Facebook Success Story: The Pickle

by James Dixson on March 9, 2010

That’s right, you can add a pickle to the list of social media-made celebrities.

It didn’t dance, sing, or bite someone’s finger. All the pickle did was get more fans than the band Nickelback on Facebook.

The page ‘Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback?’ launched on February 3, 2010, and in just sixteen days, it met its goal, surpassing Nickelback’s fan page. Right now, the page has more than 1.5 million fans.

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Flash vs iPad

by Taylor Dixson on March 5, 2010

Apple iPad vs Flash

You may have heard that Apple’s latest device, the iPad, will not support the Adobe Flash Plugin. This news was greeted with cheers from some, jeers from others.

Let’s look at what the Flash Plugin actually does, and some reasons why Apple chose not to include it on their device. Read the full article →

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In Case You Were Wondering

March 5, 2010
Apple iPad

Ok, now I’m excited. We’ve been blogging about some of our ideas for the iPad since it was announced. Now it looks like we’re going to get our hands on one April 3rd. Explosion!

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Gigabit Internet from Google

March 5, 2010
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It looks like St. Louis is making a serious bid to get Google’s high speed fiber network installed in the city. We’ve been shopping around for faster service lately and would love to see prices come down and speeds go up. It looks like Google wants them to go up a lot with mind boggling [...]

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PART TWO of Matt’s Final Finale Video Launches!

March 1, 2010
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PART TWO of the final video is complete. If you’ve yet to see PART ONE, click here.
PART ONE ended with the Smoke Monster dragging Matt away, while on the other side of the island, Matt’s Bad Twin had captured Mike and his dad at gunpoint…
Since Matt uploaded them to YouTube, I had to break PART [...]

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The Value of Position

February 26, 2010

Before I started writing this article, I did a few Google searches to come up with the number of marketing messages we see every day. There are quite a few differing opinions but the magic number seems to be around 3,000.
The cacophony of marketing and advertising messages eventually turns into white noise and is filtered [...]

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Start with a Message

February 24, 2010

Our Creative Director, Mike Spakowski, talks about messaging on the Atomicdust Blog.
So, how do organizations get their marketing on track? A great place to start is with a clear, central message.
A simple, easy to understand message brings focus to your company and makes it possible to communicate your purpose and why you’re different from the [...]

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Is Twitter Going Down?

February 24, 2010
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Every one (and their mother) seems to be jumping on the social media bandwagon joining sites like Facebook and Twitter.
RJ Metrics recently released data on Twitter Users and Engagement, and, at first glance, the news isn’t very good. There were two big issues that RJ Metrics discovered in their research.
1. The number of new users [...]

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What Blogging Can Do For You

February 15, 2010

To a lot of people, blogging is a scary concept.
Why would I blog? What would I write about? Who would read it? Will it even help my business?
Let’s think about it in terms of something everyone in the business world understands- applying for jobs.
You know how on resumes, you have one page to show how [...]

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First Impressions of Google Buzz

February 12, 2010
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Google jumped on the social networking bandwagon this week with the launch of Google Buzz, and even though it has only been three days, everyone is already taking sides.
(And by ‘everyone,’ I mean early adopters with Gmail accounts. And by ‘sides,’ I mean sentiments ranging between ‘we’ll see’ and ‘epic fail’).
Where do I fall in [...]

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What to Expect in 2010: An Editorial Calendar

February 4, 2010

We are a little late on making New Year’s resolutions (in fact, this is about the time of year that most people are breaking theirs), but we wanted to give you guys an idea of where we see this blog heading in the future. Go ahead and bookmark this blog right now because we’ve come [...]

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Keeping Your Blog HIPPA Compliant

February 4, 2010

Last month I wrote about Blogging for Business and how it helps promote your marketing message. I was flipping through the February issue of Physicians Practice and came across this: Are You Saying to Much Online?
While we advocate blogging for our healthcare clients it’s important to keep patient confidentiality in mind. The Physicians Practice article [...]

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