Kingfish Media, in partnership with Junta42 and Upshot Institute, is conducting a short survey of marketing executives. If you handle the marketing for your own company (or work in marketing for someone else), they’d love for you to share your perspective.
The survey takes just a few moments (it’s 20 questions). Kingfish Media will be compiling the data into an ebook to shed some light on the current and ever-changing marketing trends. The goal is to show marketers how they can use the hot trends to better craft their new business pitches.
The Kingfish Media survey asks questions about the most …read more

Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill has taken an interesting approach with their new website. Back in the fall, they began rolling out their new branding in an attempt to market the restaurant, not just as a great place to eat, but also as a social destination for patrons to hang out at their bar and meet others.
According to a recent Nielsen report, social networks and blogs have surpassed email as a form of communication. Therefore, Smokey Bones wanted to revamp and improve their online presence with emphasis on several social media elements.
Their new website at SmokeyBones.com attempts to attract …read more

Social media marketing company Vitrue analyzes online media including blogs, micro blogs, social networking sites and photo and video sharing sites daily to determine which brands are being most talked about on the web.
Last week, they released their Vitrue 100, which lists the most social brands of 2008. It should come as no surprise that the iPhone was number one on the list. But Apple really dominates all around with the parent company #3, iPod at #7 and Mac at #16.
Entertainment and media related brands are also high on the list with CNN at #2 and Disney at …read more