Privacy is a Myth

I. Last week, Apple generously uploaded the new U2 album Songs of Innocence for free to all its iTunes user accounts. Isn’t that nice? Not everyone thought so. They claimed it was presumptuous and invasive for iTunes to access their user accounts and upload music they didn’t want without their permission. Maybe it was. Nonetheless,…

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Biting the Blogging Bullet

This morning, we offer yet another insightful blog from the  indefatigable Cassandra Boehlke, this time explaining why blogging is good for you. Yes. YOU. Take it away Cassie: Howdy, folks! It’s a beautiful day in our corner of the digital neighborhood and it got us thinking of you, our friends. We are friends, right? Cool. Friends are…

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Managing Social Media Chaos

The following piece was originally published in our “What’s Up In Social Media with D.” column at ValpoLife.com. A Little Bit of Chaos Q: I recently took a position where I was put in charge of managing my company’s social media accounts. But each department is responsible for making its own posts, and everyone posts…

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Jargon, Buzzwords, and Slang

33 Social Media Buzzwords You Should Know There are literally thousands of terms, phrases and buzzwords related to the digital marketing and social media industries. With new platforms coming out every day, bringing even more jargon with them, we decided to look into our crystal ball. Do you know what we saw in the future?…

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Five Things You May Not Know

Five Things You May Not Know about Social Media 1.Posts made by brands on Facebook that are 40 characters in length or less are said to receive significantly more – as much as 86% more, according to this Social Media Today article – “likes” and comments. 2. Digital marketing requires a wide array of skills,…

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Bueller? Bueller?

It may look like we vanished, but no! While our webpage was in transition, we didn’t write many new blog posts — you wouldn’t have been able to see them anyway! We didn’t stop writing about social media and marketing, though. If you have a gander at ValpoLife.com, you’ll see we write a column called “What’s…

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