A picture of a person holding a phone that is unable to access Facebook, with a string of Facebook down stories in the background.

Business Bootcamp: Marketing When Social Media is Down

At the beginning of October, someone over at Facebook spilled their morning coffee on the ethernet cable, shutting down all their major services for six hours. Well, that’s not exactly how it went, but an error during routine maintenance did leave businesses without access to their Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp accounts. This unveiled a significant […]
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Win Sales Remotely by Building Virtual Customer Rapport

Lunches, conferences, and sometimes just a smiling face and a kind demeanor were once ways of sealing the deal with potential sales. Then the pandemic hit, and face-to-face interactions evoked feelings of unease and risk more than companionship. While it’s easy to conduct virtual meetings with familiar clients, forming good first impressions are far more difficult […]
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When Facebook Was Down, Did It Halt Your Business? Let’s Fix That

When Facebook, along with siblings of Instagram, WhatsApp and others, went down earlier this week, it didn’t just bring down social media and messaging platforms: it also halted businesses. The 6+ hour outage meant for some, their company effectively ceased to be, unable to communicate or sell to customers without the use of one or […]
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The 22s: Getting Seen on Social Media

If you know the adage about the tree falling in the woods, you know that the most polished social media post, the best call to action, and the sharpest graphics don’t mean anything without engagement. It’s discouraging to do everything right on social media as a business and fail to get people to see, share, […]
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Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month 2021 with Vision Advertising

It’s September, and that means it’s Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. After our Chief Operating Officer Julia Becker Collins was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2020, it’s her wish and ours to shed light on this lesser-known cancer each year and what you can do about it. Thyroid cancer is less rare than you might think, […]
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What Apple’s New Privacy Changes Mean for Marketers

Privacy policy updates usually aren’t newsworthy, but as marketers, we couldn’t help but tune into the headlines featuring Apple’s latest privacy updates. And as marketers, we had to delve in past the headlines to find out how Apple’s latest privacy updates are shaping our industry. During their annual developer conference, Apple announced a slew of […]