Twitter began to roll out a design overhaul last week for many of its users, and everyone else will get it sometime within the next three weeks. The changes are quite possibly the most significant shift Twitter has undertaken since its launch nearly six years ago.

The changes span the Twitter platform, [...]

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(RED) Knows No Channels

On December 6, 2011

My colleagues will tell you I’ve got an Instagram addiction. While I’m not sure about that, the social photo-sharing platform has a loyal following.

Instagram has shown me some great examples of brands testing and learning the concept of No Channels.

Brand Power
Of the 35 or more brands I [...]

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10 Ways Agencies & Media Are Changing View more presentations from Empower MediaMarketing

Empower CEO Jim Price joined a variety of entrepreneurs, academics, venture capitalists and area leaders to discuss innovation.

“All About Innovation” was sponsored by Enquirer Media and [...]

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Media channels continue to provide examples of the well-established media convergence trend. The integration of network programming, consumer electronics and mobile devices as well as social platforms is changing how consumers watch television.

Shift to Multiple Screens
While TV remains one of the most popular digital entertainment platforms, computers, tablets [...]

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The Conspiracy Theory

Have you noticed over the past six months that natural search results are gradually disappearing from the first page of Google? No? Then the following post might seem like a conspiracy theory to you. But have an open mind.

Just humor me and do a Google search for any [...]

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In the prior post, I reviewed the results of a new study by Buddy Media offering a number of best practices for brands wanting to increase user engagement on Facebook.

Since one of the findings discussed last week was to keep posts short and simple, let’s dive right into to this week’s discussion of [...]

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