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Turn Off Your Filters

I have a bit of a reputation around the office for just blurting out ideas. Sometimes with a ton of thought involved, but mostly things just off the top of my head and hoo boy, are some of them ever dumb. But here’s something I’ve learned in my time in this industry, and stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but there’s no such thing as a dumb idea. CONTINUE READING

Look Who’s Talking Now: Branding Your Kids

Are you a parent who shares your child’s every accomplishment on social media? From posting sonograms to capturing their first moments in this world, some parents like to share it all. Then there’s the other end of the spectrum where parents blur out their kids’ faces, or only using initials when talking about them online (or, even worse, making up silly nicknames for them). And then there’s obviously those that fall in between, sharing a bit but not a lot. CONTINUE READING

Want to Be Photogenic Enough for Instagram? Start With Product Design

It’s that time of year again! Even though patio drinks and cottage weekends seem like they were just yesterday, the fact that it’s almost halfway through November means it’s officially the holiday season. CONTINUE READING

Brace yourself, the spoilers are coming!

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I get it.

Game of Thrones was amazing last night.  As it was last week, with all that blood and all that death… CONTINUE READING

The City Of Toronto’s facebook newsfeed last week.

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I’m not going to lie to you, a lot of s#*t went down in Toronto last week. Thankfully, we at 88 Creative got a peek into the City of Toronto’s facebook account to get a recap of  just what went down…

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Twitter: a place of worship?

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Churches, mosques, temples and Twitter.
What do they all have in common? It’s a place where people go to pray obviously.

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Is it too late for Flickr?

Is it too late for Flickr?

That Marissa Mayer is really on a tear isn’t she. First she goes out and spends a boat load of cash on Tumblr, now she’s gone and given Flickr a facelift that would make Joan Rivers blush, if she could still blush of course.

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The strange world of social media

I’m fairly active on social media – a major prerequisite to being a Social Media Coordinator, I suppose.

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Linkedin: Facebook for grown ups

Who remembers back in the day when you first signed up for Facebook and started friend requesting everyone you’ve ever met at a party, classmates, or old high school buddies that you probably will never see again? I sure do. For shame.

Now fast forward a few years and ask yourself if your old Facebook habits are translating to Linkedin. CONTINUE READING

If social networks were The Avengers

I know that the latest instalment in the Marvel Avengers Universe releases this Friday, and as my coworkers can begrudgingly attest, I am a comic book nerd through and through. So naturally, you can probably deduce that I am beyond excited for Iron Man 3.

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