Thank you Volvo for making a commercial featuring Jean Claude Van Damme doing the splits between two reversing trucks. Idolatry aside, Volvo really hit the mark with their latest commercial. It’s an interesting stunt that shows off the Volvo Dynamic Steering technology in their trucks. Check it out for yourself here. Back to the point …
The greatest gift a community manager can wish for during the holiday season is actually having “time off.” While it’s a lofty wish for a job that’s always on, there are steps you can take to set you and your team up for as much cheer-filled free time as possible. Content Calendar Prepare a plan …
“There was a time, a time before cable. When the local anchorman reigned supreme. When people believed everything they heard on TV. This was an age when only men were allowed to read the news. And in San Diego, one anchorman was more man then the rest. His name was Ron Burgundy. He was …
As the semester is wrapping up, I thought I would look at my Social Media course and the overall impact it has had during my time as an intern. A requirement of this class was to become HootSuite Certified through HootSuite University. What does this mean? Well, I had a series of 13 videos …
During a stop at the local Mickey D’s, to quench the thirst of my sweet tea addiction, I received change with one of the dollar bills stamped “WheresGeorge.com“, so I decided to play along. The first hit my dollar bill received was in Kalamazoo, MI in June 2012. Then it made a stop in …
Some creatives (I’ve heard…) have earned a reputation for being arrogant, egotistical and even a little obnoxious. But those characteristics may have been what led them to an advertising career in the first place. A British research study recently published in the journal Thinking Skill and Creativity concluded that people with narcissistic tendencies are …
November 16, 2004 – the day I joined Facebook. Nine years later it’s pretty amazing I’m still on the thing, even more so that part of my career can be attributed to it. Facebook has helped me share the excitement of two college graduations, four big moves and nine birthdays (nearly 1/3 of my …
Where I grew up, we didn’t have shopping malls. At least not close enough to visit more than once a year. And those trips were usually dedicated to picking out school clothes or selecting a new piece of furniture for the den. Not exactly the ideal way for a seven-year-old to spend his day. …
As a front-end developer I straddle the line between the designer and code-monkey. I don’t really like to call myself a developer because it throws me into a pool with some very smart people who can write a Ruby application like they’re just making a sandwich. Sometimes when I’m coding a site after receiving …
