The 12 Days of Printmas 2012

  Although the 12 days of PRINTMASTM hasnt officially begun, I am calling for some Holiday fun… and you have time to prepare! Make a video of you, your company, or whomever singing the song below. Post it on YouTube, send me the link, and we will create a playlist of all the participants to […]

Dscoop, Social Media and Barcelona

It’s not everyday that print industry veteran and twitter personality X offers to represent you at an event and blog for you. I do admit, I was wondering if I would be liable for any potential international incidents, but it seems he kept on his best behavior and no Dscoopers were “harmed” during his visit. […]

All Roads Lead to The Printerverse

by Terri Spaulding Graph Expo is full of energy even before you step onto the showroom floor.  Oh the sights, sounds, buzzes, hums, groups of smiling people, piles of awesomely displayed swag, and endless twists and turns of carpeted booths! I have to admit I was a little overwhelmed, where does one start?  My first […]

Blippar Makes The Shortlist (Interactive)

This is a nice example of Augmented Reality from Blippar. What makes this interesting for me, is that in this magazine there are a bunch of ways to interact with print – play a video game, see additional photos, get more information, do a little shopping, make funny pictures to share with your friends, and […]

Engagement Science: Making the Most of Your Social Media Strategy

Our friends over at Shawmut sent out a tweet that has thrown me for a complete loop… uconnectShawmut 10:45am via HootSuite From the Worldwide Social Media Study: Nearly 47 percent of B2B companies neither tracked nor followed up on social media leads. Im actually just staring at my computer screen because Im at a loss […]

Who Is The Real Face Of Your Business?

Yesterday morning I awoke to a conversation that the morning crew on the radio was having regarding the Apple iPhone Announcement scheduled for today. They were talking about how many chargers and accessories they would have to replace and what would still work with iPads and iPods and about features the new phone was rumored […]

1.3 Trillion Reasons To Use Social Media At Work

For all of those out there in companies with no social media presence or that dont “allow” social media activities at work, here is a nice article to print out and pass around. Usually improving the bottom line does get the right people’s attention. It’s also interesting to note some of the less-hyped ways social […]

Meet Stanley, The World’s First Tweet Powered Piano

This is too cool! Stanley was created for an event so you cant request songs now, but he will be back so Im following on Twitter and when he is I will try it for sure! Now what song is the big question??? The World’s First Tweet Powered Piano Stanley’s no ordinary piano. It plays […]

Social Customer Service [infographic]

via Social Customer Service [infographic]. Social media has allowed companies to become more responsive than ever before. Today’s infographic Social Customer Service: The Next Competitive Battleground shows us that companies are responding quicker than ever to their customers complaints. In fact about 84% of social media use is geared towards improving customer service.  

Twitter Gives The BIRD to LinkedIn And Cuts Ties

The recap: Twitter allowed LinkedIn users to use their API and send Tweets directly to LinkedIn using #in or #li in their messages, or automatically for every Tweet if you set it that way on LinkedIn. Whenever a Tweet was sent to LinkedIn, it showed up as the Tweeters status message, and in the LinkedIn […]