Welcome to the Team Addie & Laura!
We’re excited to welcome our newest team members, Addie (Adelaide) Stiff and Laura Siirila to The Social Lights team! Addie is on board as our official Collegiate Field Specialist and Laura is our Restaurant/Hospitality Community Manager. Addie Stiff “As a student majoring in entrepreneurship, I’m very excited to start working and learning with The Social […]
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 […]
When Push Comes to Shove Off
When does a push notification push you over the edge? As Brent Hieggelke defines push notifications in a recent Mashable article, “Good push notifications can mean alerting someone at the breakfast table to avoid a traffic jam by taking a different route to work. A bad push would be interrupting a parent with a “limited […]
Fred Hoiboar
Miss Piggy. Babe. Piglet. Famous pigs have had a place in our movies, television shows and hearts for decades. One of my personal favorites pigs was Wilbur, from Charlotte’s Web. What happens when this fairytale childhood story turns into an actual living prize-winning porker? That would be Fred Hoiboar, of course! Back in February, you […]
Say Hello to our Newest Social Light, Alli!
We are excited to welcome our newest team member, Allison (Alli) Kahle, to The Social Lights team! Alli is on board as our official Restaurant and Hospitality Industry Field Specialist. Allison graduated just days ago from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Applied Economics and Management. “I am thrilled to begin work with […]
Pinterest for Business: The Do’s & Don’ts
To have a strong presence on any social media platform requires providing high quality, interesting content and responding to the wants and needs of the audience. Your strategy will center around these two questions: Who is your audience? What do they care about? When you have a good idea of your audience and their wants […]
Conversations About The Future Of Advertising
with Barry Judge, Chief Marketing Officer of Best Buy MCAD April 2, 2012 “Social is the way brands are going to be built. Social is the future.” Early-April, I had the opportunity to attend the first session of Conversations About the Future of Advertising, a MIMA-sponsored seminar hosted at MCAD. The kickoff speaker was Barry […]
Ready Set Cinemagram!
Introducing The Hottest New Photo App – Cinemagram! Via Cinemagram Tumblr: The Social Lights own creations: Jealous of our GIFs? Download the Cinemagram app right now and start making your own! P.S. Please share them with us {info AT thesocial-lights.com}
A Few of our Favorite Apps
Tator tots, French fries, mozzarella sticks… Just kidding! We are talking smartphone apps of course. We LOVE Facebook & Twitter & Foursquare plus: Instagram Cinemagram c/o Cinemagram.tumblr 360 Panorama via iTunes Run Keeper via RunKeeper.com Starbucks Gold Card Get your Starbucks fix from your phone – no cash or card required! Words with Friends | […]
Want to Work With Us?
We’re Hiring a Field Specialist! As a field specialist at our agency, you will learn how to leverage social media for business while focusing on the field of your choice. From Fashion to Entertainment to Hospitality, The Social Lights offer Field Specialist positions to train high potential individuals into social media strategies and tools to […]
