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QR Code Example from the National Aquarium

03 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

QR Code Example from the National Aquarium

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The hot new thing in social media is QR codes. For those that don’t know, a QR (Quick Response) code is a barcode that is readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and phone with cameras. According to Wikipedia, “The code consists of black [...]

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Online Marketing Tweets of the Week (7/29/11)

29 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Online Marketing Tweets of the Week (7/29/11)

Happy Friday!  If you’re new here, you should know that every Friday we do a weekly series that identifies some of the most interesting online marketing tweets from the past week. Here’s what we’ve handpicked from this week: If you come across interesting tweets that you’d like to nominate for inclusion in this series, feel [...]

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UnMarketing Book Review

27 July 2011 ~ 3 Comments

UnMarketing Book Review

We are trying something different here on the eWayDirect blog: a book review. The book is UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging by Scott Stratten. In the style of this book, I’m going to try to make this review short and sweet. The Book:  Stratten gives practical advice about the new understanding of marketing or unmarketing. In [...]

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Social Media Screencast Review – TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Facebook Page

26 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Social Media Screencast Review – TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Facebook Page

Welcome to the second edition of Social Media Screencast Reviews. Today’s review covers the Facebook page for TopDrawerSoccer.com. Every Tuesday we’ll be providing free reviews of a company’s Twitter or Facebook presence, blog, or other social media initiative in 5 minutes or less and sharing the screencast videos with you here on our blog. If [...]

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Online Marketing Tweets of the Week (7/22/11)

22 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Online Marketing Tweets of the Week (7/22/11)

Congratulations, you made it to the end of the week without melting! If you’re new here, you should know that every Friday we do a weekly series that identifies some of the most interesting online marketing tweets from the past week. This time we will focus on some cool email and email marketing tweets.   [...]

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Twitter Account Review Screencast – District Taco

19 July 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Twitter Account Review Screencast – District Taco

It’s always nice to have some feedback on social media initiatives. You may have a great campaign running but may be missing one piece that could make it even more likely to be shared. Maybe your Facebook welcome tab is missing a key element that would get you more likes. Maybe you’re not consistently tracking [...]

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Get More Email Subscribers and Facebook Likes By Understanding People’s Motivations

18 July 2011 ~ 3 Comments

Get More Email Subscribers and Facebook Likes By Understanding People’s Motivations

Like most kids, I used to always try to get more of what I wanted, especially if what I wanted wasn’t something I could easily get. I wanted more chances to play Super Mario World after school, more time to shoot basketball before going to bed, and more sweet cereals like Count Chocula and Lucky [...]

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Online Marketing Tweets of the Week (7/15/11)

15 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

TGIF! If you’re new here, you should know that every Friday we do a weekly series that identifies some of the most interesting online marketing tweets from the past week. This week we drew from the Twitter chat #smmanners, which runs every Tuesday at 10pm. If you come across interesting tweets that you’d like to nominate [...]

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5 Great Welcome Tabs from B2B Facebook Pages

11 July 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Business to business (B2B) Facebook pages are often overlooked because they don’t always have the mass appeal like business to customer (B2C) pages. B2B Facebook pages can play important role in creating a channel of communication, sharing information and building relationships with fans. Before you can achieve those goals, B2B companies (and B2C companies, for [...]

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Online Marketing Tweets of the Week (7/8/11)

08 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Online Marketing Tweets of the Week (7/8/11)

Happy Friday! This short week went by quickly. As part of our weekly series that identifies some of the most interesting online marketing tweets, this week we dropped in on Klout’s Tweet Chat about how brands can use Klout by engaging influencers.     If you come across interesting tweets that you’d like to nominate for [...]

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