3-Emoji Review: The Techs, They Are A Changin’
Times They Are A Changin’ It’s finished! Head to Downtown MPLS and you’ll be in for a surprise on the corner of Fifth Street and Hennepin. Goldman Sachs commissioned Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra to paint a giant Bob Dylan mural. The 5-story tribute to Bob Dylan is part of Hennepin Theatre Trust’s effort to help […]
3-Emoji Review: #ForceFriday Awakens, 96 Year-Old x The Great Slide, and Instagram Updates
#ForceFriday Awakens Star Wars collectors are ecstatic. Today is the world’s first chance to own official product celebrating the next installment of the Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The new toys, collectibles and gadgets are now available on Amazon.com, at the Disney Store, at Disney Parks, Target and Toys “R” Us. You can even sign-up […]
3-Emoji Review for Secrets Of The City
Everything On A Stick at #mnstatefair If you forgot, your Twitter feed reminded you. The Great Minnesota Get-Together kicked off yesterday and is complete with 40 new foods, 11 new frozen treats and 2 new rides on the Mighty Midway. Prepare to hear about all of the crazy foods indulged by your friends and co-workers […]
3-Emoji Review for Secrets Of The City
Hillz Tweets 3 Emoji Review on Student Loans We were stoked to see Hillary Clinton jump on the 3 Emoji Review bandwagon this week. Although it appears that her tweet asking people to give a 3 Emoji Review of their student loans didn’t quite work out in her favor. Regardless, imitation is the highest form […]
3-Emoji Review for Secrets Of The City
It was meant to be. When Secrets Of The City published the first-ever 3 Emoji Review, it immediately caught our attention. So we called our friend Taylor, the producer of Secrets of the City (which, by the way, SOTC is a daily digest of Twin Cities culture, featuring the best events of the day. You […]
#TrendsTuesday: Facebook Drones and Yelp Groans
Social media evolves at the rapid-fire pace of the internet. Here’s a rundown of some of the most recent and relevant social media news and trends, so you can keep up with new possibilities and changing functionality. Facebook used last weekend’s Lollapalooza to step into the world of live events. Instead of arriving piecemeal from friends […]
Here’s Another Hit: Straight Outta Cooperstown
Taking something familiar and making it new is at the heart of many successful internet memes. Maybe that’s why Straight Outta Cooperstown has taken off. The Tumblr cleverly mashes up hip-hop figureheads and baseball classics into an imaginary series of trading cards, which adds up to quite an effective visual gag. So imagine our delight when we learned our […]
Facebook’s Boost Your Business Event – Minneapolis
The Social Lights attended Facebook’s most recent Boost Your Business event in Minneapolis, held right in our neighborhood at Aria. Small business marketing experts gathered along with a panel of local businesses to chat Facebook ads and everything that goes along with them. We’ve rounded up our takeaways from Facebook’s Minneapolis Boost Your Business event: […]
#TrendsTuesday: Stolen Tweets and Vertical Videos
Social media evolves at the rapid-fire pace of the internet. Here’s a rundown of some of the most recent and relevant social media news and trends, so you can keep up with new possibilities and changing functionality. Don’t be surprised if your Twitter page doesn’t look quite right – it’s probably because Twitter tore down the wallpaper. Twitter […]
Post-Serial Podcasting in the Twin Cities: The Weekend Starts Now
Two Twin Cities niche media champions – James Norton from The Heavy Table and Taylor Carik from Secrets of the City (SotC) – have joined forces to produce The Weekend Starts Now, a triumphant new local podcast series, with help from audio engineer Adam Voreis. However, this is not their first podcasting rodeo. We spoke to SotC head Carik […]
