Below The Radar News

The U.S. Postal Service gets a bad rap. I can’t think of many other organizations with such common negative phrases associated with them, like “going postal” or “mailing it in” (slacking). Then again, not many institutions have been around since 1775. The woes of the postal service have made major headlines. Without paying much attention […]

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I am, it’s true.  We got another look at our increasingly wired world last week thanks to Russian computer hackers who exposed more than 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords and posted them online.  If your password was among the unlucky millions, LinkedIn will be sending you an email with instructions to reset it. It took most […]

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I’ll admit it, I’m a big Instagram nerd. Take a moment to consider the beauty of it: My iPhone is always with me. It takes pretty good pictures as-is and lets me record sights and experiences without needing to carry a camera around. Then Instagram waltzes in and provides me the opportunity to pretend I’m […]

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High hopes were set for Facebook’s long awaited initial public offering.  So far things haven’t gone how most people expected.  There have been several strange occurrences since Facebook released its IPO.  The first being Facebook’s decision to open for trading on a Friday.  The typical stock market trading day starts at 9:30 a.m.   It isn’t […]

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I’ve become notorious for a few sayings around the office that I repeat ad nauseam.  One of these “Nicole-isms” addresses the question, “How can I get more engagement/get more eyes on my _______ (insert social content here)?”  I’ve developed a set of criteria for social attraction to web content, that I think holds a bit […]

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Phoenix – MeMD, an online health care provider, recently inked a deal with Goodmans Interior Structures, a leader in workspace solutions, to expand its employee health and wellness program. Now, Goodmans employees have access to on-demand medical care inside their office. Within minutes, employees can instantly consult a primary care physician on a webcam-equipped computer […]

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Scottsdale, Ariz. – In a partnership that launches urgent care medicine into the World Wide Web, the MeMD virtual health care service became the official national partner of Doctors Express, the first national urgent care franchise. With the announcement, MeMD will be available in 24 states where Doctors Express centers are located. With the partnership […]

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Deb Evans and the IFA were kind enough to host a TweetChat today, getting the 4-1-1 from the IFA on their social involvement. Next week is Fran Social Camp and we’re so excited to be a part of it this year. You can get more information at the FranSocialCamp website. Registration is still open and […]

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Recently, USA Today published a story on the death of blogging. The article, “More companies quit blogging, go with Facebook instead,” touched on some companies that have let their blogs die. Unfortunately, the article put blogging in a rather negative light, highlighting older statistics and poor strategies. There are risks to starting a company blog […]

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919 Marketing lauded for using top social media publishing tools KISSMetrics blog highlights agency’s Facebook page At 919 Marketing, we focus on providing integrated marketing communications service to a variety of clients, from small regional shops to large national brands. We work hard and encourage creativity to get companies like ValPak, Senior Helpers, Doctors Express […]

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