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Trends from Randi Zuckerberg, Former Director of Marketing at Facebook

Brian McDonald — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:25:26 +0000

Last month I had the opportunity to meet and hear Randi Zuckerberg speak at Meredith College. Randi was visiting the campus to receive the President’s Award and deliver the 2012 Woman of Achievement Lecture. Prior to the event I was able to attend the VIP reception thanks to my wife (@mcdezigns) who won the Meredith [...]

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6 Content Curation Tools For Your Daily Digital Diet

Brian McDonald — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:52:31 +0000

You hear that content is king and the latest curations applications and tools allow you to take advantage of the content kings to manage your daily diet of news and information. With the large volumes of content being produced today by everyone from the major networks, businesses and local bloggers and enthusiasts, individuals have a [...]

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Mobile Site, App or Both?

Brian McDonald — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:30:00 +0000

With mobile usage and traffic growing by huge numbers recently there is a rush to create mobile friendly versions of your website. But it does not end there, what about a iPhone or iPad app? What about other smartphones: Droid, Blackberry, etc? Just thinking about it can make your head spin! I’ve had many discussions [...]

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Forget Early Adopters, iPhone 4S Appeals to Majorities

Brian McDonald — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:18:50 +0000

Apple’s announcement yesterday disappointed some that wanted to see a new iPhone design, the iPhone 5. Had the iPhone 5 been announced there would have been throngs of innovators, early adopters and first droppers lined up to buy the device on the first day, shattering sales records and making news. But that did not happen [...]

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Poole’s Diner Turns Skeptic into Fan with Twitter

Brian McDonald — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:38:57 +0000

This week I did a bit of reliving my youth. On Tuesday I went to see one of my favorite bands from my twenty-something days, Primus! We had time before the show and went to Poole’s Diner to grab a few drinks a something to eat. Now I’ve eaten at the original Poole’s Lunch Diner [...]

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Mobile Website Design Tips

Brian McDonald — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:08:58 +0000

So we know that two things are hot in business communication and marketing in 2011: mobile and video. And of course mobile video but that goes without saying since it’s a combination of the two. But with the increase of smartphones and mobile web usage, more and more people will start to access your site [...]

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Facebook’s New Best Friend? The Gap!

Brian McDonald — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:30:39 +0000

Last week The Gap announced that they were giving away 10,000 pairs of jeans to anyone who checked in to their stores on Facebook. All you had to do was show your check-in screen on your mobile device to redeem the coupon. I headed over to The Gap at 11 AM last Friday to see [...]

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Goin Mobile

Brian McDonald — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:17:07 +0000

This month is abuzz with mobile. Both the Triangle AMA and TIMA have speakers on mobile marketing and ads. Mobile Internet traffic is increasing with the proliferation of smartphones and Wi-Fi devices. This post is actually being drafted on an iPhone so I can gauge what a mobile blog post is all about. For one [...]

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Foursquare: What’s All the Hype About?

Brian McDonald — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:45:00 +0000

I have been reading about Foursquare over the past few months on Twitter. Several people I follow in New York City had been raving about it so when Foursquare came to Raleigh I was excited to see what the hype was. Foursquare is a mix of location based social network and fantasy football without the [...]

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Wi-Fi is Missing Link for Mobile Marketing

Brian McDonald — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:31:00 +0000

OK so it’s been a month since I bought my iPhone and jumped into mobile social media and communication hyperdrive. As a longtime Apple user and fanatic I have to say it beats my old BlackBerry device in terms of features, applications and coolness. However what I have also discovered is that AT&T’s 3G network [...]

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