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Capture the Conversation

by Brandon Whalen
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Why Instagram is Perfect for Brands

16 Jan 2012

Instagram is now the world’s largest mobile social network. When you look at it’s astounding growth numbers it’s hard to deny that brands should think about a presence in the community.

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Capture the Conversation

by Ben Adelt
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3 Free Social Media Tools for the Busy Small Business

25 Oct 2011

Running a small business takes a lot of time and even more hard work. It’s important, however, to understand the importance of actively managing and optimizing your social networks. These 3 simple and free tools provide a great start toward social media success.

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What To Buy Organic: The 8 Most Buzzed-About Organic Foods

by Room214
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What To Buy Organic: The 8 Most Buzzed-About Organic Foods

20 Apr 2011

What Should We Be Eating?
If you try to google for information on the food that’s most important to buy and eat organic, it’s a tad confusing. Every list seems to focus on a few different things, usually driven by nutrition and meal plan bias. So rather than dig through a lot of conflicting lists, I thought it would be interesting to see what organic foods consumers discuss the most.

I was amazed to see that these main food categories all have similar volume. As consumers, we’re buzzing about a wide variety of organic foods. Interestingly, animal products are the big winners, even if by a small margin. There has been ample coverage, mostly in books and films, on the state of the meat and dairy industry in the US; perhaps there is slightly more consumer awareness that drives these conversations.
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Abundance of Choice, Online and Offline

by Room214
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Abundance of Choice, Online and Offline

19 Jan 2011

The Whole Foods in Boulder is somewhat of a cultural epicenter. To better support this, the store recently went through a huge renovation. They opened their new “wing” with an enormous amount of prepared foods and a Dean and Deluca-esque selection of gourmet meal components. Behold below, one of two food bars focused on olives. Just. Olives.

And fear not a rush on aged cheddar. They are prepared.

I am totally, completely overwhelmed by this new store. It’s impossible for me to navigate through the choices in any effective way. I have to have tunnel vision to get in and out of there as fast as possible. The abundance of choice is driving me to simply choose less.
Just last week, a partner of ours asked me a question about a new online social service, assuming that I would be using it. I was not. Every year, I see buzz about hundreds of…

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