Customer at Pet Store: “I’d like to buy this leash and dog food” Cashier: “Great!! I’m curious, what kind of dog to you have?” Customer: “Oh, well, I actually don’t have a dog, but I will some day.” Seem far fetched? Sadly, it isn’t. As the lead analyst at an up and coming social  agency,

I want to start out by saying that I am not being too presumptuous with the above statement.  I of course, understand all change is not created equally.  However, if you know me at all, you know that I thrive on challenge, and typically do well in unknown environments.  So for me, starting at a

We are pleased to announce the recent hire of Jon Stillwell as a Social Media Strategist with SMCpros. Jon received his BA degree from the University of St. Thomas in marketing and business administration. Jon’s #1 strength as defined by Strengths-Finder 2.0 is Competition. While taking on a host of projects to start his career

It’s been a BIG year for Social Media in 2011 – and a lot of changes have occurred. We wanted to take a moment to sit back and recap what’s changed this year and what you’ll want to look forward to in 2012. For Facebook-  Big changes in 2011 with the introduction of Timeline. The

Twitter has recently come out with a bright, fresh new layout for Twitter that is cleverly labeled #NewTwitter. There are four new labels that comprise the new layout: Home, Connect, Discover and Me. Home: Has the same old news feed, but with a few added bonuses. You can now click “Open” to view info on a

We are pleased to announce the recent hire of Gary Stockert as a Speaker and Business Development Manager with SMCpros. Gary received his BA degree from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities and has worked at Fuzed Marketing. Gary specializes in Social Media ROI, Blog Marketing, SEM/SEO, Web Presence Improvement and Creative Strategy. His passion

For those that missed it on Veteran’s Day, our very own BreAnna Fisher presented a free webinar on Google+ Pages. We invite you to check out the recording below. Comments / Questions are welcome!

The banks saw it, heard it, and ultimately responded: A Big Win For Consumers. There is no question that social media gives “us” (the consumers) a voice. In fact, a voice that is so powerful it changed Big Banks’ plans to charge a $5 monthly fee to use debit cards. With 77,000 people RSVPing to a

Social media has been getting a bad rep lately. What’s being said you may ask? Oh, just that social media is causing teens to have high depression rates and drug usage. That social media is killing intellectual conversation and decreasing productivity. It’s said that it’s causing people to be narcissistic and creating a false sense

With G+ being toted as an identity service – combined with Google Wallet I think it has the potential to change the business  intelligence landscape. These technologies pared together have the ability to provide an incredibly high level of insightful information about user behavior to business owners, analysts, marketers, advertisers, and the like. Can you