Salt Lake City, UT
The Argument for Simplicity in 2013
Submitted by SMC Republisher on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 11:05am
I am simply not a fan of the considerable amounts of “What’s Coming in 2013″ and “2012 in Review” posts that come across every platform I read – it was a barrage of blogs and data/stats that made my eyes hurt, and didn’t teach me much. It made me wonder what I should be doing better, to differentiate myself and the brands I manage. Here’s my personal list of resolutions:
*No Tweeting/Facebooking from the wrong account. Managing a million will give you heartburn. I had one (dumb and easily fixed, but still) mistake in 2012, looking for a big fat ZERO in 2013.
*No typos. Ditto to above. Triple/quadruple checks of all written things for polish and precision. Correcting and complaining about the grammar of others is only permissible if your own content is professional and error free.
Internet Killed the Video Star: How YouTube is Changing the Music Industry
Submitted by SMC Republisher on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 9:06am
Even if you don’t recognize the name, you probably know the group Walk Off the Earth from the video spectacle called “5 people, 1 guitar” which was seen on YouTube more than 100 million times and earned the band an appearance on Ellen.
VIDEO: Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the Earth (Gotye – Cover)
In the past, the music industry worked like this (loosely based on the movie That Thing You Do):
Shankman Takes Utah! February 28, 2013 Event
Submitted by SMC Republisher on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 10:28pm
Join Social Media Club of Salt Lake City (#SMCSLC) and the Utah chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC Utah) as we host an evening with Peter Shankman on Thursday, February 28, 2013.
An author, entrepreneur, speaker, and connector, Peter is recognized worldwide for radically new ways of thinking about social media, PR, marketing, advertising and customer service.
Peter’s PR and social media clients have included American Express, Sprint, the US Department of Defense, Royal Bank of Canada, Snapple Beverage Group, NASA, Walt Disney World, The Ad Council, Discovery Networks and many, many others.
Board Member Profiles: Cat Killfoil
Submitted by SMC Republisher on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 5:43pm
Hi, my name is Slim Shady. No wait…that’s not right. That’s just a bad, dated rap reference.
My name is Cat Killfoil. I grew up on the East Coast and then scored a degree in English from the greatest college in the world – The University of Texas at Austin. I have lived in Seattle, San Diego, and now Park City, home to The Greatest Snow on Earth®. I fell in love with the mountains. Then I made this video, and won the gig of Ultimate Powderhound writing for the Ski Utah blog.
I love #hashtags, instagramming clouds and ski lifts, and almost every person I’ve met in real life after connecting on Twitter.
Board Member Profiles: Nicole Bullock
Submitted by SMC Republisher on Sun, 01/20/2013 - 8:05pm
Greetings, social media friends! My name is Nicole Bullock, and I’m going to introduce you to the girl known on the interwebz as “Cute Culture Chick“. My online moniker was conceived around 2:00 am, the most creative time for insomniacs, and was used for an online dating profile. Nine years later, the name stuck and I’ve been married to my internet dating fling, Taylor, for eight years. He is a pilot for an east coast-based regional airline, and with that comes many travel perks. Rarely do I stay in the state of Utah for more than a month without jet-setting away.
