SoCon13 speaker and Editor-in-Chief of the Atlanta Banana, Jim Hodgson is just about as excited for this weekend’s conference as we are. Check out Jim’s session “Organic Marketing and the Big Dumb Internet, Featuring: Cat Photos” and the whole list of more than two dozen ...Read the rest
Let’s be honest for a second. The journalism industry hasn’t exactly been quick to adopt social media, and you can’t really blame them. The ubiquitous adoption of Web 2.0 tools has turned it’s business model upside-down. But while traditional newspapers questioned whether or not social ...Read the rest
Sure, social media has reshaped the way people interact with each other, but it’s also shifted the way folks relate to those big institutions in our lives (we all have them) like corporations, universities, and even our government. In some ways we’re just beginning to ...Read the rest
Are you a Yelper? Chances are, you are. Since the socially and locally focused company got its start in 2004 folks using their service to rate and review businesses, or Yelpers as they call them, have written more than 33 million local reviews. The site ...Read the rest
SoCon13 is right around the corner! Can you believe it? We’ve been busy on our end tying up all the loose ends. The print materials are ordered; the sessions are organized; the speakers are prepped; the food is ordered. All that is left is getting ...Read the rest
The best thing about this Internet thingy is that now we’re all connected, but we are, each of us, leaving behind a trail of data that someone should probably organize. Businesses are even worse. They leave a frothy wake of numbers waiting to be crunched ...Read the rest
The masterminds behind the Hubspot blog, an inbound marketing firm that offers a one-stop shop software for managing and recruiting clients, knows we all screw up when we’re playing the social media game. It’s inevitable, and the Internet tends not to let us live down ...Read the rest
The meaning of SoCon is in its name. Tapping into what social media is all about, attendees at the very first gathering in 2007 voted on what it should be called. Recognizing the value of establishing and building connections online, SoCon was dubbed as short hand ...Read the rest
What does mobile mean to you and your company? Think about that. If it doesn’t mean much, well, ask what the growing trend of mobile will mean for you and your business. According to the latest research by Pew Internet, 55 percent of adults used ...Read the rest
It’s no secret that both your business and professional career are largely built on personal connections. Whether you’re hunting for a job, trying to grow your business, or are just interested in expanding your professional network, the Technology Association of Georgia offers a platform to ...Read the rest