http://www.cre8media.com/blog/ en carolynn@cre8media.com Copyright 2012 2012-01-16T20:30:58+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/dont-give-up-on-linkedin-advertising/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/dont-give-up-on-linkedin-advertising/#When:19:30:58Z Another chapter in the great LinkedIn vs. Google Adwords debate 2012-01-16T19:30:58+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/chicago-music-exchange-roadies/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/chicago-music-exchange-roadies/#When:01:50:28Z While recently doing some work for our friends over at the Chicago Music Exchange, they recently updated their Team page… News, Redesigns 2011-10-16T01:50:28+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/viewing-page-source-on-ios-device/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/viewing-page-source-on-ios-device/#When:02:29:10Z If you’re ever in need to view the source for a page on your iOS device (iPhone, iPad), here’s a bookmarklet you can use… Mobile, Testing 2011-08-07T02:29:10+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/invoking-a-sale/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/invoking-a-sale/#When:03:31:09Z In her column, Tough Customer, Anne Kadet of SmartMoney outlines some of the techniques employed by charities to drum up sales albeit by playing on your emotions. Many of these tactics could (and should) be tested by the rest of us as well: Psychology, Sales 2011-01-12T03:31:09+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/6-ideas-for-microcontent-for-facebook-or-twitter/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/6-ideas-for-microcontent-for-facebook-or-twitter/#When:04:40:32Z Chances are you’re already experimenting with social media. Odds are you may not have a blog or skipped over starting one. Finally, some of you may have already tried the social media thing and have abandoned profiles. It’s hard coming up with blog posts, so you probably figured, hey I can put up some witty comments every day, that shouldn’t be too hard. Sometimes it isn’t, but getting people engaged should also be a goal too (not just clicking on links in your posts, but commenting, liking, etc.) Social Media 2010-12-27T04:40:32+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/always-be-a-b-testing/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/always-be-a-b-testing/#When:21:37:08Z Always be testing. Have a hunch for a better subject line or call to action? Email Marketing 2010-12-13T21:37:08+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/enhance-your-seo-with-social-media/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/enhance-your-seo-with-social-media/#When:04:24:57Z Many of our customers are experiementing with social media with varying degrees of success. The first thing we ask folks when they want us to manage their social media for them is what is their ultimate goal? “To get more traffic to my website”. Ok, that’s a good start. Does “more traffic” pay your rent? Thought not. Ah, you want more sales, more leads. Now you’re talking our language. And, more importantly, something we can measure. SEO, Social Media 2010-11-23T04:24:57+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/boost-sagging-traffic-with-newsletters/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/boost-sagging-traffic-with-newsletters/#When:15:39:58Z With this age of Facebook, blogging, Twitter and more, do people still send out newsletters? Yes! Its great to monitor the conversation of your product or service outside of your company walls in the social networks, but you should still keep a strong, curated message coming from home base. Email Marketing 2010-10-07T15:39:58+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/is-an-email-address-worth-more-than-a-twitter-follow/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/is-an-email-address-worth-more-than-a-twitter-follow/#When:03:22:35Z I had a prospective customer explain to me (after asking if they were capturing emails for a newsletter): “we kind of think of Twitter and Facebook registrations as a way to promote our blog posts and ad messages. So this is a form of newsletter” 2010-09-28T03:22:35+00:00 http://www.cre8media.com/blog/facebook-places-badges-and-then-some/ http://www.cre8media.com/blog/facebook-places-badges-and-then-some/#When:03:49:38Z I spent some time this week playing around with Facebook‘s new Places functionality, going against FourSquare, et al. Some first impressions: 2010-08-29T03:49:38+00:00