Category Archives: Social

What do Sites like Pinterest Say about Where Social Media is Headed?

At this point if you haven’t heard of Pinterest, you are officially living under the proverbial rock. I’ll do my best to move on and forgive with a debriefing: Pinterest allows people to share who…

Ritz-Carlton’s Fancy New Mobile App; What are Your Fave Luxury Brand Apps?

Luxury brands are no longer lagging in the digital world – well, the best ones, anyway. The ones that still are? We’re betting they’ll catch up soon given the recent track record we’ve seen with…

Facebook’s Big, Bad, IPO

When Facebook goes public, CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be richer than Microsoft Corp.’s Steve Ballmer and Russian steel billionaire Vladimir Lisin, both twice his age. This is according to an article in the Washington Post,…

Adam Kmiec, Walgreens, ‘Can’t Live Without’ His Daily Papers

As a trained journalist and self-proclaimed newshound, you can imagine my delight when Adam Kmiec said the one thing he can’t live without is…newspapers! Specifically, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal (and…

David’s Bridal on Storytelling – How Emotional Connections Drive Growth

Around 2008 when the economy started taking a nosedive, everyone thought that the bridal industry would be recession proof. People will always get married, right? Wrong. According to Brian Beitler, Chief Marketing Officer/Executive Vice President,…