The Newest Location-Based Social Apps: Cool or Creepy?
You may be familiar with the likes of Foursquare and Facebook Places. Heck, you may even be old school and remember good old Gowalla from back in the day. In the simplest form, these location-based social apps use...
Business Lessons Learned from a Verizon Debacle
Dear Verizon, This is an account of my last 5 days that you’ve taken from me, which I’ll never get back. I’m hoping someone in your company who cares will figure out that actually giving a...
Think Big, Work Small: How to Get Your Startup Off the Ground Fast
This article by VerticalResponse CEO and founder Janine Popick originally appeared on The Huffington Post. When you’re starting your business, you want things to happen fast. You have some choices to make....
Great Scott! 5 Email & Social Marketing Tips from the Future
VerticalResponse marketing team members, Colleen and Savannah, recently attended the Marketing Sherpa Email Summit in Las Vegas. This is the second in a series of posts on their learnings from the conference. Image...
Learn From the Pros: Facebook Fan Pages We Love
I spend a lot of time on Facebook. A lot. Fortunately for me, it’s part of my job. And between browsing pictures of puppies, kids, and Ryan Gosling, I spend much of my time looking at fan pages for businesses...
3 Tactics to Becoming a Better Salesperson
If you’re in a position to “sell” at your company (and no matter what you do for your company, you should be), then you know it’s not always easy to get the ear of the prospect you’re trying to sell to.
Want Engagement? Get Your Conversation(s) On
The most important part of any social marketing campaign is the engagement that happens from the content you share with your audience. With most social marketing platforms, the interaction with your posts is...
11 Years at the Same Job! Here’s What I’ve Learned…
Our 11th VR-versary is tomorrow (!), February 22nd, so social media manager, Ellery asked if I would publish a post about lessons I’ve learned in the past 11 years of building and leading VerticalResponse....
Motivating Employees: 3 Ideas That Just Might Work for You
This article by VerticalResponse CEO and founder Janine Popick originally appeared on The Huffington Post. I recently got interviewed by one of my employees who is looking to hone in on his career path. He’s...