http://www.markyr.com Ready to go social? Wed, 12 May 2010 00:39:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en About a month ago, Facebook made some major changes in the way users interact with their favorite brands and celebrities. Instead of becoming a FAN of Facebook pages, users now declare they LIKE them and they can do it on any site via LIKE buttons owners can embed within any ... http://www.markyr.com/facebook-like-button-changes-the-game-for-marketers Congratulations to The Roxy Theatre for being true pioneers in Social Media.  After three years of diligently producing engaging content and building community they have conquered the social web. The first music venue to truly embrace the concepts of conversation, connection and community - they have opened the club to ... http://www.markyr.com/the-roxy-theatre-is-the-no1-music-venues-on-twitter-flickr-and-now-facebook In a little less than a week, Team MarKyr, Marjorie Kase and Kyra Reed will be heading down to Austin for the South By Southwest Interactive and Music Conferences. En tow will be MarKyr clients, Nina Hartley and Roxy Theatre owner, Nic Adler for two panel discussions. On Monday, March 15th, ... http://www.markyr.com/markyr-presents-panels-at-sxsw-interactive-and-music SXSW is featuring a post on  Nic Adler of The Roxy Theatre and Kyra Reed of Markyr Media on their homepage this week.  A very big thanks to Melissa Williams at SXSW for making it happen.  The coverage was related to the SXSW Music Festval  "The Social Strip,"  a panel ... http://www.markyr.com/sxsw-features-nic-adler-and-markyr-media Nic Adler, owner of the Roxy Theatre, has finally been acknowledged in this week's New York Times for his innovative spirit and success with Social Media.  The article comes out in tomorrow's Style Section, but you can read it here: http://bit.ly/92geQB I met Nic in November 2006, at a time ... http://www.markyr.com/new-york-times-article-reviving-the-roxy-can-the-strip-follow Building a Social Media Strategy can be an overwhelming prospect.  It requires an understanding of the "Social Personality" and how consumers or fans are using their social networks.  Often we find that a client will march forward with a social media agenda that is nothing more than a traditional marketing ... http://www.markyr.com/social-media-success-the-3-cs Reality in the Social Media landscape has changed quickly and dramatically.  Just one year ago our pitches were mainly focused on convincing potential clients WHY they should even consider Social Media in their marketing arsenal.  Today, we cut right to the quick and talk about strategy and implementation. We find that ... http://www.markyr.com/social-media-success-key-principles-for-de-bugging-your-program Congratulations to MarKyr client Energy Muse for their recent showing on The Office.  Jena Fisher wore Sri Yantra Necklace for the wedding scene.  And it looked great.  We LOVE their jewelry. They are making great use of their Facebook Fan Page and Twitter.  If you like jewelry, crystals or mystical thinking ... http://www.markyr.com/energy-muse-jewelry-featured-on-nbcs-the-office My goodness...our clients have been busy lately! Weight loss expert and all around amazing woman Andrea Albright has just launched her new community I Love My Body. Andrea's goal is to create a safe and supportive environment to help create real and lasting change in the lives of those with weight issues.  ... http://www.markyr.com/andrea-albright-launches-new-i-love-my-body-community The next evolution in Real Time Search Today Google released the new Social Search.  You will need a Google Profile (comes with your gmail account, you just need to activate it) to be included in the searches. When you enter a search query you will receive real-time results on your friends, from ... http://www.markyr.com/what-will-googles-new-social-search-mean-for-brands