Tag Archives: marketing

The difference between marketing and community

robinna/ June 19, 2014/ Libraries, social media, Blog posts/ 0 comments

This is excellent article, because it gets to the purpose of social media. Marketing is to sell something and while higher ed (and especially libraries) have things to sell, we also are about making something – communities, literacy, empowering our communities, educating our students, energizing our faculty, helping … So, we are both. The fundamental difference between marketing and community

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Wake up and smell the bacon with your phone

robinna/ March 13, 2014/ Technology, Culture, Creativity/ 0 comments

Wow… Announced earlier today by Oscar Mayer, the Wake Up and Smell the Bacon dongle plugs into the bottom of your iOS device and fires out a scented bacon spray in the morning as you are emerging from bed. Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/oscar-mayer-iphone-device-wakes-smell-bacon/#ixzz2vqdeK8aK Follow us: @digitaltrends on Twitter | digitaltrendsftw on Facebook )