Month: March 2012
Not all of us were fortunate enough to play in the rain at SXSWi this year. Lucky for us though, Twitter serves as a magical portal to all the …
Even though our Twitter feeds and regular Internet haunts have been saturated with SXSW news, we lonelybranders didn’t get a chance to make the trip and check it out …
When it comes to Facebook engagement, the so-called “sexy” brands from movies to entertainment get all of the likes and clicks, leaving industries like financial services in the dust. …
New York & Company has long been a reliable, go-to store for women, but now the retailer is looking to reinvigorate its image, and engage its web-based customers with …
And so continues the convergence of social media as we know it. With the announcement of new Interest Lists last week, Facebook revealed that it’s taking yet another page …
Bing has countered Google’s Search Plus Your World and made it easier for individuals to tie their account together for social search. Launched at the end of February, Bing’s …
Back in the days of silent film, the only information a fan could get about a star was from magazines. Of course, the only information the magazine writers had …
We’ve already written about how important it is for your brand to engage fans across the various social networks, and we’ve also written about how you can get valuable …
Wunderlist has been around for a couple of years, and considering my obsessive compulsive list-making tendencies, I’m sincerely disappointed that I only just now discovered this productivity-enhancing gem. In …
Will, in his words Born and raised in Chicago, and definitely can’t be paid to leave. In 2009 I started my own marketing and IT consultancy. My passion for …
Heard any Apple news lately? Yeah, neither did we. Killin’ it in tablet land We don’t exactly need charts and graphs to tell us that the world is crazy …
Recent Nielsen data has shown that a relationship exists between social media buzz and TV ratings, and it seems the breakfast-accompanying talking heads have taken note. The three major …
Are you working efficiently with Google Docs? We suspect not. Boost your productivity (and minimize frustration) with these 10 tips. 1. Organize documents into collections Between the documents you …
You’re telling me my Klout score is actually worth something? That’s right people. Starting today, you can use your Klout score to snag discounts on Gilt.com purchases. The better …
We love covering and discovering new apps and social media campaigns in the insurance industry, but this may be our favorite consumer engagement method yet. MetLife has used the …
The Intellgentsia iPhone app made its way onto our blog for three reasons: If not for coffee lonelybrand might cease to function. It just so happens that our current …
“The Lorax” is hitting theaters today and it, like many films and celebrities before it, has formed partnerships with popular brands who have worked the film into their promotions. …
Dunkin’ Donuts recently launched its “Like a Boss” video resume generator, adding another app to its social media artillery. Pretty epic, right? The app, which is available through the …
Welcome to election season. For all the political junkies out there who live and breath polls and pundits, here’s a quick list of five tools for keeping up on the …
With the advent of social media, we’ve all taken to following, liking and circling our favorite brands and companies, but recently brands have begun engaging with customers in new …
Get ready for another buzzword-filled SXSWi folks. And the darling of this year’s digital pageant? Ambient Social Networking It’s all about broadcasting your status in real time without having …
Facebook premiered its highly-anticipated Timeline for Pages on Wednesday, introducing a host of tweaks on both the front end and back end of Pages in what we think is …