Facebook Fan Pages are becoming more and more ubiquitous, with over 300,000 businesses using the feature. These fan pages go above and beyond, and resemble full functioning websites more than a Facebook profile.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
21 Chicago Small to Medium Sized Businesses That Are Effectively Using Social Media
By The Ocean Agency November 19th, 2009
It is pretty clear that social media works for big brands. Just to name a few, we all admire the utilization of SM by Southwest, Jet Blue, Comcast, and Dell among a myriad of others.
But what about smaller companies? What about small and medium sized businesses that don’t have the brand awareness of a large corporation? Does it work for them?
I spend a lot of time convincing businesses that social media marketing is real and here to stay. But I’m pretty sure you all wouldn’t appreciate a sales pitch in a blog post, so instead I’m going to give 21 examples of small to medium sized Chicago businesses that are using social media effectively. In no particular order:
Working For The Ocean Agency, A Quick Reflection
By The Ocean Agency November 9th, 2009
A post from our new intern, Travis Andrews, who just recently moved from New Orleans, Louisiana and is now quickly learning the world of interactive marketing. These are his reflections on the first week of the job:
It’s been a special few days: I moved from New Orleans to
Chicago. I started interning here. I watched the first episode of Mad
Men.
I’m still trying to figure out what was most exciting.
