Creative Concepts Notes What to Do and What Not to Do When Pitching To Bloggers and the Media
This link is a great example of every PR person’s worst nightmare: a journalist (or blogger in this case) makes fun of your pitch, shoots you back a snarky response, and it doesn’t end there as you continue to make more mistakes and they continue to…
Creative Concepts Shares How to Create an Editorial Calendar
Being a social business is tough. There’s a lot of content to create and curate, and a lot of friendly back-and-forth that has to happen every day to keep your customers engaged, loyal and energized about your brand. And, of course, never enough hours in…
Creative Concepts Tips on Choosing — and Using — a Social Media Platform
Blogs, Twitter, Facebook — social media provides so many ways to reach out to consumers and clients. How do you know what format is right for your brand or business? The first step is understanding how each of these social media platforms works. Twitter: Twitter…
Creative Concepts Followed Hurricane Irene Online
As the major news channels in the world focused on the facts and figures behind hurricane Irene’s impending arrival last week, I chose to get my information on her through my friends, followers and followees on Facebook and Twitter. Instead of getting the facts about…
Creative Concepts Shares the Benefits of Facebook Advertising
If you’re a Facebook user, by now you’ve undoubtedly gotten used to seeing ads on the right side of your Facebook pages. Once the province of big brands (who paid tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to appear on your Facebook home page),…
Creative Concepts Teen Insights On Texting
Thank god for my cellphone. I might not have a complicated data plan, or a Blackberry or an iPhone, but texting works and it’s important to me. It’s nice to have some contact with the outside world, trust me. For me, it’s a way to…
Creative Concepts’ Tips On Shopping for a Social Media Expert
We all know that social media is the way to connect with customers, but as a business or a brand, how do you know who to turn to for help? Everyone seems to be a social media “expert” these days, but not all experts are…
A Creative Concepts Teen Insight On Harry Potter And Social Media
For over ten years, I grew up side by side with Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley. I remember the first time I picked up Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, a fresh birthday present, and promptly got lost in the wizarding world. Every book…
Show Me the Money: Compensation, Brands, and Bloggers
I make my living as a freelance writer and editor; in those roles, I do a substantial amount of work with brands. As a fashion blogger, most of this work consists of product reviews and giveaways, and in some way, all of this work is…
Creative Concepts Wants To Know!
We spend a lot of our time researching and imparting our wisdom (and experience) about social media, client news, blogging and mobile updates along with some interesting teen insights. What we don’t spend enough time doing is asking you questions and getting to know you…