December 2010
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Here's the thing with New Year's Eve.
No one really cares this year. There’s a general consensus that 2010 was lame, there’s nothing to celebrate, and instead of being excited for 2011, we’re approaching it with a sort of quiet apprehension. We want to be hopeful, but we don’t want to let ourselves down.
I mean, let’s face it, 2010 was Year of the Snooki.
I can understand why people are taking it easy...
The Real World.
Many of my blog’s followers are friends who have absolutely no interest in marketing or media unless I’m the one talking about it. And I’m okay with that. But this blog post from Mitch Joel (he’s kind of a celebrity in the marketing communications world) really got me thinking, and I think everyone can appreciate the message on some level.
If there’s one...
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Sometimes I get bored and write depressing...
It’s beginning to look a lot like climate change, everywhere you go Take a look in the sky and then, it’s raining once again It’s pouring and it’s melting all the snow
It’s beginning to look a lot like climate change, temperatures on the rise And the saddest sight to see is the puddles that will be Before your own two eyes
Two pairs of warm winter boots and matching...
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Attempting to write a cover letter that fully...
This is exactly the kind of thing I would love write by hand, dotting every ‘i’ with tiny Mickey Mouse ears. Unfortunately, this is the computer age and I’m not entirely sure I know how to write actual sentences with a pen anymore.
To be honest, I think the most difficult part of writing this letter is keeping my finger off the caps lock key. That’s how excited I am just...
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What do you do when the end goal of your campaign...
A friendly debate on awareness campaigns between a marketing student and a social activist.
I’d like to clarify that this discussion is copied directly from Facebook and wasn’t designed to be an interview or anything formal. Sometimes the greatest conversation comes up this way!
[I apologize for this post being so huge! The ‘Read More’ function on Tumblr isn’t...
Why Facebook awareness campaigns suck - and how...
If you’ve been on Facebook at all recently, you may have noticed something like this happening on your news feed.
The campaign goes a little like this:
Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same. Until Monday, Dec 6th there will be no human faces on Facebook, but an invasion of childhood memories! This is to raise...