We always enjoy sharing and recommending events we feel will offer valuable learning and networking opportunities for our clients and online audeince, and are pleased to be able to offer a special discount to the 2014 Direct Marketing Symposium … [Continue reading]
Chad Mitchell is Senior Director of Digital Communications at Walmart. Positioned within Walmart's Corporate Affairs division, he and his team are responsible for managing and supporting all aspects of Walmart's corporate digital presence, … [Continue reading]
Guest post by Courtney Doman, Digital Marketing Manager at Social: IRL sponsor, Spredfast. Originally posted in the Spredfast blog. You have probably already seen tinsel and garland in the aisles of your favorite department stores and may have … [Continue reading]
Guest post by Eric Melin, Manager Marketing & Communications at Social: IRL sponsor, Spiral16. Originally posted in the Spiral16 blog as the second instalment of an event recap of Social: IRL's recent workshop in St. Louis MO, with social … [Continue reading]
Social: IRL has been proud to invest in the regional nonprofit community, working with a group of sponsors and partners to host an ongoing series of social media for nonprofits workshops. To date over 800 nonprofits have participated in this free … [Continue reading]
By Social: IRL principal, Ben Smith. Originally published as a personal post on Google+ Some important social media lessons for both businesses and individuals can be taken from a pretty incredible and somewhat scary series of events that took … [Continue reading]
Expion’s third Social Business Summit took place last week in Raleigh NC, bringing together an impressive group of brands and agencies for a discussion focused around the challenges and opportunities in managing social media programs. Opening day … [Continue reading]
Expion's third social business summit kicked off today in Raleigh NC, bringing together an impressive group of brands and agencies for a discussion focussed around the challenges and opportunities in managing social media programs. Expion will be … [Continue reading]
Jim Tobin, is president of Ignite Social Media, widely recognized as being “the original social media agency.” He is also author of 2008’s Social Media is a Cocktail Party and a new book publishing in the fall of 2013, Earn It. Don't Buy It. The … [Continue reading]
Erica McClenny is Senior VP of Client Services at social software company Expion, and is responsible for providing strategic support and guidance for the company's major brand clients. For this latest installment of our Smart Social interview … [Continue reading]
A personal announcement about the future of Social: IRL from agency principal, Ben Smith. Social: IRL launched in the summer of 2010, after I left the media industry in which I had worked for 10 years prior to that. At the time, social media … [Continue reading]
Scott Gulbransen is Director of Social Business Strategy at tax giant H&R Block, and is the veteran of 13 tax seasons. Before H&R Block, Scott helped create the social media platforms at both Applebee's and TurboTax. Scott recently … [Continue reading]