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Facebook is at again, some of you may have noticed that your news feed looks a little different. In the latest round of updates, Facebook decided to focus on visuals. Pictures are now the most prominent part of a post and the text playsa supporting role. This got me thinking, we always list pictures as one of the key components …
The Power of Video
Here at Michigan Creative, we like to send each other cool, funny, motivational, crazy, etc., videos, just for fun. A lot of times I end up posting them on the Michigan Creative Video Facebook page, but some of them are just so cool that I wanted to blog about them. I think that it’s so important for everyone to understand …
Facebook: The don’t read still share era
I would like to take this opportunity to vent a little on a phenomenon that I witness daily on Facebook and it’s driving me absolutely crazy. Last December, Facebook changed their algorithm, which gave viewing priority to liked and shared links over actual user made content. This change turned the social media platform into more of a blogging and news …
Which Video Editing Program Is Best?
What editing program do you use? Why do you like it? What do you hate about it? Do you ever just wish that you could take components from several different programs and combine them into your own, perfect, personalized video editing software program? Yeah, me too! I have always used Final Cut Pro 7 and I love it. One of …
How to Create Engaging Facebook Content
After creating hundreds of Facebook and Twitter posts and trying to determine a golden formula to guarantee engagement, I’ve come to realize that a golden formula does not exist. It turns out that posts do not fit into a one size fits all mentality. When creating content, it is essential to keep your audience and what you want to achieve …
Finding Motivation for Blogging
As you may have noticed, it has been several weeks since I posted last and I apologize for that. A large list of excuses come to my mind…I traveled over 1500 miles for the Christmas holiday. I quit one of my jobs. I went full time at Michigan Creative. I’m still doing personal consulting in my spare time. I’m busy. I’m …
How the Olympics are Winning the Social Media Game
It may seem like every company, brand, or event has a social media presence. However, many of these profiles seem to exist purely out of obligation and are updated sporadically at best. On the other hand, some organizations seem to really grasp the purpose of social media and the various platforms. The social media strategy implemented by the International Olympic …
Importance Of Good Relationships Within Your Company
With the rise of independent businesses and entrepreneurial spirit in today’s market, it is becoming more and more important to have a strong relationship with the people you work with, and especially those you work for. Of course being able to professionally and adequately finish a job on time is very important, but so is being able to have a …
Top 5 Holiday Marketing Campaigns of 2013
It’s the most wonderful time of the year….for marketing! Christmas brings about the best campaigns and commercials speaking of love, family, giving, and sharing. Here is a few of my favorites this year… #1 WestJet: “Real-Time Giving” If this isn’t top notch marketing, then I don’t know what is. An electronic santa asks boarding guests what their Christmas wish is …
Moving Out and Moving Up
Relocating an entire business, mountains of video equipment and all, definitely doesn’t sound like much fun, right? Well, even though the actual moving process is kind of a pain, it means that your business is doing great! Moving to a new, bigger office is like getting to take over your older siblings bedroom (the bigger one, of course!) when they …