Remember when street food meant old hotdogs in dingy, yellow water and stale buns? Well my friends, those days are over! Welcome to the age of the food truck. Food trucks, originally called chuck wagons, have made monumental progress since they originated in the wild, wild west after the Civil War. Luckily, they no longer…
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You’ve joined Facebook, set up a Page for your business and started sharing content with your devoted fans. That’s great—but how do you know if it’s working?
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Social Media Demographics: How old are the people using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google+? If you think these social media platforms are reserved for kids, you might be surprised.
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BLASTmedia’s social media team works hard to stay on the cutting-edge of marketing opportunities on Facebook. As a result of our diligence, we recently ended a successful Facebook sweepstakes for our client, Dexim, who saw an increase of new fan page “Likes” by nearly 50 percent in just two weeks! Here, BLAST’s social media specialist, Courtney Sampson, reviews what she calls “the ABCs and 123s of Facebook” and gives valuable tips on how to grow your own business or company fan page.
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BLASTmedia’s Sean Ireton takes a look at his five favorite things to come out of the social media world in 2010.
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Lynzy Stover is BLASTmedia’s fall intern. She is currently a Butler University student and is excited to start assisting BLASTmedia’s media relations specialists. Learn more about Lynzy by reading some of her entertaining responses to Mendy Werne’s, BLASTmedia President, questions.
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In the past few weeks, Facebook has announced a few changes and additions to their site. These changes would include shrinking the width of pages and removing the “boxes” tab from profiles and pages. The biggest addition is the supposed “Foursquare killer,” Places.
If you have yet to dive into these latest developments, I’m here to help you better understand the changes and become more familiar with their new location based option.
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Thinking about running a Facebook contest? Well, it is against the Facebook Promotions Guidelines to require users to become a fan of your page, comment on a status update or photo upload or make a post on a profile page in order to be entered into a contest. Our BLASTmedia social media team is here to help.
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BLASTmedia social media specialist, Sean Ireton, doubles as a Parody Rapper in the latest viral video sensation, “I’m Quitting You, Facebook.”
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BLASTmedia’s Social Media Specialist, Sean Ireton, shares five essential Facebook page applications to maximize your company’s presence on Facebook.
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