Status Update: Q2 Social Media Trends

Social media is in a perpetual state of rapid evolution. Updates and new features are constantly reshaping how users engage across platforms, and the day-to-day headlines are a barrage of buzzwords and tag lines. How is one supposed to keep up? Short answer: Our quarterly publication, Status Update. Long answer: Let us help. Every 3 months, we bring you the […]

5 Tips to Engage the Connected Fan from Hashtag Sports

Los Angeles one week, New York City the next. Our event schedule is packed this year, and this week, we were in Times Square for Hashtag Sports. The event featured 3 days of thought leadership and innovation geared towards helping brands activate and engage around the connected fan. From professional athletes to league personnel to […]

Reimagining Human Connectivity at Social Media Week

Four days, 27 sessions, and 114 Instagram stories later, social strategist Gina Vo landed back in Minneapolis. We sent Gina to Los Angeles, which played host to one of the nation’s four Social Media Week events this year. The event sported a tagline of “Reimagining Human Connectivity,” a compelling topic after Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook manifesto […]

Object Recognition Setting the Stage For Mixed-Reality Advertising

If you’ve kept up with social media news and updates over the first half of 2017, you’ve read the words “object recognition” about as often as you’ve read “Facebook copies Snapchat.” Pinterest’s Lens was among the first public-facing applications introduced around object recognition, one of their many moves aimed at integrating into the real world. […]

#AdFedMN: Purpose Driven Content with Amanda Brinkman

Remember the Small Business Revolution Documentary we talked about recently? If you haven’t watched the film yet, get on it. The authenticity and heartwarming vibes will make your heart swell up. The Social Lights were lucky enough to join AdFed MN for a special event hosted by the lady who struck the match, Amanda Brinkman, to […]

3-Emoji Review: Giving + Blocking + Clapping

Fueling Good Is All About Giving Back Now, you can dine out AND put money towards a good cause. Yes, that means you don’t need to feel guilty about eating the whole burger. Blue Plate Gives has launched at Longfellow Grill with their own Fuel Good Machine. If you dine with Longfellow, you will receive a Blue Chip to […]

Social Media Trends 2013

From the radpidly increasing rate of smartphone adoption, to the rise of Instagram addicts, to the thousands who’ve just discovered Tumblr—we can already tell 2013 will be a big year for social and we’re excited! Here’s what we think lies ahead: 1. Rise of Customer Service on Social Customer service on social media is bound to […]