Social Media

These two sound great together.  Another example of what social media can do when used correctly.  

We have clients who ask us if they should be using social media for their business and to get to that answer we need to take a few steps back.  The real question to start with is why do you want to use social media? At Marah we have a love hate relationship with social [...]

Do you ever get the feeling that Facebook is really just Skynet? (From the movie Terminator.) And if you have seen the movie franchise you know that becoming self-aware is going to be a problem for the human race.  Facebook seems to keep pushing the boundaries of where the line is regarding online privacy, and that is stirring up a [...]

An interesting posting from TED.  Johanna Blakley works at USC in Southern California and has some interesting theories about how social media will end the way we view consumers, maybe even erasing gender.  Take a look at the video and let us know what you think.

If you have been blogging for your organization for any length of time you have probably gone through periods where you are not sure what to write about or can’t imagine writing at all.  It’s okay, we all go through it.  Here are a couple of things that have helped me out over the last couple of [...]

It has been an amazing 2010 for us at Marah.  We have had some great learning opportunities, and a few great clients.  In January Kelsey came on to the team and has been doing a great job taking care of our clients and keeping everyone motivated through our process. We were excited to start our [...]

Is anyone out there getting bored with twitter? Tweet-tweet.

Until someone invents a way to physically teleport (which probably isn’t that far off), the quickest, easiest, and most-cost effective travel method is through the world wide web.  Developers have worked hard to develop online tools that make virtual communication easy and effective if used appropriately.  If you are a sales person, or if your [...]

Content is king.  I know that.  But I have 10 minutes before I have to walk into a meeting and I wanted to make sure I talked a little about WarPac (since the first newsletter went out to Warner Pacific faculty and staff this morning).  WarPac is a group of creative, interesting, smart, talented, passionate, [...]

Groupon, LivingSocial, Woot, these are all “deal of the day” sites where you can register and receive a different daily deal from your businesses in your city.  It’s a great idea for consumers and is seemingly a fantastic way for businesses small and large to promote their products and/or services to thousands, even million subscribers.  [...]