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Gary J. Nix
Marketing Specialist
Gary is a Marketing Specialist and MIB Agent who enjoys all things sports, marketing and pop culture. He’s also known online for his occasionally audacious commentary regarding the previously listed subject matter.

Gary J.’s Latest Blog Posts

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Is Marketing Under the Influence?

Are industry influencers in favor of your brand? How important is influence in the world of digital marketing? Read this post to get the latest scoop on influence marketing from London’s Kred Influencer Summit.

Apr 3, 2013 by | Post a Comment
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A New Outlook on the World

Have you tried Micosoft’s new Outlook.com? Get the latest scoop on the next big email client and what it means for email marketers and for competitor, Gmail.com

Mar 4, 2013 by | Post a Comment
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10 Marketing Shifts That You Should JUMP On Right Now

Best practices for marketing are constantly evolving. Stay up to date with 10 recent, significant shifts in marketing from this year’s Econsultancy JUMP Conference.

Feb 13, 2013 by | Post a Comment
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2012 Year in Review: Social Media

There were a lot of updates in the social realm in 2012. Let’s take a look at some of the moments provided by 12 of the most popular social networks including ups, downs, milestones and other miscellanea.

Dec 18, 2012 by | Post a Comment
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Instagram and the New Social Order of Operations

Instagram’s Web interface may well change the way we view digital and social in the future. Read this post and learn how.

Nov 7, 2012 by | Post a Comment
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#Twitter Update: Online World’s All A-Twitter Again with Profile Changes

Twitter has introduced new pages similar to Facebook’s Timeline that could present new opportunities and challenges for your brand. If you want to stay ahead of the curve, you should read this post!

Sep 19, 2012 by | 1 Comment

6 Traditional Reasons to Use Social Media in Marketing

The decision to use social media as part of your integrated marketing program is data driven and based in the concepts of traditional marketing—finding the channels used by your target market and using those channels to communicate with them.

Jul 18, 2012 by | 1 Comment

How Building Communities Leads to Commerce

Social media remains a hot button issue, even hotter over the past couple of weeks with Facebook’s valuation and subsequent reactions to its IPO.

May 24, 2012 by | Post a Comment
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Why Community is Important in Social Media Marketing

Ninjas, gurus and other social media savants should Just Do It!

Apr 27, 2012 by | Post a Comment
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7 Big Features of Facebook Timeline for Brands

The Facebook redesign has had the business world all a-twitter already, but what we really need to know is how this new iteration is changing the way we use Facebook as a brand.

Mar 4, 2012 by | 1 Comment
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How The GRAMMYs Broke Records and Paused the Social Web

The GRAMMYs have shown us how a carefully laid out plan can drive content, conversation and, in terms of what they were searching for in their social media campaign, conversion

Feb 23, 2012 by | Post a Comment
Social Media WEek

14 Trends Spotted at Social Media Week

Social Media Week gave us our latest opportunity to spot online trends to which we should take heed when looking to communicate through what may very well be today’s most popular online channel.

Feb 21, 2012 by | Post a Comment
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Social Media: In Visible Campaigns

The social online world affords content providers more creativity in the name of sharing, so when it comes to social content, a picture can truly be worth a thousand words.

Feb 2, 2012 by | 1 Comment
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You Are Here: The Battle of Geo-Location Services

A number of companies have thrown their hats into the geo-location services ring recently with limited success, but these two popular services are currently winning the fight: Foursquare and Yelp.

Jan 5, 2012 by | 1 Comment
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Keeping Your Online Media Social

Social media is an important part of the online marketing mix and not only relevant to online searches, but the online search process itself.

Nov 14, 2011 by | Comments (2)
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