of what someone is doing is a little much.  I guess I didn’t realize the power of Twitter until I became a Tweet myself.  Now, I am so aware of Twitter that it seems like it is everywhere.

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How to Keep Your Brand From Getting Lost on the Web, Becasue It’s the New Barometer of Brand Success…

Monday, April 27th, 2009

… but were afraid to ask….

by Mitch Gregory, Creative Director

http://www.clickz.com/3633516

The Future of Personal P.R.

Friday, April 24th, 2009

by Susan Gosselin, DIrector of P.R.

Could this be any cooler?  Companies will pay you to have a party with their products at your house!  House Party, Inc., takes personal product sampling to a new and surprisingly effective level.

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Could Iraq be all a-Twitter?

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Mitch Gregory, Creative Director

Could battle-scarred Iraq be an emerging market for interactive social media? Executives from web powerhouses Twitter, YouTube, and Google seem to think so.

http://tinyurl.com/cyaruj

Spelling: Not Just for Second Graders

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

By Katie Earley, Copywriter

Recently during a Washington Nationals game, two players took to the field in jerseys that read “NATINALS” proudly across their chest. Oops! (more…)

Top 10 Reasons You Probably Shouldn’t Tweet

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

By Whitney Wright, Vest Media Buyer

I found this article on “Advertising Age”, and found it pretty informative.  Below you will find out why Twitter is not a one-size fits all marketing ploy.  For the full article, the link is located at the bottom.

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To Twitter or Not to Twitter?

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

By Whitney Wright, Vest Media Buyer

In my opinion, which is usually the only one that counts, today’s social media is all about the self love.  Not only the love of one’s self, but all that we love to do, eat, hear and sleep.  It makes me a little nauseous to talk about myself that much.  Who am I kidding?  I love to talk about myself and so do the other 14 million users that visited Twitter last month. (more…)