Gone are the days of saving magazine clippings to plan a wedding or to help design your dream home; that is, if you’re using Pinterest. Growing significantly from 1.2 million users in August 2011 to over 4 million today, Pinterest is the newest social site grabbing the attention of consumers and businesses.

A Missed Opportunity

Is the lack of personality and creativity on the “About Us” or “Our Team” page of your company’s website hurting your business? Probably.

Most businesses overlook, or pay minimum attention to, their “About Us” pages. They’re more focused on outbound marketing like tv and radio, creating interior pages for their new products and services, publishing through social media, networking – yet all of these things never reach their full potential because of a lackluster “About Us” page on their website.

Why We’re Betting on Youtube

Have you seen “Charlie bit my finger”, watched Lady Gaga’s latest music video, taken a guitar lesson, or looked up a how-to for your latest home project – online? I’m betting you’ve hit up Youtube for at least one of these in the past week. Youtube is currently the second largest search engine behind Google, reaching over 171 Million users (81.9% of the U.S. population) in April 2011 alone.

What turns a daily deal into a success for business and not a retrospective regret? Does success mean selling out of the offer or gaining new customers?  In our last blog, “Why We Said No to Groupon”, we talked about choosing Groupon or other “Daily Deal” offers for small businesses. We decided against Groupon and developed our own solution for our client and local customers’ coupon fever. Although we said NO for one of our clients, we said YES for another. Just like many things in life, not everything is right for everyone—and daily deals are a prime example. Here’s how it went down:

All I have to say is thank goodness for Twitter and texting! No calls going through after we felt the earthquake here in Baltimore and scattered workers stood on the streets checking twitter and texting family.

We have been putting together process documents for our growing team at BMG—so I guess we should add “Earthquake Escape Plan” after today. It would probably look something like this:

1. If you feel the building shaking (as we are on the third floor at the ETC)– stop moving
2. If it is still shaking and it is not the AC kicking on, look up at the exposed pipes
3. If they are shaking and dust is falling it is probably an earthquake (I know east coast, that’ what I was thinking, I am really out of it today)
4. Panic may set in at this point and you may start trembling yourself
5. If this happens stay calm and don’t stand in the doorway (that won’t save you if the building collapses)
6. You also need to be calm because you have to grab your iPhone and bourbon so when you evacuate via the concrete stairway and make it alive outside you can at least have some fun
7. It may be alright to go back inside after a bit only when verified through Twitter