Posted By: Jamie Sutera, VP of R&D
1102 GRAND, Kansas City’s data center and Internet hub, saw a 200-300 percent increase in its website and blog traffic, and cut 75 percent of its Google Adwords budget. The marketing ROI is part of an ongoing social media campaign with Jennings Social Media Marketing (www.jenningssocialmedia.com).
Darren Bonawitz, principal of 1102 GRAND, said that Jennings Social Media Marketing helped 1102 GRAND have a better perspective of online marketing strategies. “We were in need of marketing experts and that is exactly what we found in Jennings Social Media Marketing. We have worked with Jennings Social Media Marketing for approximately two years. In that time 1102 GRAND has had an increase in website traffic, saved 75 percent of the budget on the Google Adwords campaign, been requested for more interviews than we can handle and been able to realize significant quantifiable results through additional revenue,” said Bonawitz.
Bonawitz added that the focus on social media is extremely beneficial. “Jennings Social Media Marketing implemented many facets of social media marketing including Facebook, Twitter, e-newsletters, blog, case studies, organic search engine optimized press releases and Web videos. Social media is such a vital tool because it is constantly working. We have had so many great results, and it is hard to argue with results,” said Bonawitz.
1102 GRAND is a Midwestern carrier hotel and network neutral collocation facility specifically enhanced with the infrastructure to host and provide services to an array of global network operators including carriers, service providers and enterprise customers who demand highly secure and connected, customized solutions for their core networking equipment. 1102 GRAND offers a wide array of collocation options including cabinets, cage space, suites and space for private data centers, all of which are connected to a carrier neutral Meet Me Room, housing nearly 30 carriers and service providers including AT&T, Level 3, TeliaSonera, tw telecom, Zayo Enterprise Networks, and Hurricane Electric (http://1102grand.com/).
January 11, 2011 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging, Google, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Twitter | Tags: 1102 grand, 2011, 2011 business, 2011 social media marketing predictions, Amazon, analytics, and Hurricane Electric, at&t, blogs, business, business trends, campaigns, colocation facility, Darren Bonawitz, data center, e-mail, Facebook, foursquare, google adwords, green, green social media, internet marketing tools, Level 3, marketing tool, marketing tools, mashable.com, new year, New Years 2011, search engine optimization, search engine optimization company, search engine optimization marketing, search engine placement, search engine ranking, search marketing, SEO, seo marketing, seo optimization, seo search engine optimization, seo service, seo services, shoppers, shopping, social good, social marketing, social marketing hub, Social Media, social media and marketing, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing predictions, social media marketing services, social media shopping, social media trends, social media use, Social networking, social networking site, TeliaSonera, Tim Ferriss, tw telecom, WordPress, yahoo, year 2011, YouTube, youtube social media, Zayo Enterprise Networks | Leave A Comment »
Posted By: Jared Cook
2010, often referred to as “the year of social media,” has come and gone. As we move forward into 2011, we will continue to see social media evolve and grow.
Below is an article from Mashable.com, written by Tim Ferriss, providing his insight into-
4 Social Media Marketing Predictions for 2011
Ah, social media marketing. Fewer things are so lavishly spent on, yet so poorly measured. Here are a few predictions for 2011 related to where the smart money and dumb money will go. Special thanks to a number of high-volume retail experts for their insights, including Ryan Holiday, director of marketing at American Apparel. Read on for our predictions and let us know in the comments what you think social media marketing will look like in the year to come. 
1. YouTube Beats Yahoo — Video Will Convert
YouTube
is the second largest search engine in the English-speaking world. That’s right: YouTube is bigger than Yahoo. Zappos, as one example, added simple videos of people holding shoes and moving them around to its sales pages and increased conversion rate from 6% to 30%. When I look at the traffic sources for my book trailer on YouTube, the biggest referrer isn’t my own blog. It’s The Huffington Post. I customized the video and text content to a niche (but sizeable) outlet that didn’t exist two years ago: Huffington Post Books. With proper targeting and syndication, this 50 second video almost immediately propelled my book from an Amazon rank of approximately number 150 to 30, now stabilizing at number four in all books. We usedRankForest to track this sudden change.
2. The Full Resurrection of E-mail
Groupon has an e-mail list of at least 15 million strong in the U.S. (the company says it’s 30+ million if you include international), which goes to show that a true permission asset can be worth nearly $6 billion on the bidding table. E-mail addresses are a safer long-term investment than social media features. Think about all the money companies spent advertising their MySpace
pages in 2007. Even on Facebook, your direct messages to fans are relegated to a second tier inbox no one reads. This is something you don’t have to worry about happening in e-mail marketing. Among 20- to 35-year olds, at least, their physical addresses change more frequently than their e-mail addresses. The smarter marketers will budget “social media” acquisitions based on lifetime value (or a set duration, like 6 months’ retail purchases) of e-mail addresses. One major retailer did the math and learned that an e-mail subscriber is worth roughly $20 a year in annual online revenue. Knowing this number allowed the retailer to: 
- Calculate the value of the real estate it gives the e-mail signup box at the register in stores. It turns out to be one of the most lucrative converters in an already competitive area.
- Easily say “Yes” or “No” to requests to participate in contests/sweepstakes by judging return on new e-mails acquired.
- Calculate what the company can spend to build its list.
There are companies like Opt-Intelligence that can be paid a CPA (cost per action) for what are called “co-regs.” Co-reg example: If you’re signing up for an account at NYTimes.com, and it says “Get 4 issues of Golf Magazine FREE!” someone paid for that because they knew it will make money based on lifetime value. After the above-mentioned retailer quantified what an e-mail subscriber was worth, the company was able to double its subscriber base in less than eight months. The majority of that growth came not through spending money upfront, but from the redirection of already existing resources in ways that weren’t possible before calculating that number. Let’s say that added 500,000 e-mail addresses, each worth $20 in 2011; that means an additional $10 million in revenue with no significant capital outlay. Aaron Ray uses the same tactics for the “free agent bands” (major acts who’ve left a label) at The Collective. He figures out how many tickets you sell through your fan club, how many downloads come from your e-mail list, and how much traffic you can drive through Facebook and Twitter. It’s critical for two reasons: 1) For accurate revenue/sales/attendance predictions, and 2) As ROI metrics to justify investments for growth. This also allows loss-leader campaigns. Even if the math on a Groupon deal is razor thin, a smart retailer (online or offline) can acquire e-mails through a special form they set up and add an extra $20+ per transaction, per our hypothetical example. Many companies can afford to give product away for “free” if they have the right metrics. Most companies don’t, which leads us to number three.
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January 3, 2011 | Categories: Blogged, Facebook, Google, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Twitter | Tags: 2011, 2011 business, 2011 New year, 2011 social media marketing predictions, Amazon, analytics, blogs, business, business trends, campaigns, e-mail, Facebook, foursquare, green, green social media, internet marketing tools, marketing tool, marketing tools, mashable.com, MySpcae, new year, New Years 2011, search engine optimization, search engine optimization company, search engine optimization marketing, search engine placement, search engine ranking, search marketing, SEO, seo marketing, seo optimization, seo search engine optimization, seo service, seo services, shoppers, shopping, social good, social marketing, social marketing hub, Social Media, social media and marketing, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing predictions, social media marketing services, social media shopping, social media trends, social media use, Social networking, social networking site, Tim Ferriss, WordPress, yahoo, year 2011, YouTube, youtube social media | Leave A Comment »
Posted By: Jamie Sutera, VP of R&D, Jennings Social Media Marketing
Social Media is an important aspect to many businesses. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, blogs etc., are among the most popular ways to communicate and network. Business owners everywhere are utilizing social media in order to grow and manage their companies. Below is an article from http://venturebeat.com, written by Gary Halliwell, that reviews social media business trends for 2011.
According to the article, social media is always changing so it is important to stay on top of social media trends. Haliwell compiled a list of social media trends for 2011 to “help entrepreneurs make the most of this exciting marketing opportunity.”
Social marketing will move beyond Facebook and LinkedIn – A recent Harvard research study showed that information and influence travel up to three degrees across a social network. The information you communicate to friends, family and colleagues is often passed on beyond your network – possibly to thousands of people, most of whom you will not even know. Similarly, the information you receive each day may have traveled two or three degrees before it reaches you.
This is where the meat is for social marketers. In our connected world of Tweets, blogs, emails and posts, this information transmission is captured in electronic form, and what we know as “word-of-mouth” in face to face interaction has become “word-of-digital”, and it’s incredibly track-able and useful.
2011 and the years ahead will be a time when marketers start to get away from thinking of social marketing in terms of the limited information posted on Facebook or LinkedIn, and start to figure out how to influence and encourage the transmission of information across the vastly larger real social networks their customers inhabit.
Socially adept companies will align the needs of employees and customers – Social is about “we” – a dimension that few companies are used to operating in. “We” includes the inter-connectedness of customers on the internet, airing complaints and raving about things they like, creating resonance for brands both positive and negative. Just as importantly, and perhaps less intuitively, is that “we” also embraces employees.
I’ll again refer to Zappos, as it achieves customer excellence by ensuring employees and customers are aligned by delivering happiness to both employees and customers. Management knows that reacting to customers in real-time requires employees who are motivated, empowered and creative across the whole organization.
In 2011, we’ll see more companies embrace Zappos’ approach to social as integral, and large corporations relying on their inertia will feel the hot breath of excitement from fully motivated competition.
Millennials will take another step forward into the breach - The shift to greater social connectedness will continue to move forward in 2011. In 2010, at a recent conference about social media in Boston, not one of the 500 attendees was below the age of 30. As a result, a lot of the discussion about social media was that of fear, uncertainty and doubt.
As younger people begin to turn up at these sorts of conferences, expect the conversation to change into discussions and enthusiasm for the possibilities of social media, as opposed to the threats. Help is on its way, but it may be too late for larger more static companies where management think social is a cocktail in a bar.
Social will penetrate deeper into company structures – The Fall 2010 NetProspex Social Business Report analyzed over 2 million contact records of folks within the largest companies in the nation. The trends offered an interesting view into 2011.
Not surprisingly, marketing decision makers had the heaviest use of social media. Interestingly, our study also showed human resources professionals ranking 2nd for social network usage. CEOs, meanwhile, were number 11 on the list, outpaced by office managers and customer service reps. This is a trend that will hopefully reverse, as more CEOs see the power of social media to network and to amplify their thought leadership.
Go live or go home – In his recent book, Real-time Marketing and PR, David Meerman Scott gives many examples of companies that suffer from not reacting in real time to customer issues. Going “real time” means preparing an organization to react to what’s happening in their world, cohesively and adeptly. It requires planning for the future with room for ambiguity and change, and the flexibility to react from the top to the bottom of a company.
Going real time is something most companies, especially large ones, are not geared to do. Generally, management selection is based on planning, organizational and political skills. Now that customers have the power they do with social communication, in a conversation that is visible to all, Scott’s premise is that creativity and improvisation is required in the real-time culture that customer relations now demand.
The good news is that this pressure will create excellence seen in live performance, but 2011 is still the beginning of painful transition for the majority of business.
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December 29, 2010 | Categories: Blogged | Tags: blogs, business trends, green, green social media, http://venturebeat.com, internet marketing tools, marketing tool, marketing tools, Recharger Magazine, search engine optimization, search engine optimization company, search engine optimization marketing, search engine placement, search engine ranking, search marketing, SEO, seo marketing, seo optimization, seo search engine optimization, seo service, seo services, shoppers, shopping, social good, social marketing, social marketing hub, Social Media, social media and marketing, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, social media shopping, social media trends, social media use, Social networking, social networking site | 1 Comment »
Posted By: Jamie Sutera, VP of R&D
Thank you to Becky Bosshart, writer for Recharger Magazine, for interviewing Valerie Jennings for a recent article. During the interview, Jennings discussed social media trends. According to the article, Valerie Jennings, who created a blog for InkCycle, said the company is building brand awareness of its eco-friendly ink cartridges using online reviews, and Sarah Thompson, LaserNetworks’ marketing manager, explains what new bloggers should expect from social media (hint: it’s a long-term investment).
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December 21, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging, Facebook, Google | Tags: Becky Bosshart, blogs, green, green social media, http://rechargermag.com, internet marketing tools, marketing tool, marketing tools, Recharger Magazine, search engine optimization, search engine optimization company, search engine optimization marketing, search engine placement, search engine ranking, search marketing, SEO, seo marketing, seo optimization, seo search engine optimization, seo service, seo services, shoppers, shopping, social good, social marketing, social marketing hub, Social Media, social media and marketing, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, social media shopping, social media use, Social networking, social networking site | Leave A Comment »
Posted By: Maya Tao
I want to share an article written by Lauren Indvik from Mashable.com regarding ways of recycling used electronics. Every year, less than 20 percent of consumer electronics is collected in eco-friendly ways. Donations of used electronics are highly encouraged. Charitable recycling programs including Dell and Goodwill, the Wireless Foundation, Students Recycling Used Technology, Komputers 4 Kids and eBay Giving Work. However, a couple of steps are also recommended before taking the action, for example, clean the hard drive and donate supplementary materials.
5 Charities for Donating Your Old Electronics
Consumer electronics, a broad category that includes TVs, computers, audio devices, phones and other related devices, currently constitutes nearly 2% of the municipal solid waste stream and is steadily rising at a rate of 8% per year. According to the EPA, of the roughly 2.25 million tons of used and unwanted electronics each year, 18% is collected for recycling and roughly 82% winds up in landfills.
These are unfortunate statistics given the many useful and eco-friendly alternatives for disposing of your old electronics — not to mention tax breaks for consumers. We’ve highlighted a few of these options below, along with information about preparing your unwanted goods for donation.
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May 3, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging | Tags: blog marketing, business marketing, charity, consumer electronics, Dell, donation, eBay Giving Work, Eco, eco-friendly, electronics, email marketing, Goodwill, Google, green, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, Kansas City, KC, Komputers 4 Kids, LA, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, media marketing, New York, NY, online advertising, online marketing, product marketing, public relations, recycling, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, social marketing, social media and marketing, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social networking, Students Recycling Used Technology, the Wireless Foundation, Twitter, twitter marketing, used electronics, viral marketing, web marketing, website advertising, website marketing | Leave A Comment »
By: Billy Griffin
I would like to share a contest further proving that social media greatly influences the sustainable fashion industry and advocates the green movement.
Treehugger.com, one of the largest websites in the world and the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream, releases the nominees for the Best of Green 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards. Treehugger’s editors and writers put their heads together to name more than 170 winners across eight topics, naming the people, places, products, companies, and ideas that are pushing the green movement forward. Now, Treehugger.com invites readers to pick the cream of the crop. Through April 2, readers can vote in more than 40 prize categories across our eight main topics. The Readers’ Choice winners will be announced the week of April 12.
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March 22, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging, Social Media Marketing | Tags: advertisement, architecture, Billy Griffin, blog, blog marketing, Blogger Kelly Drennan, business marketing, Eco Fashion, Ecofashionista, Ecouterre, email marketing, Entertainment, enviornment, fashion, Fashion and Beauty, fashion industry, fashiontakesaction, Get Twitter Followers, Google, google search tips, green, Green 2010, How to Twitter, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, IT, Jennings Social Media, Kansas City, KC, Kelly Drennan, LA, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, mashable, media marketing, Mike Dobbs, New York, News, News Media, NY, online advertising, online marketing, product marketing, public relations, Readers' Choice Awards, real-time, results, ROI, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search engine tips, search marketing, Seattle, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, Social Media, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, sustainable, sustainable clothing, travel, travel industry, Treehugger, Treehugger.com, trendistic, trends, tweetbeep, tweets, Twitter, Twitter Applications, Twitter Apps, Twitter Followers, twitter google SEO, twitter marketing, Twitter Search, twitter seo tips, Twitter Tips, Twitter Use, twitter.com, Valerie Jennings, viral marketing, vote, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, William Robert Griffin, youtube videos | Leave A Comment »
By: Billy Griffin
Social Media offers designers the chance to promote their own eco-friendly fashion lines, as well as share the green methods in which they create their garments. The social media sphere as a whole offers a place for the green advocacy movement to create awareness. The sustainable fashion is not just a trend, not just hippie potato sacks and Kumbaya, but instead a wearable, fashionable and profitable permanent niche within the overall fashion industry.
websites like Ecouterre.com, an online community devoted to the future of sustainable fashion design, provides evidence that going green is not a trend. According to their mission statement, “Organic clothing, produced without toxic pesticides and dipped in low-impact dyes, is gaining popularity across the globe. In 2006, retail sales of organic cotton products reached $1.1 billion globally—85 percent higher than the year before, according to the Organic Exchange.”
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March 17, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging, Facebook, Google, Social Media Marketing | Tags: advertisement, architecture, Billy Griffin, blog marketing, business marketing, Chinese mud silk, coats, couture, designers, Eco, Eco Fashion, Eco-Fashions, Ecouterre, email marketing, Entertainment, Fashion Week, Get Twitter Followers, Google, google search tips, green, Green runway shows, Green shows, How to Twitter, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, IT, JoAnn Berman, Kansas City, KC, LA, Leanna Mai-ly Hilgart, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, mashable, media marketing, methods, Mike Dobbs, model, New York, New York Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week 2010, News, News Media, NY, online advertising, online marketing, organic, organic clothing, product marketing, public relations, real-time, recycle, results, ROI, runway, Samantha Pleet, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search engine tips, search marketing, Seattle, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, Social Media, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, sustainable, sustainable fashion, travel, travel industry, trendistic, trends, tweetbeep, tweets, Twitter, Twitter Applications, Twitter Apps, Twitter Followers, twitter google SEO, twitter marketing, Twitter Search, twitter seo tips, Twitter Tips, Twitter Use, twitter.com, Valerie Jennings, Valerie Jennings Jennings Social Media, Vaute Courure, viral marketing, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, William Robert Griffin, youtube videos | 1 Comment »
Posted By: Jared Cook
I want to share an article written by Melissa Jun Rowley from Mashable.com about social media and the resort industry.
How the Resort Industry is Using Social Media
A growing number of resort and spa destinations are spreading their wings and reaching a wider customer base via social media. With the help of social networking platforms and niche bloggers, vacation spots are broadening their branding efforts from the sand to the slopes, and connecting with potential patrons they may not have reached through traditional advertising.
Here’s a look at some of the social strategies these getaway companies are employing and what we can learn from their success.
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February 25, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging, Facebook, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Twitter | Tags: advertisement, architecture, blog marketing, business marketing, email marketing, Entertainment, Google, green, HARO, health care, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, IT, Kansas City, KC, LA, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, mashable, media marketing, New York, News, News Media, NY, online advertising, online marketing, Peter Shankman, product marketing, public relations, real-time, resort industry, results, ROI, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, Seattle, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, travel, travel industry, trends, Twitter, twitter marketing, Valerie Jennings, viral marketing, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, youtube videos | Leave A Comment »
By: Leslie Fischer
Green initiatives and social media go together like two (organic) peas in a pod. Green companies looking to grow their business, clientele and networking base with other environmentally friendly prospects need to utilize social media to decrease their carbon footprint, while increasing business. Social media reaches green audiences like no other communication medium available today. Green bloggers are blogging about environmental issues and major media sources are listening. Sustainability is at the forefront of everyone’s minds, and now, with social media, green companies are able to be heard in unprecedented ways. One tweet about a tip on greening up your home or a blog about a new green product is now visible for major media forums, not to mention, can be targeted toward the exact green audience companies have been trying to reach for years. Greening our global community is imperative. Mobilizing the forces that can make that dream a reality are most easily reached through social media.
Tweeters like Ecogiant @algore and Eco-friendly Vegan Filmmaker @ecovegangal, know what’s up. In a mashable.com article written by Cameron Chapman about environmentalists to follow on twitter, these two ecologically sound trendsetters, along with 73 others are the focus of top green voices to listen to.
Green Tweets: 75+ Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter
Twitter has a huge green community. There are green media, green companies and green charities all active on the microblogging service, as well as a whole bunch of individual environmentalists and green bloggers. The #EcoMonday hashtag — the environmental equivalent of #FollowFriday, in which Twitter users suggest “green” tweeters to follow and share green news and info — has grown into a regular trending topic every Monday, along with a variety of other green initiatives.
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If your company is not already sustainable or you are still trying to figure out your green strategy for employees, vendors and clients, check out this video from Brad Roderick on greening-up your office!
February 11, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging, Facebook, Google | Tags: Al Gore, alternative energy source, architecture, Barrack Obama, biofuels, blog marketing, Blogged, bloggers, Blogging, business marketing, email marketing, Entertainment, Featured, Google, google advertisement, green, HARO, health care, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, IT, Kansas City, KC, LA, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, mashable, media marketing, New York, News, News Media, NY, online advertising, online marketing, President Obama, product marketing, public relations, real-time, renewable energy, results, ROI, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, Seattle, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, solar energy, technorati, trends, Twitter, twitter marketing, viral marketing, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, wind energy | Leave A Comment »
Posted By: Jared Cook
This week, Valerie Jennings, CEO of Jennings Social Media Marketing released her latest promotional video about the changes within our industry. Jennings started her company in 2003 at age 24 from her home in Overland Park, Kan. Now, the business works with companies around the globe.
Watch the history of her business and some featured work by Jennings:
February 9, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging, Social Media Marketing | Tags: advertisement, architecture, blog marketing, business marketing, email marketing, Entertainment, Google, green, HARO, health care, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, IT, Kansas City, KC, LA, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, mashable, media marketing, New York, News, News Media, NY, online advertising, online marketing, Peter Shankman, product marketing, public relations, real-time, results, ROI, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, Seattle, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, travel, trends, Twitter, twitter marketing, Valerie Jennings, viral marketing, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, youtube videos | Leave A Comment »
By Jerid Gunter
Not only do they perform and entertain on their respective playing fields, but professional and high-profile collegiate athletes are also entertaining online. Yes, multi-million dollar athletes are frequenting social media sites like Twitter and Facebook just like you and I, if not more frequently. With every 140 characters, they share to the world what’s going on in their own world and their fans are entertained yet again. While this is a great way for athletes to connect with their fans, it can also be another trap door for players to fall into trouble.
It doesn’t take long for word to spread when it’s posted on the Internet, especially when you’re a big name athlete. Former Kansas City Chiefs running back, Larry Johnson, knows this from personal experience. Mid-way through the 2009 NFL season, Johnson posted a negative comment on Twitter, laced with derogatory language and slamming his new head coach. Piled on top of the already mounting off-field trouble, it didn’t take long for Johnson to find himself suspended by the league and later cut from the Chiefs roster.
At the University of Kansas, basketball player Tyshawn Taylor has found himself in trouble on a couple of occasions due to questionable comments he posted on Facebook. In the fall of 2009, Taylor involved himself in the widely publicized campus fight that took place between the Jayhawks football and basketball teams and proceeded to inform everyone on Facebook that he dislocated his thumb because he punched someone. More recently, Taylor posted a comment on Facebook alluding to the idea that he may transfer to another school because of his limited playing time at Kansas. Taylor no longer has his Facebook account.
While there are disaster stories of athletes and social media, there are certainly some who know how to use it to their benefit. Cincinnati Bengals’ star wide receiver, Chad Ochocinco, has jumped into the world of social media head first and is making quite a splash. What started as a Twitter account has turned into what Ochocinco now calls OCNN: Ochocinco News Network. In addition to replying to followers’ tweets and posting his own personal tweets, Ochocinco is pursuing a side job of being a part of the media via Twitter and other mediums. This past week, Ochocinco has been in Miami covering Super Bowl XLIV with a team of three other current NFL players for OCNN. In addition, Ochocinco and OCNN have gone as far as having sponsorships from Motorola Blur and Degree for Men featured on the Twitter page. It looks like Twitter has created an additional career path for Ochocinco.
Social media is a wonderful way to stay connected with friends, family, fans, clients and customers. However, it’s critical that one is careful on what they post for the cyberworld to see, especially for those in the world’s spotlight. For everyone else, what we post can certainly be under scrutiny also. For those who are in search of careers or who have careers working with or in front of the public, employers and potential employers are watching. One questionable post and we may be in the same boat Johnson found himself in with (or without) the Chiefs.
February 9, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Twitter | Tags: advertisement, athletes, blog marketing, business marketing, Chad Ochocinco, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Bengals, email marketing, Entertainment, Facebook, Google, green, HARO, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas Jayhawks, KC, Larry Johnson, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, media marketing, NCAA, News, News Media, NFL, Ochocinco News Network, OCNN, online advertising, online marketing, product marketing, public relations, real-time, results, ROI, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, sports, travel, trends, Twitter, twitter marketing, Tyshawn Taylor, University of Kansas, viral marketing, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, youtube videos | Leave A Comment »
By Billy Griffin
Upon hearing the word “blog,” we often are inclined to revert to the cliché; the odes of tweenage girls venting about boy trouble, feline-fashion tips from recluse cat-ladies, or the perfectly pink posts of Hollywood celebrity gossip gurus. Blogs have long been the regarded as the artwork of amateurs. However, with the emergence of social media marketing, blogs are now booming with new-and-improved content intended to inform a more professional audience.
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February 5, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging, Google, Social Media Marketing | Tags: advertisement, allbusiness.com, architecture, Barbara Goldberg, blog marketing, business marketing, email marketing, Entertainment, Google, green, HARO, health care, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, IT, Kansas City, KC, LA, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, mashable, media marketing, New York, News, News Media, NY, online advertising, online marketing, Peter Shankman, product marketing, public relations, real-time, results, ROI, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, Seattle, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, travel, trends, Twitter, twitter marketing, viral marketing, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, youtube videos | Leave A Comment »
Posted by: Xavier Loya
I would like share a story that Valerie Jennings, CEO of Jennings Social Media Marketing, was presented by Hamptons Green Alliance. The story focuses on the HGA presentation of housing development updates at the AIA Peconic Member Dinner Meeting in Southampton, NY.
Hamptons Green Alliance Members Present HGA House Update to AIA Peconic Dinner Meeting
Bridgehampton, NY – Members of the Hamptons Green Alliance (http://www.hamptonsgreenalliance.com), believed to be the first group of contractors who specialize in a variety of disciplines in the building industry to formally come together to share their expertise and promote sustainable building practices, recently presented their first project to members of the AIA Peconic Member Dinner Meeting in Southampton, NY.
The HGA project, which was announced last year, is a net zero energy, carbon neutral and LEED platinum house on Long Island. In what is believed to be a first in the Hamptons – if not the nation – this home is being rebuilt from the ashes of a horrific fire.
The presentation, which focused on the planning process for the HGA house project, which followed many of the concepts described in AIA new Integrated Project Delivery forms, also included reviews of the sustainable technologies used to attain the goals of the project as well as those that have been used to create energy in sustainable ways. There was a discussion of how thin film photovoltaic creates electricity with less impact on aesthetics, and a review of the status of residential windmills for this project. Other sustainable technologies required to meet the project’s goals were discussed such as low flow plumbing fixtures, smart home electronic technology, improvement of soil composition organically and reviews of materials to reduce the home’s carbon footprint.
All founding members of the Hamptons Green Alliance were on hand to field questions concerning the technologies that each has brought to the project.
The group, working with the Long Island Chapter of the United States Green Building Council, intends to seek LEED Certified Platinum status for the house, as well as implement a methodology developed by Frank Dalene, president of Telemark, Inc. and a founding member of the Hamptons Green Alliance. In addition to the presentation on the HGA House, Mr. Dalene also presented information on ICEMAN, a mathematical formula that scientifically determines the carbon footprint of any manufactured product. The mechanism is briefly explained on the website: www.carbonfactorindex.com
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By: Leslie Fischer
With all the hype regarding the new Apple iPad tablet I want to share some recent news. Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. announces the new apple iPad tablet at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on Wednesday.
“When something exceedes your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical,” said Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design Jony Ive. The magicians at work behind the tool that changed modern technology, the iPhone, are at it again, and this time they’ve created a product that, at this point, seems like a mere illusion. The iPad, which will be available in two to three months, will truly revolutionize everyday life. This innovative piece of technology will change the way consumers work, with large touch-screen Internet and e-mail capabilities, and play, with videos, photos, iBooks, and a YouTube app. The iPad also comes with a comprehensive contact list, calendar, and an on-screen keyboard accompanying a place to take notes, although now, we’d expect nothing less from Apple.
The iPad has Wi-Fi availability and can also run on AT&T’s third generation wireless network. With a convenient size, around that of a magazine, and weighing only 1.5 pounds, the iPad fits nicely into a purse or briefcase, making it light enough to take to the office, and big enough to read on the subway. Because of its user-friendly lay-out and design, coupled with Apple’s strong reputation of reliability, this new gadget will no doubt become the latest must-have accessory. If that’s not enough to excite even the most savvy technaholic, the iPad is equipped with a battery life lasting up to ten hours, making this little widget nothing short of a wonder.
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Posted by: Sam Millikan
This is an article from mobivity.com written by Patricia Carson about new NBC mobile alerts for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The article discusses how you can have easier access to all of your favorite winter events using mobile phone software.
NBC Mobile Alerts for 2010 Winter Olympics
January 21st, 2010 by Patricia Carson
NBC is taking full advantage of mobile software technology for the Winter Olympics beginning on February 12, 2010. They’ve set up a whole system using mobile alerts that allows you to be alerted by TV schedules, your favorite sport, athlete, medal counts and more. Just select “Mobile, Alerts, Shop & More” from the home page navigation bar and select Mobile from the drop down menu, or click here to see the full menu of options available for the information that can be sent to you via mobile.
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Posted By: Jared Cook
Here is an article written by Galia Myron on Demodirt.com featuring Valerie Jennings, CEO of Jennings Social Media Marketing about television viewing becoming more individualistic.
Not Suitable for Family Viewing
Television viewing is becoming more individualistic, no more family viewing.
The days of the family gathering around the telly to take in an evening show after dinner are over, says a Swedish study that examined society’s ever-changing relationship with television. While trendwatchers have long reported that people are becoming more independent, “We are becoming more and more individualistic also in our choice of TV programs,” researcher Jakob Bjur wrote in a new dissertation from University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
“In 1999 social viewing, watching together, accounted for 45 percent, and in 2008 it was down to 37 percent. We are becoming more and more individualistic also in our TV choices, and I’m convinced that this trend will continue. We can no longer speak of TV as a social adhesive, a unifying force,” Bjur said publicly, adding that television is now a source of social fragmentation. There are other avenues for social interaction, he added, including the Internet.
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January 21, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Google, Social Media Marketing | Tags: advertisement, allbusiness.com, architecture, Barbara Goldberg, blog marketing, business marketing, email marketing, Entertainment, Google, green, HARO, health care, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, IT, Kansas City, KC, LA, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, mashable, media marketing, New York, News, News Media, NY, online advertising, online marketing, Peter Shankman, product marketing, public relations, real-time, results, ROI, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, Seattle, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, travel, trends, Twitter, twitter marketing, viral marketing, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, youtube videos | Leave A Comment »
Posted by: Jared Cook
I want to share a article from Allbusiness.com written by Barbara Goldberg, featuring Valerie Jennings, CEO of Jennings Social Media Marketing. The article focuses on the Susan G. Komen Facebook page and their recent viral public relations campaign.
A Little Viral Campaign Gets a Big Response
What good could possibly come of revealing to the world the color of your undergarments? Apparently, quite a lot.
Just 24 hours after a viral campaign tied to breast cancer awareness exploded on Facebook two weeks ago, more than 2,000 new fans — 10 times the usual number in that time period– joined the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Facebook page. It started when women around the world forwarded this e-mail to their friends:
“Some fun is going on . . . just write the color of your bra in your status. Just the color, nothing else. And send this on to ONLY girls, no men . . . It will be fun to see how long it takes before the men will wonder why all the girls have a color in their status . . . Pass it on & do your breast self-exams!”
The viral campaign raised disease awareness by raising the curiosity of a few good men, sparking news coverage by ABCNews.com, the Associated Press, Good Morning America, and other major outlets. And it’s continued to grow.
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Posted by; Xavier Loya
I would like to share some valuable online tips from Mashable staff writer Samuel Axom regarding the placement of closed captions on YouTube videos. In his tutorial he runs down the easy steps of applying captions to user videos, making the process almost “an absolute breeze.”
How to: add captions to your YouTube videos
YouTube has a global audience, so if you want to reach as many people as possible, you’ll have to make sure subtitles are available for your videos. You’ll want closed captioning to reach the deaf and hard of hearing, too. Thankfully, that process has shifted from relatively easy to an absolute breeze in recent months. Here’s how to make it happen.
Once you’ve uploaded a video to your YouTube (YouTube) account, you have two options for generating subtitles for the video: You can use the CaptionTube web app that Google (Google) has created, or you can upload a transcript you make yourself and use Google’s speech recognition technology to automatically assign the right times to each caption. In either case, you’ll end up with a text file that you can edit to make corrections if need be, and viewers will be able to either read the captions in their native language or translate them on the fly when watching your video.
CaptionTube
First, direct your browser to the CaptionTube website and you’ll find a well-realized web application for importing videos, adding and timing captions for them, and exporting the captions however you want them. You’ll have to sign in with your Google account. After you’ve done that, you’ll have two options for importing a video; you can either import a list of all the videos on your account, or you can specify the web address for a public video
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January 21, 2010 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging, Google, Social Media Marketing | Tags: advertisement, architecture, blog marketing, business marketing, email marketing, Entertainment, Google, green, health care, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, IT, Kansas City, KC, LA, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, mashable, media marketing, New York, News, News Media, NY, online advertising, online marketing, product marketing, public relations, real-time, results, ROI, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, Seattle, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, travel, trends, Twitter, twitter marketing, viral marketing, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, youtube videos | Leave A Comment »
Posted By: Michelle Camber
Here is a list created by Lake Superior State University of the words banished for 2010 due to misuse, over use or general uselessness.
Lake Superior State University 2010 List of Banished Words
Word “czars” at Lake Superior State University “unfriended” 15 words and phrases and declared them “shovel-ready” for inclusion on the university’s 35th annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.
“The list this year is a ‘teachable moment’ conducted free of ‘tweets,’” said a Word Banishment spokesman who was “chillaxin’” for the holidays. “‘In these economic times’, purging our language of ‘toxic assets’ is a ‘stimulus’ effort that’s ‘too big to fail.’”
Former LSSU Public Relations Director Bill Rabe and friends created “word banishment” in 1975 at a New Year’s Eve party and released the first list on New Year’s Day. Since then, LSSU has received tens of thousands of nominations for the list, which includes words and phrases from marketing, media, education, technology and more.
Word-watchers may check the alphabetical “complete list” on the website before making their submissions.
For the 2010 list, read on:
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Posted By: Valerie Jennings
Google and Bing, along with other search engines’ newest “real-time Web search” abilities are incredible. Due to the trending available via Twitter, search engines are able to find new Web and social media marketing content in “real time.”
5 Big Real-Time Web Trends of 2009
By Samuel Axon
Web technology and social media change radically from month to month, so it’s difficult to make predictions about what The Next Big Thing is, but you can be confident that the real-time web will get bigger and more essential in 2010. It came to a head in 2009, though, and this year’s applications can give you some idea of what to expect after the New Year.
Twitter’s influence and prominence in the growth of the real-time web goes without saying, but even if it’s the flagship, there’s a fleet of other new services and ventures that are bringing real-time to millions of netizens. Here’s a roundup of the five most exciting general applications of the concept, and examples of each. But if you know of a great one that should be here, fill us in. (Read more)
Cuil and BNO News mobile.
December 28, 2009 | Categories: Blogged, Google, Twitter | Tags: advertisement, architecture, blog marketing, business marketing, email marketing, Entertainment, Google, green, health care, interactive marketing, internet advertising, internet marketing, internet marketing tools, IT, Kansas City, KC, LA, Los Angeles, marketing, marketing advertising, marketing communications, marketing research, marketing services, marketing strategies, marketing strategy, marketing tools, mashable, media marketing, New York, News, News Media, NY, online advertising, online marketing, product marketing, public relations, real-time, results, ROI, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, search marketing, Seattle, SEO, seo marketing, social marketing, social media and marketing, Social Media Case Studies, Social Media Marketing, social media marketing company, social media marketing firm, social media marketing services, Social Media Results, Social networking, travel, trends, Twitter, twitter marketing, viral marketing, web 2.0 marketing, web marketing, web search, website advertising, website marketing, website promotion PR, youtube videos | Leave A Comment »
By Valerie Jennings
I was recently pitched by Hamptons Luxury Homes to review their latest news announcement about their carbon neutral headquarters for the Jennings Social Media Marketing blog. Please take a look at their exciting initiatives.
Hamptons Luxury Homes: One of Country’s First Builders to Become Carbon Neutral Continues Commitment in Green Building with Purchase of Offsets That Support Family Farm Agricultural Methane Project
Bridgehampton, NY (October 26, 2009) – Hamptons Luxury Homes (PINK:HLXH) today announced that it has offset 100% of the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the company and all of its subsidiaries, including Telemark, Inc. The announcement was made by Frank Dalene, Vice President and CFO of Hamptons Luxury Homes.
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December 1, 2009 | Categories: Blogged, Blogging | Tags: carbon emissions, carbon neutral, green, green initiative, homes, Kansas City, KC, LA, Los Angeles, New York, NY | Leave A Comment »
