If you’re a fan of Mad Men and marketing, this Mad Men Webinar from Hubspot is for you. It provides an interesting look at online branding and compares campaign lessons from the 60’s to modern times. Fun story: The show takes place in the 60’s but the Mad Men characters are on Twitter. I once asked @Don_Draper what he thought of social media. He replied to me on Twitter that it sounded like something for communists! – I don’t think so.
WordCamp Houston was this past Saturday and a few Pierponters attended to boost our knowledge and capabilities on Wordpress. A full write-up about what we learned will be coming soon. In the meantime, you can get ahead by getting up-to-speed with tips on corporate blogging. You should always be prepared with what to expect and what questions to ask when talking to someone about creating their blog.
Holy Cartography Batman! If you’ve wanted to get your head around Twitter geographically, Mashable has the news you can use. This article offers five tools for mapping Twitter accounts and trends. TrendsMap is pretty interesting as it allows you to zoom in on areas to see what terms or people are trending on Twitter the most.
That’s it for now, but we’ll be back next week. Same Bat-time; same Bat-channel!