Social Media Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

We recently came across a great article on Social Times that featured the video below. If the video looks familiar, it’s because it is an updated version of this video about the “social media revolution,” (which, if you’ll recall, was mind blowing just a few years back). This latest version does not disappoint. In fact, it contains many stop-you-in-your-tracks facts about digital and social media, and their impact on our lives. Like, for example, the fact that 53% of people on Twitter recommend products in their tweets. Or how about the fact that... Read The Rest →

Facebook Unveils Big Changes for Pages

Yesterday Facebook began rolling out a series of changes to its Pages.  The latest changes include updates to the overall layout, navigation and management options and are meant to allow Pages to look and feel more like the “new profiles” which rolled out earlier this year. We see all of the changes as a positive – and not to worry – the overall screen size stays the same with this round of updates, so all your custom HMTL tabs will not be affected.  You can manually upgrade your pages now;... Read The Rest →

Recent Work: Extending A New Onslow Program Online

Recently our client Onslow Memorial Hospital decided to launch a new community-wide “weight loss challenge” program.  The program, known as Lighten Up Onslow Memorial Hospital, is designed to help community members team up with family, friends and co-workers and compete against other local participants for the chance to win prizes.  Cool idea, and with late December launch date, the timing was perfect. Onslow worked with a third party vendor who provided a turn key program that included program set-up, management, website development and creation of the online community site.  However,... Read The Rest →

Saturday Helps Another Hospital Step into Social Media

Several months ago we were approached by Stanly Regional Medical Center, to help them create a social media program. They knew they wanted to get into the wild world of social media, but they weren’t sure how. They were also a bit wary of the time commitment with so much already on the communications department’s plate. After extensive input from the hospital and from our own research, it was clear that we needed a simple set of tools that would allow the hospital to broaden their lines of communication with... Read The Rest →