I really hate Helvetica…
Before you hit up the comments section and start a debate over which one of you hates ME more, please hear me out. I am not trying to be a rogue designer that just wants to be different (and tick people off in the process). And it’s not that I didn’t pay [...]
Posted in Communication, Creative, Uncategorized | Tagged Graphic Design, Helvetica, Typography
Below is the second in our series of reports ranking the online share of voice for the cities participating in the Google fiber initiative.
This report updates our initial metrics based on the insights we’ve collected from our research, which includes all of the direction submitted through blog comments on our first report and emails we’ve [...]
Posted in SGC Reports, Uncategorized | Tagged david greiner, digital marketing, Google, google fiber initiative, grand rapids, radian6, SGC, share of voice, steketee greiner and company
We’re receiving a number of inquiries from supporters of cities that weren’t included in our report, and the bottom line is that in order for these cities to get on the digital radar, they need to organize their approach by relevant search terms that supporters can find easily and, once connected, more effectively contribute to [...]
Posted in Communication, Measurement, Social Networking, Uncategorized | Tagged david greiner, digital media, digital strategy, fiber, google fiber, google fiber initiative, grand rapids, insights, radian6, social media, steketee greiner and company
With community events for Google’s fiber initiative beginning on March 19th and the growing level of online community involvement that’s building here in Grand Rapids, we put together the first in a series of reports measuring the digital conversations and online efforts surrounding the participating cities looking to have Google’s hyper-speed fiber communications lines installed, [...]
Posted in Communication, Measurement, SGC Reports, Social Networking | Tagged communications, fiber optics, Google, google fiber, google fiber initiative, grand rapids, insights, radian6, SGC, share of voice, social media, steketee greiner and company
Recently, I’ve noticed much of the user-generated content (UGC) that I’m seeing is less than stellar. Ok, it is pretty lame. If you consider time the online currency we all trade, I want some refunds. At first, it was great seeing multiple points of views, from people who were bring real insights to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ugc, user generated content, web 2.0, web 3.0
Consumers LOVE the word “free.” Even more so in recent years. We love it so much that we go out of our way to get some freebie that we don’t even need. Free pen? Yes please. Free t-shirt? Sure! Free dessert? I’m full from dinner and really don’t need… well okay, it’s FREE!
On the flip [...]
Posted in Experiential | Tagged advertising, brand, ethics, experential, Free Economy, Influence Marketing, marketing, Methodology, online marketing, Public Relations, Research
As part of our digital strategy for the National Heritage Academy, we had the opportunity to help them spread their message through the use of some inspirational video clips to be posted on their social channels. As they have a desire to better entice and inform prospective teachers to come and work at their organization, [...]
Posted in Creative | Tagged advertising, blog, Communication, digital marketing, marketing, Measurement, Methodology, new media, nha filming, Social
