How Do You Or Your Brand Use Each Social Network Effectively?
Even though we are in the day and age of social media and every parent is posting pictures of their kids on Facebook and professional photographers are showcasing their work on Instagram, it still doesn’t mean that everyone or every brand knows which network to…
Creative Concepts Touts Twitter Tips
Whether you are a Twitter pro or tweet novice, Hubspot’s 50 Tweetable Tips You Wish You Knew Years Ago is a great refresher guide. Many of the tips seem simple, but you would be surprised by how many people don’t have an image or a…
Creative Concepts Reviews Instagram’s Most Popular Hashtags
What’s a Hashtag? If you are not familiar with the hashtag, it is a keyword formatted with a # sign that is a tag so people can search for conversations on that topic on various social media sites. For example, #marketing, #socialmedia and #pr are industry…
Creative Concepts Reviews Top Social Media Marketing Trends for 2014
As we enter the fourth quarter of 2013, experts begin to take a look at what worked and what didn’t work in social media marketing this year and make predictions for next year. Businesses are seeing tangible benefits of engaging on social media with their…
Creative Concepts Looks at Social Media Demographics
Ever wonder which social media sites you should focus on for your target market? A new extensive social demographics study from Pew Research Center and Docstoc illustrates social media behavior and platform usage. There are a few findings in line with previous studies as well…
Creative Concepts Looks At Social Influence in Ad Campaigns and TV Shows
Social influence is growing in advertising as well as the entertainment industry. Executives are utilizing social media networks like Twitter and Facebook as gauges for getting instant consumer feedback. In the past, researching ideas with focus groups was a long drawn-out, expensive process to garner…
Creative Concepts Shares How Using Instagram Can Help Brands Connect with Customers
I love social media; I was an early adopter of Twitter and I have stuck with Facebook despite all of their changes. I like the way these platforms allow me to connect with people I don’t see or hear from in my everyday life, but…
Creative Concepts Shares A Teen’s Point Of View On Finally Getting An iPhone
Green with envy is an understatement in describing how I felt regarding my friends with iPhones…because I didn’t have one. They had cool apps, could access Facebook from school (shhh don’t tell anyone) and easily group message each other among other things. I resented that…
Creative Concepts Shares A Teen’s Point Of View On The Use Of Twitter’s Hashtags
Perhaps one of the most important parts of Twitter is the hashtag. It’s not necessarily the 140 characters available per tweet that gets a message out; it is the “adding of your voice to the general discussion” through the hashtag that makes the impact, according…
Creative Concepts Strategies for Finding the Best Blogger for Your Brand
Last week, I spoke at the M2Moms conference in Chicago; I spoke to a wide range of brand managers and PR people who are sincerely interested in working with bloggers to get the word out about the products and brands they promote. Over and…