tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47869390250749564222024-03-18T20:21:21.164-07:00Social Media DivaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-45735356120174906072016-02-29T20:05:00.001-08:002016-02-29T20:05:18.385-08:00Celebs Throwing Shady Glances: Oscars Edition<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rPnGJy1QC0gs0da8ejyk0WAWBT-cRhoy9fm7llaQya5Oa7BWQnLOMiZQ9SIffk1j6FBWgecExitohnuNEw6OtaFwBejvT0rDRhA-mvy0iUpWJpBxO5loScyua1vL8WRDp4UPJLU6IN8/s1600/CelebShade.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rPnGJy1QC0gs0da8ejyk0WAWBT-cRhoy9fm7llaQya5Oa7BWQnLOMiZQ9SIffk1j6FBWgecExitohnuNEw6OtaFwBejvT0rDRhA-mvy0iUpWJpBxO5loScyua1vL8WRDp4UPJLU6IN8/s320/CelebShade.png" width="320" /></a>Hollywood's biggest night took over social media last night as the 88th Academy Awards took the stage.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
The talk of the night was certainly Leonardo DiCaprio and his win for best actor. This became the most talked-about moment on Facebook and even overtook Ellen DeGeneres' 2014 record-breaking selfie as the most-tweeted Academy Awards moment ever!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
And beyond Leo, we had a whole NEW slew of my latest obsession: Celebrities Throwing Shady Glances!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
The Oscar for Shadiest Glance Moment goes to: The stuffy aisle of tuxedo-clad men!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Yup, that's right, a whole aisle! Jenny Bevan won her second Oscar for Best Costume Designer (this time for Mad Max). As she strode down the row to receive her award, it seemed the entire aisle gave her shade! Men dressed to the nines in the typical Oscar-worthy tuxedos weren't even clapping as they looked her up and down. Seems like they were not too fond of her casual attire, as she was wearing a leather jacket, casual top and minimal makeup. SHADY!!! On a side-note, I say KUDOS to Jenny for being herself and wearing whatever she wanted to!!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
The Shadiest Glance Honorable Mention (yeah, that's not really an Oscars thing, but we'll go with it!) goes to Chrissy Teigen! Chrissy's faces have been memes before, notably after making overly expressive faces at the Golden Globes. Her cringe-worthy face last night was aired after Sarah Silverman came onto stage, but Chrissy later tweeted that she was making the face about an earlier joke about Black History Month, not about Sarah! </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Did you see any other glances you thought should be nominated for "Shadiest Glance"? Which do you think was the shadiest?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-3027534869662514632016-02-25T20:52:00.002-08:002016-02-25T20:52:29.670-08:00Facebook Gets Emotional!<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
The time has FINALLY come. I know we've all been waiting for this day at LEAST since <a data-mce-href="http://divaofsocialmedia.blogspot.com/2015/09/finally-dislike-button.html" href="http://divaofsocialmedia.blogspot.com/2015/09/finally-dislike-button.html" target="_blank">last September </a>when Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook was looking into new emotion buttons to give users options other than just "liking" a post. For awhile, that feature was only available in Ireland and Spain. Finally, this week, they have been released to the US! </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vapycETC2gqUXJ9rQOSsqDfTfaCDIFZfmQN_AI7eQpkm0A8LmO7gMoQKwtJKcp-2mrfLtjXh4S83UdTiBE6lq8fDbofjID-LcZ2YmbcTdATRl2-hwTuqaIwfq4Blpj-i3rKEUyzcapA/s1600/facebookreactions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vapycETC2gqUXJ9rQOSsqDfTfaCDIFZfmQN_AI7eQpkm0A8LmO7gMoQKwtJKcp-2mrfLtjXh4S83UdTiBE6lq8fDbofjID-LcZ2YmbcTdATRl2-hwTuqaIwfq4Blpj-i3rKEUyzcapA/s400/facebookreactions.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
Ever since that September hint toward new reaction emotions, many tech blogs have speculated that a "dislike" button might come. While there is no "dislike" button yet, the new reaction buttons cover a larger range of emotions. You might have noticed that now when you hover over the "thumbs up" to like a picture, several other emotion options pop-up, including:</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
HEART: Meaning you "love" this</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
LAUGH FACE: Means "haha!"</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
SURPRISED FACE: Means "Wow"</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
SAD FACE: Obviously, means you're sad</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
ANGRY FACE: Meaning the content makes you angry</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
Does that cover the gamut of emotions? Seems to me that these emotions - especially the "wow" and "angry" ones, indicate that Facebook is set on solidifying itself as a popular place for news, as they conjure up a perfect reaction to many editorial articles and headlines. But did they really need to go from ONE emotion to SIX!? Looking through my Facebook feed, I have mostly seen the use of the "love" button and less of the "wow" button. Certainly, the sad button will be helpful now so that we don't have to "like" negative news the other friends share such as losing a job or a loved one.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
It'll be interesting to see if Facebook keeps all six emotions, or alternates them, similar to how SnapChat alternates its filters. I predict that they will test which are used the most and we could see a day where the least used emotions are replaced with other options.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">
OK, so what are your thoughts on the long-awaited emotions? Do you give them a "WOW" or are you "SAD" about the change?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-88538218100564573892016-02-17T14:25:00.001-08:002016-02-17T14:26:37.126-08:00Grammy Edition: Celeb's Throwing Shady Glances?<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fI8c2LbILoxXScw8HDjBRgjFyflskEcvBT-U7XwVPW6O8BriUkmOAsaCRhVt_oKQUw4YDeloUqljxwTWcfqbw18Tm_p26CPlOPgML__M1wQdLts3n9u-5mb1h42a8_aph7bqh7mCtbg/s1600/glances.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0fI8c2LbILoxXScw8HDjBRgjFyflskEcvBT-U7XwVPW6O8BriUkmOAsaCRhVt_oKQUw4YDeloUqljxwTWcfqbw18Tm_p26CPlOPgML__M1wQdLts3n9u-5mb1h42a8_aph7bqh7mCtbg/s400/glances.png" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></div>
So, we've been stressing for years now that every word you put on social media could be critiqued and used against you. Now, we're taking this warning to a whole new level. In my recent post-awards-show social media monitoring, I've noticed an interesting trend taking shape. We are no longer just being held accountable for every word, but every FACE we make too!</span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
A perfect example of this happened during last night's Grammy Awards. Taylor Swift won for Best Album of the Year, and gave a kind-of-empowerment speech about getting credit for your own hard work. During the speech, the cameras panned the audience, and happened across singer Toni Kelly. Toni's face appeared slightly less than pleased, and EVERYBODY noticed. Headlines started going around that Toni was giving "shady side eye" to Taylor and rumors started that they must not like each other. All from one second of a facial expression. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
This isn't the first time this has happened. Just a month ago at the Golden Globes, one of the most popular post-show stories on social media was a gif of Leonardo DiCaprio's face when Lady Gaga passed and bumped him on her way to get her award. Again, accusations of Leo "throwing major shade" at Gaga flooded social media. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Is this fair? Do you think these celebs are really hating on each other, or just caught by a camera at a bad moment?</div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-2696238331500559742016-02-01T14:11:00.001-08:002016-02-01T14:11:30.900-08:00#TheDollEvolves: Barbie Back In The Spotlight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp-CFuxGbs36_f3Ezxk0Ux9EUu0the-be13PWkZ4tHVfOnp6QrBfW8wUff3yu4anYzmSRpxKHnqApohsRvohvOtDC8PzVOW-knSDIoz9lYdNCbmbYakLlodNPKBbbUBaQtJ-vpJCDDwE/s1600/dollevolves.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp-CFuxGbs36_f3Ezxk0Ux9EUu0the-be13PWkZ4tHVfOnp6QrBfW8wUff3yu4anYzmSRpxKHnqApohsRvohvOtDC8PzVOW-knSDIoz9lYdNCbmbYakLlodNPKBbbUBaQtJ-vpJCDDwE/s400/dollevolves.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Barbie dolls have been dominating social media feeds since Mattel unveiled its new line of dolls last week: The Fashionistas line. The big news is that the line includes three new body types of the dolls, tall, curvy and petite. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Social media has been calling for this for years, with blog posts and mocking memes about how unrealistic the original Barbie's body type is. So you would think the general Twitter-sphere would be overjoyed with this change, right? Well, kinda right. The response has been generally positive, but not without its naysayers. Some people are claiming that the new line, which came with its own hashtag, #TheDollEvolves, was pandering to political correctness or even putting overdue emphasis on the "type" of body that Barbie has. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
But let's not focus only on the negative! Within hours of the release, Barbie was trending on social media and much of the conversation was high praise! </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
What do you think of the new dolls? Have you been waiting for Mattel to make this change, or do you agree with the naysayers?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-65062843019949232422016-01-11T18:57:00.002-08:002016-01-11T18:57:52.483-08:00The Most TITANIC Moment of The Golden Globes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkXl_BsaGA2qUf6OooSyIOqcUKAZFigDJ1un74S-lFu9H3CILqqsqIL9_De8Pk0cRnpQmN3gkQ2ZF2HeRtc7V-oXuAtSTqWpQXZuWZKKCyzDbAXsLTspf9xMLMu0VjIT9Ro3FI32e6X0/s1600/Kate_and_Leo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkXl_BsaGA2qUf6OooSyIOqcUKAZFigDJ1un74S-lFu9H3CILqqsqIL9_De8Pk0cRnpQmN3gkQ2ZF2HeRtc7V-oXuAtSTqWpQXZuWZKKCyzDbAXsLTspf9xMLMu0VjIT9Ro3FI32e6X0/s400/Kate_and_Leo.gif" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">Last night's Golden Globes were quite entertaining, don't you think!?</span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
And while I usually come to you touting new social media records being broken by the number of tweets during these events, we didn't break any last night.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
But what we DID break was a few million hearts during what I am calling the most TITANIC moment of the Golden Globes. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Can you guess?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
I'll give you a hint.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Leonardo DiCaprio.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
And another hint... Kate Winslet.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
I'm out of hints! It was the Kate and Leo moment that got the internet buzzing up a storm!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
It was really just a little hug and maybe kiss on the cheek (or was that my imagination!?). But Titanic fans around the world were chiming in on the tiny intimate moment between one of our favorite on-screen couples of all time. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
And to make things better yet, they both won last night! Kate won Best Supporting Actress for her role in <i>Steve Jobs</i> and Leo won for Best Actor for his lead role in <i>The Revenant</i>. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
So did their reunion make your heart flutter? What was your favorite part of the Golden Globes?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-53759244629970804942016-01-07T11:59:00.002-08:002016-01-07T11:59:51.817-08:00CES Hashtags Have Been Hijacked! You'll Never Guess Who Did It!<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opened its doors yesterday in Vegas, and the floodgates of new tech releases and product launches opened too! </span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
But before I cover all my favorites (Don't worry! I will cover them, check out <a href="http://appchick.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">AppChick.com</a>.) there's a little snafu happening on social media concerning CES that is just too ridiculous not to talk about!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
The CES hashtags have been hacked!! Okay, not REALLY hacked, but hijacked at least! See, strip clubs all around the area have been using all the #CES hashtags nonstop since the conference started earlier today. So much so, that you're likely to find just as many ads for strip clubs when using the hashtags as you are finding actual Consumer Electronics Show content!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
To be honest, it is not a bad marketing idea. Companies and brands are smart to tap into large groups of potential consumers in their areas. But when it is a strip club, it just seems different! I don't need pictures of girls in skimpy bikinis when I search for cool CES information!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Do you think strip clubs should be allowed to use this hashtag hacking tactic!?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-9337741678579131082015-12-23T07:20:00.000-08:002015-12-23T07:20:10.156-08:00LAX Gives Holiday Travelers a Doggie Destress!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Christmas and airports are usually thought to be a chaotic mix. SO many people traveling at once, so much luggage and so many flight delays. ARGH! It's enough to stress out even the most zen-focused yogi! </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
United Airlines has a solution for us and it's just about the cutest thing you've ever seen. The program is called "United Paws" and is bringing more than 200 dogs to seven of the airline's hubs through Wednesday.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Yes, dogs!! Research shows that five minutes spent with a dog can decrease stress hormones and lower blood pressure. So, the #UnitedPaws pups are specially trained "comfort dogs" and are led around the terminals by handlers so that stressed fliers can pet and play with the pooches! </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
LAX will host the furry friends, as well as terminals in Chicago, Washington, Denver, Houston, Newark and Cleveland. There are already tons of Twitter and Facebook pics of travelers cuddling up with the sweet doggies. It is enough to make me want to buy a last minute ticket somewhere!! But don't worry if you aren't flying this Christmas. LAX is funding a similar program, called Pets Unstressing Passengers (PUP), throughout the year!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
And now, just for cuteness sake, here's some pics of the sweet doggies and their traveling friends. Happy travels!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgX7btWCdNLfwz3gnT5mwU3soXm9yLUCT08ZX3rc-wfcYt3GsY-MW1oZdLkFqnQB5WG4hZeEsz8om95EYbSs-V_XELmnVlM7S3zlsCF01ffLZfWL9M8C1ketWDIIypMg-0G1e532gOuo/s1600/doggiedestress.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgX7btWCdNLfwz3gnT5mwU3soXm9yLUCT08ZX3rc-wfcYt3GsY-MW1oZdLkFqnQB5WG4hZeEsz8om95EYbSs-V_XELmnVlM7S3zlsCF01ffLZfWL9M8C1ketWDIIypMg-0G1e532gOuo/s640/doggiedestress.png" width="640" /></a></div>
</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-16535036585924899052015-12-18T14:49:00.001-08:002015-12-18T14:49:49.225-08:00What you didn't know about your favorite Starbucks drink!<div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaE1N3oIItEgTwAP98EvZ0aBoTTJ0RedbBinrHJO2pn5y1SmD_L1WNU_IWIj7RoIfVpUwLTj6uXuUXB7RCY504D7GNq5K2caJriO3WT3WBKG61nGVZmj9mgVS_B7K4mBzlKYGBGv4boqo/s1600/ellen-degeneres.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaE1N3oIItEgTwAP98EvZ0aBoTTJ0RedbBinrHJO2pn5y1SmD_L1WNU_IWIj7RoIfVpUwLTj6uXuUXB7RCY504D7GNq5K2caJriO3WT3WBKG61nGVZmj9mgVS_B7K4mBzlKYGBGv4boqo/s320/ellen-degeneres.png" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Judging by the enormous line I waited in to get my Skinny Vanilla Latte this morning, it is safe to say that people LOVE their Starbucks drinks! But when you take a moment to analyze just how genius Starbucks’ marketing is - you’ll start to appreciate the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">company </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">too. At Casey & Sayre, we specialize in generating buzz and publicity. So, it is easy to spot others who excel in this!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are 3 social media tactics that Starbucks cleverly uses to get completely free publicity.</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700;">reate “Postable” Moments</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have you ever gone into Starbucks and had them spell your name in a completely crazy way on your cup? What if I told you that’s on purpose!? Starbucks creates these postable moments by instructing its baristas to spell names like “Aaron” on cups like “Air Inn”. The intention is to make the customer laugh and take a picture of the cup to post it. Boom! Free advertising.</span></div>
<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Build Context for Hashtags</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Remember two weeks ago I talked about </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#RedCups</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">? Having a playful secret red cup emoji pop up when you tweet about your drink makes it fun and special to post about Starbucks. And who could forget using </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#PSL</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> all fall while drinking their pumpkin spice lattes. Starbucks makes you WANT to post about them by creating additional context around your coffee experience!</span></div>
<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stir Up Your Own Buzz</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Starbucks knows that people look forward to the reveal of its Holiday cups every year. And this year, the decision to make the cups plain red has caused quite the stir. But many blogs are now suggesting that Starbucks initiated and ignited the “story” that there were people UPSET about its plain cups. And if so, it worked! This simple move got the plain Starbucks cup talked about by just about everyone. Big names like Ellen, Conan, Demi Lovato and even Donald Trump weighed in. They say no press is bad press, so this is the type of free publicity that most brands dream of.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;"><br /></span>
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So, is Starbucks genius or just popular? Have you experienced one of these tactics? Wonder how Starbucks would misspell Social Media Diva!? "So Shall Me Diadiva"? "Soshil Mydya Dyveh"? Haha, no matter, it would surely make a #postable moment!</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-89833188893032969582015-12-04T15:10:00.002-08:002015-12-04T15:11:39.852-08:00Your favorite holiday that you never knew existed! #NationalCookieDay<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqE0yOcMZlnbeXTfvqHpmb2Dxx7ss-mb5bHWcPW9ZoL_DJaCmHQN6KW02jCq21EwACN70RllJq0gLyJHxSjEVX7J0RTzqe9HZlYhSy6dtl0WEXFpl2zqq-koG5-wgNaj99wzopCMgqF4/s1600/otis-11b9bfad.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqE0yOcMZlnbeXTfvqHpmb2Dxx7ss-mb5bHWcPW9ZoL_DJaCmHQN6KW02jCq21EwACN70RllJq0gLyJHxSjEVX7J0RTzqe9HZlYhSy6dtl0WEXFpl2zqq-koG5-wgNaj99wzopCMgqF4/s320/otis-11b9bfad.jpeg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span class="im" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Friends, get excited.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span class="im" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Not only is it <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2034060319" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span> (yay!) but it is a very special <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2034060320" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span>, indeed.</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today is #NationalCookieDay!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I swear, every year, Twitter brings to light more and more national "holidays" that I never knew existed, but that I now love!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">National Cookie Day is one of those days!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You'll see lots of people tweeting about this and some cute pictures and recipe ideas, but let's get serious. I want some actual cookies on National Cookie Day! Assuming you do too, I found these three places you can get deals or FREE treats to celebrate!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>WHOLE FOODS</b></span></u></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Whole Foods is offering all its delicious cookies for only 25 cents this week! No joke, I'd get there fast if I was you!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://insomniacookies.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>INSOMNIA COOKIES</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Is offering a free chocolate chunk cookie with any purchase. I've tried these in NYC and they are so good! Sadly, we Angelenos don't have any Insomnia Cookie stores here, but the offer is also available for delivery online!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>ROCKEFELLER CENTER</b></span></u></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gosh, what is up with NY being so much more cookie-friendly!? Healthy LA strikes again. But if you happen to be in downtown NY, stop by the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree for some free cookies from DoubleTree by Hilton! Smart branding. You always get a couple warm cookies when you check in. A nice touch every day — not just #nationalcookieday.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;">Now, go eat up! And share a pic of you and your favorite cookie for #NationalCookieDay!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="im" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; widows: 1;"></span></span><br />
<h3>
</h3>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-53327336324750700432015-11-11T16:16:00.002-08:002015-11-11T16:16:49.945-08:00Give Back for #VeteransDay<br />
<div class="hq gt a10" id=":48e" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="ii gt m150f8799f0bc7975 adP adO" id=":1gv" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 15px 0px 0px; orphans: auto; padding-bottom: 5px; position: relative; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div class="a3s" id=":1fo" style="overflow: hidden;">
<div dir="ltr">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0HmJDmH8xC01lR8vaBj_3NHfWr1JgTutGA0-aCSp21Vo9dpTesMYXYya9Kjmvwu-SRLlMOUyNalEbr7F13HKawHQmRozZH4nAX0BjcZbqKPRyM8sBMMYzODWs-QaWxU1bQH1qXhfA0M/s1600/Veterans-Day-Pictures1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0HmJDmH8xC01lR8vaBj_3NHfWr1JgTutGA0-aCSp21Vo9dpTesMYXYya9Kjmvwu-SRLlMOUyNalEbr7F13HKawHQmRozZH4nAX0BjcZbqKPRyM8sBMMYzODWs-QaWxU1bQH1qXhfA0M/s320/Veterans-Day-Pictures1.jpg" width="320" /></a><div>
A deep heartfelt "Thank You" to all of our service men and women out there. </div>
<div>
You'll see a lot of #HappyVeteransDay hashtags and meaningful messages on social media today. But when words don't seem like enough, I have three great ways for you to give back this Veterans Day. Each one just takes a few clicks of the mouse.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<a href="https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=1143&ovr_acv_id=1398&campaignSource=ONLINE&source=BS15152P&gclid=CPfcraqkickCFQeNaQod0UoCGg" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b>Wounded Warrior Project</b> </a></div>
<div>
The Wounded Warrior Project provides rehabilitation, activities and career counseling for our nation's wounded warriors and their families. There are several ways to support this organization. Donations are accepted on their website. You can also send letters to an injured service member, make a donation in honor of a loved one or host a Supporter Event.</div>
<div>
<a href="http://adoptaussoldier.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><br /></a></div>
<div>
<b><a href="http://adoptaussoldier.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Adopt A US Soldier</a></b></div>
<div>
Active duty soldiers love notes and letters they receive from citizens, and many would love to write back home. Adopt a US Soldier is a nonprofit that connects supportive civilians with deployed troops. The organization offers a channel to communicate encouragement and express gratitude to those serving our nation by sending weekly letters or postcards.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<a href="http://www.hfotusa.org/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b>Homes for Our Troops</b></a></div>
<div>
Homes for Our Troops uses volunteers to build homes or adapt existing homes to meet the needs of injured veterans. Rebuilding these homes into specially adapted locations for severely injured veterans helps these heroes rebuild their lives. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Do you have a favorite nonprofit or way to give back to Veterans for their service? </div>
<div class="yj6qo">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-61720273690187133052015-11-02T14:48:00.000-08:002015-11-02T14:51:53.392-08:00#RedCups and Secret Emojis<br />
<div class="hq gt a10" id=":s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="ii gt m150c9d2c3b0651a9 adP adO" id=":st" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 15px 0px 0px; orphans: auto; padding-bottom: 5px; position: relative; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div class="a3s" id=":su" style="overflow: hidden;">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
<div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uuI-VlNkxaawX-E3Q5ugWSCfTqGGhk3m9_z90VkT1-mdfH0Sb4_LrdsU6M9gLNJNwx-Ll_zcGClCay82ZbqjJIqahnWXfLaoHlmrtCJS0Qzt9oNR-qXTzDrdsWHbynk1yJnGoNTiZoQ/s1600/Red_Cups_hashflag.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uuI-VlNkxaawX-E3Q5ugWSCfTqGGhk3m9_z90VkT1-mdfH0Sb4_LrdsU6M9gLNJNwx-Ll_zcGClCay82ZbqjJIqahnWXfLaoHlmrtCJS0Qzt9oNR-qXTzDrdsWHbynk1yJnGoNTiZoQ/s320/Red_Cups_hashflag.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div>
Move over, Halloween. If Starbucks has a say, we are officially in Holiday Season!<br />
<div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
This weekend launched the Starbucks Holiday Cups, lovingly now called "Red Cups", and the internet's going crazy.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Starbucks' #RedCups hashtag has been trending on Twitter since the cups launched on Sunday, and the company created a Twitter-specific emoji just for the launch! Here's how it works, because you can't just go searching for the secret emoji. Twitter users simply type the hashtag #RedCups within their tweet, and the special emoji will pop up next to it! I love this idea and think it is a fun and interesting way to promote a hashtaginto trending zone!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Even though we have at least another month before winter starts, I am always in favor of a little festivity, and some great marketing techniques!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
What is your vote? Too early for the #RedCups, or just in time?</div>
<div class="yj6qo">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-88982412984099154092015-10-13T12:23:00.003-07:002015-10-13T12:23:55.489-07:00Death By Twitter: Twitter Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlDHwaVPUGH7FTGvK4La1SDCvWE9J8YMrt8yvj8kvg5vBy_EVGBHOxFveC3QmPKtqfXfVCgMzHo5pnNEuH9KX11usJ8vVsq9o0oIzxZQqCQutBfPB-7yv1aoUaIX3NZhbNAe_2OTRspg/s1600/DBT_Twitter.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlDHwaVPUGH7FTGvK4La1SDCvWE9J8YMrt8yvj8kvg5vBy_EVGBHOxFveC3QmPKtqfXfVCgMzHo5pnNEuH9KX11usJ8vVsq9o0oIzxZQqCQutBfPB-7yv1aoUaIX3NZhbNAe_2OTRspg/s640/DBT_Twitter.png" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PLVfWp9rQcVGZIft7Gu9BZg4Edm2tXywJMCR0EgWHmXTktoR9i2E_6FCWrwXE1qKIIX28L_bPnFWf6TpEDshAcd5RcrZKbajVAaZFWPqUBmAmUV7Pp9GIEorSP4qXwC7W1Llu6R0Un8/s1600/SATC_postit.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PLVfWp9rQcVGZIft7Gu9BZg4Edm2tXywJMCR0EgWHmXTktoR9i2E_6FCWrwXE1qKIIX28L_bPnFWf6TpEDshAcd5RcrZKbajVAaZFWPqUBmAmUV7Pp9GIEorSP4qXwC7W1Llu6R0Un8/s200/SATC_postit.png" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Quick, what's the worst way you can think of to have someone break up with you?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
If you are an ex-Sex-And-The-City fanatic, my guess is you immediately thought of the episode where Big broke up with Carrie on a post-it note. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
It'd be tough to get less personal or emotive than that. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Yet, today, we have news about the professional equivalent of bring broken up with on a post-it note. Being fired, over Twitter.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
The downsizing company just happens to be Twitter itself, making this digital version of a pink slip a bit more understandable.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
Twitter recently announced that its interim CEO, Jack Dorsey would be elevated to permanent CEO. Now, one of Dorsey's first orders of business is laying off 336 employees, almost 10% of Twitter's workforce. This morning, he confirmed the move with a tweet. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcYFPXzOJUMjQeF5B-O7aSytBpBYIw7E0YCLHfU8OhjdEOV1kFWKB-l7r0HRStBf3Z-BACq3VcLAr6T2xA7dJUoOmAArC_9zT5vcaizbp1GoGjPcSXA_8Z3hORi-3Bh6igoSvLfJeYBI/s1600/DBT_JackTweet.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcYFPXzOJUMjQeF5B-O7aSytBpBYIw7E0YCLHfU8OhjdEOV1kFWKB-l7r0HRStBf3Z-BACq3VcLAr6T2xA7dJUoOmAArC_9zT5vcaizbp1GoGjPcSXA_8Z3hORi-3Bh6igoSvLfJeYBI/s320/DBT_JackTweet.png" width="320" /></a>I guess there is no GREAT way to find out you are being fired, but I certainly wouldn't want to find out when I log into my Twitter feed. I imagine the office went crazy when everyone read that! It couldn't have been good for morale. Still, here at Casey & Sayre, we are huge proponents of promoting your company's core expertise. And in that sense, at least the announcement stayed "on brand". </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal; widows: 1;">
<br />What do you think of Dorsey's Twitter announcement? Was it branding brilliance or just incredibly insensitive? </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-66704988184818933282015-09-16T12:01:00.000-07:002015-09-16T12:01:33.812-07:00Finally a "DISLIKE" button!?<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; widows: 1;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDd1IWAzMERsgkjAXqutHeQ-edmzvVHKo-lsVneY4CVIt0dcr_2w4MfC3wa1cmMllx2ugc1obdCliDmbcGpmckOSCHLxS-cxVI1OHetpzBmisWVmWFEiYHPV-bWwf0Hkcv_FOvklb6c9M/s1600/dislikebutton.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDd1IWAzMERsgkjAXqutHeQ-edmzvVHKo-lsVneY4CVIt0dcr_2w4MfC3wa1cmMllx2ugc1obdCliDmbcGpmckOSCHLxS-cxVI1OHetpzBmisWVmWFEiYHPV-bWwf0Hkcv_FOvklb6c9M/s320/dislikebutton.png" width="320" /></a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Thumbs up... or thumbs down?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; widows: 1;">
After years of social media speculation, Facebook is finally working on a DISLIKE button! Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO announced the news at a town hall meeting yesterday, confirming the feature has been requested so much that the company is finally moving forward with the project.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; widows: 1;">
But, the button might not be exactly what we're thinking. Facebook doesn't want the new "dislike" button to serve as a way to "downvote" posts. So, moving away from that Reddit-style voting, the new button is meant to express other emotions besides the inferred positivity of the "Like" button.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; widows: 1;">
Maybe you've had this happen to you before. Your friend's pet just passed, or their grandma is sick. You want to show you see the post and are thinking of them. Do you "like" it? Or, say, you are reading a news article about a devastating shooting and you want to show you care. Do you "like" the article? These are the situations that call for a different type of button. Zuckerberg said, "What (people) really want is the ability to express empathy. Not every moment is a good moment."</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; widows: 1;">
So, the button might not be called "dislike". What do you think the new Facebook button should be called?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-2243193046321383062015-09-03T09:09:00.002-07:002015-09-03T09:09:50.491-07:00VMA Craziness Heats Up Twitter<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwrEfc_D5beOP-KHwxPWxRBG1BcUc3v4smSoQLJdH5gitDbfpIhluEJTw1jPS8x3-BHsmk75TMORkvsY8Li5wBG6-rgMdmxcfcFFGQv3lwoXRtuS6vJHJHGZql_6-wvRlBRov9_hSork/s1600/VMAs.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwrEfc_D5beOP-KHwxPWxRBG1BcUc3v4smSoQLJdH5gitDbfpIhluEJTw1jPS8x3-BHsmk75TMORkvsY8Li5wBG6-rgMdmxcfcFFGQv3lwoXRtuS6vJHJHGZql_6-wvRlBRov9_hSork/s320/VMAs.png" width="320" /></a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The VMAs have been a hotbed for controversy the past few years. Typically, this controversy plays out louder and longer on social media. Even today, a few days after the VMAs, Miley, Kanye and a host of other VMA topics are still trending worldwide. And it is no wonder, the awards show has gotten crazier and crazier every year. Plus, MTV has been focused heavily on increasing social media engagement. For example, this year MTV created its own unique emoji for the show. The neon-colored Moonman emoji is inspired by the Moonman-shaped award that is given to VMA winners. All tweets that used the hashtags #VMA or #VMAs were tagged with this exclusive emoji. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
And, this tactic worked, blowing up engagement on social media. In the US, 2.2 million people send 21.4 million tweets around the VMAs, up almost 70% from last year. The hashtag prompted 4.19 million uses, almost threefold the 1.44 million hashtagged tweets from last year. And, notably, the VMAs were the most-tweeted non-sports program since October 2011. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
What were the most tweeted about moments? Get ready for a countdown! And, you might want to hold on to your seats, these crazy moments make for one bumpy ride!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<u><br /></u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<div>
<u>5. Taylor Swift and Kanye (27,162 tweets)</u></div>
<div>
Taylor and Kanye have had an awkward relationship since he famously interrupted her acceptance speech in 2009. This year, she introduced him at the VMAs!</div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<u>4. Nicki vs. Miley (27,441 tweets)</u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj went head to head with snarky criticism that was sparked earlier this year when Cyrus bashed Minaj in the New York Times. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<u><br /></u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<u>3. Justin Bieber's breakdown (80,136 tweets)</u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Justin Bieber knows how to blow up social media. His tearful breakdown after his performance of "What Do You Mean" prompted an outcry of its own.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<u><br /></u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<u>2. Miley's malfunction (147,285 tweets)</u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Common, did you really think you'd make it through an awards show without a wardrobe malfunction?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<u><br /></u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<u>1. Kanye's speech (551,466 tweets)</u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
He can't really be running for president, can he? I wouldn't put anything past Kanye West, and the rapper's 10 minute long acceptance speech ranked as the top-tweeted moment of the VMAs!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
What was your favorite moment of the VMAs? </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-70367630632706613822015-08-25T10:54:00.000-07:002015-08-25T10:54:19.542-07:00Dangerous Trending Beauty Tip #SunArt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWaII99fAAsRBq8YmXKDF31icDvwahSSRqV9mEt7ftWLAZju2flMXxRtjDhQMvPT526a06T5ZAge9YT0nbBdAzvWfLgW0ZLRxLpJAAcwQyVh4lWULZRPmqgkr-fXx96Iu-eagEE6zVjA/s1600/DangerousBeautyTrend.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWaII99fAAsRBq8YmXKDF31icDvwahSSRqV9mEt7ftWLAZju2flMXxRtjDhQMvPT526a06T5ZAge9YT0nbBdAzvWfLgW0ZLRxLpJAAcwQyVh4lWULZRPmqgkr-fXx96Iu-eagEE6zVjA/s400/DangerousBeautyTrend.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span class="im" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">A new beauty trend has doctors saying "Stop!"<br /><br />There are a lot of questionable trends these days - overalls, mega wide leg pants and clown contouring, just to name a few. But a questionable fashion choice usually doesn't hurt anyone.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">But beware of the latest beauty trend that has doctors and dermatologists worried: Sun Art. The trend, which has generated social media buzz and hashtags like #SunArt, #SunburnArt and #SunTattoo, is exactly what it sounds like. In lieu of normal sunscreen application, people are putting on sunscreen in strategic designs so that they get burned to create an illusion of a design, or "tattoo".</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">YIKES.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">Not only would this hurt like the dickens (I don't want ANY sunburn, thank you very much), but doctors are saying it can be very dangerous. Some doctors are going on the news claiming that, if this craze continues, people run the risk of much higher instances of skin cancers.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">Look, some might call me a slave for fashion and trends, but it is definitely not worth losing your health — or your life — over! People, if you really want a tattoo that badly, you can get a temporary tattoo at the store for a dollar!!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;"><br /></span>
<div class="HOEnZb adL" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<div class="im">
This is one trend I just can't support. What do you think of "Sun Art"? Is it cool and edgy or downright dumb?<br /></div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-66044944685335404492015-08-12T11:27:00.001-07:002015-08-12T11:27:24.269-07:00Death By Facebook: Bic Pen Edition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59U3eU79ihEF6rtH4qJ9uALAxMcczW8XxrOi2K_7hCg-Jig1onZKWM4JEt4YGsL6bcZLQeAdpG-XiLM1pgS_4LPqHIsCaILOgFkwB84FHHLJY0T-MbhD_k5V9c3ethmGuEcj4rrlZXvg/s1600/BicPens.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59U3eU79ihEF6rtH4qJ9uALAxMcczW8XxrOi2K_7hCg-Jig1onZKWM4JEt4YGsL6bcZLQeAdpG-XiLM1pgS_4LPqHIsCaILOgFkwB84FHHLJY0T-MbhD_k5V9c3ethmGuEcj4rrlZXvg/s400/BicPens.png" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">Bic Pens really needs to pay attention. The company has a history of FAILS when it comes to women's issues and gender stereotypes. If you need a history refresher, watch this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCyw3prIWhc" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;" target="_blank">Ellen segment</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;"> that happened after Bic's release of the Bic Pen for Her. I'll let the video do the talking on that one.</span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
But this weekend, in honor of South Africa's National Women's Day, the company committed another huge faux pas. The pen manufacturer posted a photo on its Facebook page that is cringe-worthy, especially in the light that it is supposed to be honoring women! The post read, "Look like a girl. Act like a lady. Think like a man. Work like a boss." Yikes. Is this really telling us that women, young ones especially, excel at looking good, while men excel at thinking?? Why would a brand ever want to send this message?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
As you can imagine, the social media world did not take nicely to this, with millions of comments and rebuttals on Facebook, Twitter and even mock reviews on the company's Amazon products. Per usual, the offending post was removed and apologies were issued. Bringing us to another nugget that I find interesting about this occurrence. Originally, Bic's apology mentioned that it found this quote on a popular <a href="http://spicybroccoli.com/woman-in-business-look-like-a-girl-act-like-a-lady-think-like-a-man-work-like-a-boss/#.VcptiBNVikr" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Women In Business blog</a> site. There, you will see that it was in fact used, way back in 2012, but received thumbs ups and likes on that platform. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
This got me thinking. Why is the same quote received as positive and empowering when posted in a women's blog but received as obvious buffoonery when posted by a brand?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Do you think there is a difference? Is this an offensive comment either way, or is it better when it is posted by a woman in a blog?</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-26099298832119788932015-07-22T13:27:00.002-07:002015-07-22T13:27:23.397-07:00Nicki vs. Taylor in the Twitter-storm of the Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwchyphenhyphenamWjIIYA9sPk9Paa1NdDTcd5uG3AbeIws-FMQ5sjscuIlbe6rmOeZJg7ob1vDeBnqeJDHUFyWrHBsjS-InPhw3KVinzf7aD0qY4CBxXwTdAPRxdk7R2JXxbpeq6wFLrFwxf6wdyI/s1600/TaylorNicki.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwchyphenhyphenamWjIIYA9sPk9Paa1NdDTcd5uG3AbeIws-FMQ5sjscuIlbe6rmOeZJg7ob1vDeBnqeJDHUFyWrHBsjS-InPhw3KVinzf7aD0qY4CBxXwTdAPRxdk7R2JXxbpeq6wFLrFwxf6wdyI/s400/TaylorNicki.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">Last night, a music industry Twitter-storm erupted and things have only slightly settled down.</span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
It all started yesterday when the MTV Video Music Award Nominations were released. Of course, Twitter had a lot to say about these, with #VMA leading as a trending topic. But soon joining in the trending topics were more specific artists.... namely #TaylorSwift and #NickiMinaj.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Nicki Minaj vented on Twitter after her biggest hit "Anaconda" wasn't nominated for Video Of The Year. The video, which received 19.6 million clicks in its first 24 hours, set a music video record at the time. So, Minaj had a point when she thought she was snubbed. She tweeted:</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk3pPCcnV559b0SfTs3PRbaZzFHbZ7h-1JWMmF1aVjA-hk9CugxQIg2tb2_oU-t6Xl9RwzYz56Kn1T0swMKwbfFUQsL63K7WI-h0VBcobexc3J6uaOAdGIeHHNtx0gXe6J1bTO_eof5M/s1600/nicki1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk3pPCcnV559b0SfTs3PRbaZzFHbZ7h-1JWMmF1aVjA-hk9CugxQIg2tb2_oU-t6Xl9RwzYz56Kn1T0swMKwbfFUQsL63K7WI-h0VBcobexc3J6uaOAdGIeHHNtx0gXe6J1bTO_eof5M/s320/nicki1.png" width="291" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Well, apparently Taylor Swift thought that Nicki was dogging on her specifically, because she replied, </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vIqTKvrWa_xik1JdJXTfdVTcPfpgeZVo0mb1hK7F6C7fQ00mDE74Qamgk4Iv2komd_lFnZju4a3VUyipJM6vo2F0EJnMQcGeP96KNh9wLPIhAU_nR1fBB3k5TI1EMiI8dK_9cj1pAQ0/s1600/taylor1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vIqTKvrWa_xik1JdJXTfdVTcPfpgeZVo0mb1hK7F6C7fQ00mDE74Qamgk4Iv2komd_lFnZju4a3VUyipJM6vo2F0EJnMQcGeP96KNh9wLPIhAU_nR1fBB3k5TI1EMiI8dK_9cj1pAQ0/s320/taylor1.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Nicki replied with a confused "Huh?" and a back and forth ensued between the two. Well, I guess rather than "between the two", I should say "with all of Twitter" as it seemed like every reader had an opinion on this conversation which erupted into a sprawling conversation about race and gender. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
What do you think of the debate? Are you #TeamNicki or #TeamTaylor?</div>
<div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-54208014072669892722015-07-13T12:48:00.000-07:002015-07-13T12:48:15.721-07:00Social Media's WORST Case of The Mondays<br />
<div class="hq gt a10" id=":6qr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 15px 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="ii gt m14e88e53ec1da49f adP adO" id=":6ty" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; direction: ltr; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 5px 15px 0px 0px; orphans: auto; padding-bottom: 5px; position: relative; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div class="a3s" id=":6tx" style="overflow: hidden;">
<div dir="ltr">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbiBaF3R_If80YLLPB7uScofeyyZEsuo-q-mMqhn06f8YWupV9yUJY0XXrZIeyVFWN6eUFNEm3n0DysS97UiZh-oxmL7cIQONp1-4m5DO6K3TZ1y9BpWXdCHZ8F-qUI2gPMzU10-Wj8w/s1600/jemmaroid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbiBaF3R_If80YLLPB7uScofeyyZEsuo-q-mMqhn06f8YWupV9yUJY0XXrZIeyVFWN6eUFNEm3n0DysS97UiZh-oxmL7cIQONp1-4m5DO6K3TZ1y9BpWXdCHZ8F-qUI2gPMzU10-Wj8w/s320/jemmaroid.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div>
Some say I am obsessed with social media. Guilty as charged.<div>
Still, every so often a story comes a long that really puts things in perspective. </div>
<div>
Like this one, that makes me realize there are people in WAY deeper than I am!</div>
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Jemma Rogers, a holistic therapist from London, England, went to "extreme devotion" levels after she was locked out of her Facebook account. She legally and officially changed her name: new passport, new driver's license, new bank cards, the whole shebang. And, brace yourself, she changed her name to "Jemmaroid Von Laalaa". You just can't make this stuff up. Jemmaroid Von Laalaa is the pseudonym Rogers made up when creating her profile in 2008, as an attempt to avoid unsolicited friend requests. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Now, 7 years later, Facebook has locked the account and asked for proof of identification in order to unlock it. With seven years of photographs, friend messages, chats and memories on the account, Rogers pleaded and begged Facebook to understand her situation, but to no avail. So, we welcome to the world "Jemmaroid Von Laalaa". </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The story broke on social media today, featured on Mashable and Time news. Yet, as of now, no official word that poor Ms. Von Laalaa has had any success getting into the account!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Talk about having a case of the MONDAYS!</div>
<div class="yj6qo">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-11189364171183042272015-07-06T17:50:00.001-07:002015-07-06T17:50:58.865-07:00International Kissing Day: Pucker up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufh9tj_Rlwvdf8qEvNFrMUpv6qPlZ1CypIa0pkxiyhN6gN0OPtIYpU8FTkt3BIZoNJdcTol5wiR9sI5-wXdIr4fZX5AMli3a6wOvQCM6N_FuQvbQVyh3PaJoYX7AMjhD59M6S5yRqyhQ/s1600/kissing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufh9tj_Rlwvdf8qEvNFrMUpv6qPlZ1CypIa0pkxiyhN6gN0OPtIYpU8FTkt3BIZoNJdcTol5wiR9sI5-wXdIr4fZX5AMli3a6wOvQCM6N_FuQvbQVyh3PaJoYX7AMjhD59M6S5yRqyhQ/s320/kissing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br />Pucker Up!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
It is International Kissing Day.<div>
This day originated out of the UK but has been accepted worldwide to celebrate all the loveliness in a good, old-fashioned lip-lock!</div>
<div>
So grab your honey and give them a smooch. While you are at it, check out this week's top news on celeb love, who is lip-locked in love and who is kissing love goodbye!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<u>Lip-Locked in Love</u></div>
<div>
The gorgeous Vanessa Williams tied the knot this weekend, marrying her fianc<span style="line-height: 15.8719997406006px;">é</span> Jim Skrip. Jim, a former accountant, and Vanessa, who is on her third marriage, had a lavish wedding over the holiday weekend in Buffalo, New York. And of course, Vanessa looked fierce as ever in her wedding gown, designed by Carmen Marc Valvo!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<u>Kissing Love Goodbye</u></div>
<div>
The biggest news on Twitter today was Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick are kissing love goodbye after almost a DECADE together. The news broke earlier today and I was shocked. According to Twitter fans of the show, there have been signs of this on Keeping Up With The Kardashians for months. But, still, I am hopeful that they will patch things up. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
What do you think was the most smooch-worthy news of the weekend?</div>
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-72521367490774767922015-07-01T12:00:00.000-07:002015-07-01T12:00:46.048-07:00The MOST liked photo in Instagram history!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZ3f9xCnKOh4_KL3P513znYRfAwn5FqWa2Q_OsVJx2LU4vIF8Zc1sHpJXAsTe-4OLGiMxl5xag88AKFzg3FoCBOh16xml57fLoUhiFnWFejCaN1d0CSBMlFvALd2fNS8wSLdDVWG8ZhY/s1600/mostliked_instagram.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZ3f9xCnKOh4_KL3P513znYRfAwn5FqWa2Q_OsVJx2LU4vIF8Zc1sHpJXAsTe-4OLGiMxl5xag88AKFzg3FoCBOh16xml57fLoUhiFnWFejCaN1d0CSBMlFvALd2fNS8wSLdDVWG8ZhY/s400/mostliked_instagram.png" width="400" /></a>They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, some are worth a million likes. Or TWO million likes!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
This week, the record for the "Most Liked Image on Instagram" has been crushed. And the media-mogul family that everyone loves to hate (or hates to love!) is keeping this title all in the family. Yep, Kendall Jenner has stolen this "prestigious" title from her sister, Kim Kardashian. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Kendall's newly-awarded photo was actually taken almost a month ago, but has progressively creeped up on the "most liked" title. At the time of this writing, the image has over 2.7 million likes! That is more LIKES on one picture than Caitlyn Jenner, Kendall's father, has FOLLOWERS in total!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Kendall's pic is a whimsical selfie showing her in a overly fancy but kinda serene corpse-like position on the floor. Her eyes are closed, she's wearing a beautiful white gown and her strands of hair are meticulously formed into small hearts encircling her head. Sounds a bit intense, right? Leave it to that family to take a typical Instagram selfie to another level entirely!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
I wonder if this battle for the most liked image will continue. Kendall stole the title from her sister, who's wedding photo had over 2.4 million likes. Interestingly, Kim's husband, Kanye West, spoke last year about how important it was to them to have the most liked photo! He said the couple spent four days on their honeymoon making sure the photo was JUST right before they posted it.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Well, Kanye better get moving again. He might need a week to perfect a new photo this time, if he is going to steal the title back from Kendall!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Who would you rather see hold the title for most-liked Instagram photo, Kendall or Kim? Or someone else entirely?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-13727157981362920332015-06-24T12:33:00.001-07:002015-06-24T12:33:07.041-07:00Our $10 Bills Soon Get A Touch Of Feminine Flair<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2dKOQ20xsQKC3xM9EJb9gwyjTjRCooX-nFQYtDV6o1UjWQBrdbuLN0_zWyDyGSuA11SGNrsloK4cLiTeqUu-3chiU3IA8XO1IckAGgKtBFNWzP6IPbtONJESj8FNatiOZp7GEQKcR3M/s1600/woman10bill.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2dKOQ20xsQKC3xM9EJb9gwyjTjRCooX-nFQYtDV6o1UjWQBrdbuLN0_zWyDyGSuA11SGNrsloK4cLiTeqUu-3chiU3IA8XO1IckAGgKtBFNWzP6IPbtONJESj8FNatiOZp7GEQKcR3M/s400/woman10bill.png" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">The year 2020 will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Constitution's 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.<br />As a sort of "anniversary gift" to the world, we will finally get a lady on a U.S. banknote.<br />All I can say is, it's about time!! The last time a woman appeared on any sort of U.S. paper money was in the 1800s when Martha Washington's portrait was on $1 bills. So, it was quite a momentous occasion when Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that a woman would be chosen as the face of the new $10 bill.<br />I mean, these portraits don't change often! The last time a change was made was between 1914 and 1928, when four portrait changes occurred. At that time, the changes were Andrew Jackson to Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, Grover Cleveland changed to Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, John Marshall changed to William McKinley on the $500 bill and Alexander Hamilton changed to Grover Cleveland on the $1000 bill. So, four changes in early 1900s and none....ever.... since.<br />What makes me even MORE pumped on top of getting a woman's portrait on a bill is the way it is happening.... totally woven into the world of social media! Historically, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has assisted the Secretary with advice on symbols and themes for currency. But this time, the theme of the redesigned series of currency is DEMOCRACY. Because of this, the public has the opportunity to influence Secretary Lew's decision. The Treasury Department has launched a website (check out <a href="http://www.thenew10.treasury.gov/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.thenew10.treasury.gov</a>) where you can leave comments and are encouraged to tweet with the hashtag #TheNew10. Further building on this democracy theme, there will be round-tables and town hall meetings where Treasury officials will collect input.<br />But, some bad news for those Twitter folk who are nominating the likes of Taylor Swift and Beyonce to be featured on the bill. As much as we love these divas, by law, only deceased persons may be included on banknotes. Additionally, the campaign claims the woman should "be iconic and have made a significant contribution to - or impact on - protecting the freedoms on which our nation was founded".<br />So far, the major contenders seem to be Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Susan B. Anthony. <br />Who would you vote to place on #TheNew10?</span><br />
<span class="im" style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;"></span><span class="im" style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;"></span><span class="im" style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-43364860317623283122015-06-18T08:25:00.001-07:002015-06-18T08:25:30.552-07:00Is Snapchat the New Political Platform?<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiGiX0LCw45lM81we4sL-NizgGwXbGLFWxMjm4Jb0FhJbBCRU-GyF79yzdBRbD1hyphenhyphennVPxMn9etJDdtF8VusNgSGpZMW0zP7hYcSeDn8Ns2BbjjhCKzSDriSUGDM6aySSKp3ym4ESCgPE/s1600/snapchat+politics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiGiX0LCw45lM81we4sL-NizgGwXbGLFWxMjm4Jb0FhJbBCRU-GyF79yzdBRbD1hyphenhyphennVPxMn9etJDdtF8VusNgSGpZMW0zP7hYcSeDn8Ns2BbjjhCKzSDriSUGDM6aySSKp3ym4ESCgPE/s320/snapchat+politics.jpg" width="320" /></a>Every year during election season, we see new trends creeping in that link political campaigns with social media. We are already getting a sense of what those trends are going to be for the 2016 Presidential election. So far, all signs point to Snapchat.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Snapchat!? If you are like me, this is kinda shocking news. Snapchat was originally labeled as a teen and tween sexting app. Definitely not something that political hopefuls would use to promote themselves. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
But times are a-changin'. And so is Snapchat. Earlier this year, Snapchat unveiled "Discover", its news functionality. Ever since, it has been establishing increased credibility. So much so that Republican Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush used Snapchat to announce his intentions to run for President!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
That's right! He ANNOUNCED this on Snapchat! And others are jumping on this bandwagon, most likely to connect with the younger demographic, age 18-34, who make up the majority of Snapchat users. Governor Rick Perry has made announcements through Snapchat and many others including Senator Rand Paul, Senator Marco Rubio, and Governor Perry have active Snapchat accounts. In case you are curious, their account names are SenatorRandPaul, MarcoRubio2016 and GovernorPerry, respectively. </div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Do you think the Snapchat strategy is wise for political hopefuls? </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-79733949584772967562015-06-12T07:21:00.003-07:002015-06-12T07:21:28.607-07:00Twitter Test<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zCkG3DERnHWXusBu70cwWBCLG89GO3uZg7GYL8_XpjFtIsdpXDHhnteZ6US0PHN8ptsrmkw344M81OJ-uIpcNwQs-houoWveP-anXOipqg-TiijBl8P5FwIsJ9n7yKj1SazNcCWzhuw/s1600/Twitter140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zCkG3DERnHWXusBu70cwWBCLG89GO3uZg7GYL8_XpjFtIsdpXDHhnteZ6US0PHN8ptsrmkw344M81OJ-uIpcNwQs-houoWveP-anXOipqg-TiijBl8P5FwIsJ9n7yKj1SazNcCWzhuw/s320/Twitter140.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">Quick test.</span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
What do you think of when you think of Twitter?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Now, try to describe Twitter in a single sentence.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
No matter how much of a Twitter-expert you are (or are not!), your sentence probably had something to do with the concept of 140 characters. The short messages are what Twitter is KNOWN for. And at Casey & Sayre, we know the importance of building a brand to be recognizable and <u>known</u> for something!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
But Twitter has announced a first step outside that brand identity. Next month, you'll be able to send messages longer than 140 characters in Twitter! Now, before you freak out, this change is limited only to direct messages. Regular tweets will still have the 140 character cap. But the announced change took many in social media by surprise. Some have even speculated that it could be signalling a change in the entire strategy of Twitter. Could all tweets soon have no limitations on length? And how would that change all that Twitter has become?</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
What do you think? Would your Twitter usage change if there was no 140-character limit?</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-31074152611486056642015-06-05T17:17:00.001-07:002015-06-05T17:17:43.186-07:00What Better Friday Happy Hour Than Celebrating #NationalDonutDay!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8Mz3PEkMfFtcgWjq47SpsYG2ay3ijljMKoxioc9FqGE2FDXfm7V4pQQeuXrfznTywBezWwV28O9i2rzOmnj5LYnrMrB-iVeh4yeCe31fsP8HTNmxijA37m4VXqxNMInxSpor7BCk7gg/s1600/NATIONAL-DONUT-DAY.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8Mz3PEkMfFtcgWjq47SpsYG2ay3ijljMKoxioc9FqGE2FDXfm7V4pQQeuXrfznTywBezWwV28O9i2rzOmnj5LYnrMrB-iVeh4yeCe31fsP8HTNmxijA37m4VXqxNMInxSpor7BCk7gg/s400/NATIONAL-DONUT-DAY.png" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">It's National DONUT Day! Yes, friends, that is a thing! And there are few things in life that make as many people happy as the humble donut. That's probably why it has its own "national day"! In fact, that's probably why #NationalDonutDay has been a trending Twitter topic ALL WEEK! Well, the day is finally here, and there's still time to check out these top 5 places to get FREE donuts in LA!</span><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
5) <a href="http://www.spudnutsdonuts.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Supdnuts Donuts</a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Spudnuts are made with potato flour, making them super light and fluffy. At any participating Spudnuts, you can get a FREE donut with any purchase!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
4) <a href="https://www.dunkindonuts.com/dunkindonuts/en.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Dunkin' Donuts</a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Dunkin' Donuts seems to be just as popular for its coffee nowadays! Today, you get a free donut with a purchase of a beverage.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
3) <a href="http://losangelesca.jiffylube.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Jiffy Lube</a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
This one is hilarious! Yes, Jiffy Lube is offering free donuts all day, along with free tire checks to make sure you don't end up with a "donut tire" if one goes flat! Way to be creative in the marketing, Jiffy Lube!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
2) <a href="http://www.entenmanns.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Entenmann's </a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
It might not have as many of its own locations, but that's not stopping Entenmann's from giving away donuts! Check out their Facebook Sweepstakes to win free donuts for a YEAR!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
1) <a href="https://www.krispykreme.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Krispy Kreme</a></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
I saved Krispy Kreme for last. Not because I have dreams about them (but maybe I do!) but because you don't even have to buy ANYTHING here for your free donut! Now that's reason to celebrate!</div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; widows: 1;">
Where did you get your #NationalDonutDay treat? Let us know your fave spot int he comments!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786939025074956422.post-36033213673731116802015-05-29T11:44:00.002-07:002015-05-29T11:44:55.067-07:00Google To Introduce "Smart Jeans"!?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcv8v2hO-2hp0s2S_E4dm61Ok1FopXcjUKvSeDOcu3l2kHf6F7JjIAAFdtnKLpX3KlNMWBuxINvMlbiPnBKXX-ldTj4lQytg3vLtyu7OIm3BuZKL6tOt2ARUBmvCFM7iwu4JV86Zd-Yk/s1600/google-is-partnering-with-levis-for-its-project-jacquard-smart-fabric_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcv8v2hO-2hp0s2S_E4dm61Ok1FopXcjUKvSeDOcu3l2kHf6F7JjIAAFdtnKLpX3KlNMWBuxINvMlbiPnBKXX-ldTj4lQytg3vLtyu7OIm3BuZKL6tOt2ARUBmvCFM7iwu4JV86Zd-Yk/s320/google-is-partnering-with-levis-for-its-project-jacquard-smart-fabric_1.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="im">We've got smart phones, smart homes, smart cars. Everything is getting "smart" these days. In tech terms, this means the items are being linked digitally to combine their functionality with outside software, typically to make things easier, faster or just all around cooler.</span><br />
<div>
Well, the latest smart object is here, as officially announced by Google earlier today. Smart Clothing.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Surely, wearables have been a trend all year: booming during CES (Vegas's Consumer Electronics Show) and in blogs and startups. But Google's announcement today of PROJECT JACQUARD is one of the first unveilings that just might be able to bring this trend mainstream.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Project Jacquard intermixes software development and fashion design to create conductive textile material that can be woven into any fabric to create "smart fabric". </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The video released on Project Jacquard (check it out on TechCrunch <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/29/google-ataps-project-jacquard-wants-to-weave-sensors-into-your-clothes/" target="_blank">here</a>) is pretty convincing. As is the fact that Google announced it is partnering with Levi's to bring Jacquard-enabled clothing to the market. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Look, Google isn't a fashion company, so the partnership makes sense. Plus, how better to make this new technology open to the masses than in a trusty pair of blue jeans from Levi's!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
The exact capabilities that will be woven into these jeans are still undefined. In fact, the video touts, "Jacquard is a blank canvas for designers, we are excited to see what people are going to do with it". </div>
<span class="im"></span><br />
<div class="adL">
<span class="im"><div>
<br /></div>
<div>
So, this begs the question..... if you were to buy "Smart Jeans" from Levi's, what would you want them to be able to do!?</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div style="color: #500050;">
<br /></div>
<div style="color: #500050;">
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; widows: 1;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0