It was a big year for social media. Twitter made its successful debut on the stock market while Facebook recovered from its troubled IPO a year earlier. We also saw the launch of Vine, the rise of Snapchat, and the acceptance of social media by the SEC, which said public companies could use these sites to disclose information. And […]
Coca Cola has announced that they will not be spending any money on advertising. Instead, the global company will be spending that money on relief efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan. “Any committed advertising space will be redirected to the relief and rebuilding efforts for the people in Visayas,” Coca-Cola’s statement on Tuesday read. […]
The seasons are changing here in Wisconsin; the leaves are falling and so is the temperature. However, I have decided not to get too gloomy about the coming snow, and instead take a tip from nature. Change is good; it helps keep things fresh and new. With that in mind, I have been trying out […]
Recently, I was explaining websites to my dad. He had no clue what I was talking about when I brought up hosting and domain names, and why you need them both for your website to work. So, instead of using “tech speak” and throwing out words like server, FTP, and IP Address, I used an […]
Every business owner wants to know where the real value is in social media. By now, most people know that its importance is growing as the trends lean more towards inbound marketing and online communications, but finding the value is still a gray area. Though there are many aspects of social media that hold value for business […]
Personally, I’ve never been a morning person. In my college days, anything that started before 9:00am would have to come standard with a latte and a Red Bull. When I started my professional career and an 8:00am start to the workday became the norm, I adapted. But even so, I’ve never been known to start […]
I’m excited to be posting my first ever BLU Video Blog. I hope you enjoy it, it was a nerve wracking experience, but I’m sure it will get easier. In this video I will be showing you some business card examples, but not just any old business cards. These cards are printed on three different […]
I recently began searching for potential venues for my upcoming wedding, and found two possibilities that I really loved. I e-mailed both locations, and received an e-mail back from Venue #1 the very next day. Venue #2, on the other hand, took 2 weeks to e-mail me back. Giving them the benefit of the doubt, […]
Most of us are familiar with the usual morning rush; rush to get ready, rush to get your kids off to school, rush to beat traffic. If we’re lucky we get a cup of coffee down before we’ve started taking calls and responding to e-mails. But what if mornings didn’t have to feel like this? […]
As the best vacation I could ever ask for was coming to an end, I realized that I would need to return to reality and head back to work soon. Just the thought of all the e-mails and updates that I had waiting for me back at the office was overwhelming, so I knew I […]
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