The New Streak, a blog by Moxley Carmichael

Texting, mobile marketing and your business



Friday Jul 9, 2010
textPlus 2.1 is available for Android!

Image by Drew Olanoff via Flickr

Texting.  The mobile phone innovation that many of us have grown to love is not just an easy way to connect with friends, it’s also a hidden pocket for business growth.

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Looking back at Unlocking Foursquare’s True Potential

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Friday Jul 2, 2010

On June 22 I had the honor of being part of a panel discussion at The Crown and Goose on how location-based services (LBS) specifically Foursquare, are being used and what future trends we can expect.

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Business owners wondering about Foursquare can stop

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Friday Jun 11, 2010

I have three words for any business that has been scratching their heads about using Foursquare:

Asked and answered.

Foursquare has released Foursquare for Business and your indecision is over.

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Has Twitter sinned by purchasing iPhone app Tweetie?

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Thursday Apr 15, 2010

Will we mark Friday, April 9, 2010, as the day Twitter’s downfall began? Read the rest of this entry »


Social media thought leaders share their advice

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Thursday Feb 25, 2010

Knoxville Social Media SummitThe Winter 2010 Knoxville Social Media Summit on Feb. 24 was a great event presented by the Knoxville Social Media Association and sponsored by the Knoxville News Sentinel and Metro Pulse that included a packed room at the S&W Grand, great insight from the panelists and some serious brainpower.

Three panels dealt with social media and issues in health care, journalism and business. Comments from attendees can be seen on Twitter by searching for #knoxsummit. Read the rest of this entry »


In the midst of the iPad storm, my vision of the iPad legacy

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Thursday Jan 28, 2010

Apple released the iPad and the debate instantly began to rage. Does it have enough features? Is it powerful enough? Is the screen too large or too small? Is this a game-changer?

My vision of the iPad legacy is not as a game-changer, but certainly a catalyst. Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »


Foursquare is not the mayor of Twitter

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Thursday Jan 21, 2010

To be fair I have to disclose I’ve been using Twitter since the summer of 2007 and Foursquare for about two weeks. Is it fair to compare the two? Well, sure it is. Read the rest of this entry »


New Streak’s 2010 predictions - Tami Hartmann



Tuesday Jan 5, 2010

Several of us at Moxley Carmichael decided to make some predictions for 2010.  These are random at best and a bit eccentric.  In other words, there’s something  for everyone!

Tami Hartmann, Writer

Skype me

I sat down in my kitchen in Knoxville this morning and spoke to my son face-to-face – as he was in Prague. Skype has been a wonderful communication tool while he has been studying abroad this semester. A fabulously inexpensive (free, actually) way to keep in personal contact with one another. I predict that this technology will become an important feature on mobile devices, keeping families close in years to come. Read the rest of this entry »


New Streak’s 2010 predictions - Lauren Christ

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Tuesday Dec 29, 2009

Several of us at Moxley Carmichael decided to make some predictions for 2010.  These are random at best and a bit eccentric.  In other words, there’s something  for everyone!

Lauren Christ, Account Executive - bio

Smartphones

Smartphone popularity increases. Many professionals can’t imagine surviving without constant connection to e-mail, calendar entries and contacts, but just a mere 17 percent of Americans currently use smartphones. As data plans become more affordable, network speeds become faster and a greater variety of devices are made available, more Americans such as stay-at-home moms and college students will upgrade to smartphones. Read the rest of this entry »


New Streak’s 2010 predictions - Charley Sexton

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Tuesday Dec 22, 2009

Several of us at Moxley Carmichael decided to make some predictions for 2010.  These are random at best and a bit eccentric.  In other words, there’s something  for everyone!

Charley Sexton, Creative Director - bio

Mobile design

Designing for mobile devices will play a larger part in online design. Up until now it has been the top tier Web sites that are formatted for mobile devices. We’ll see this climb the Web-development priority ladder as mobile browsing increases and the technology to auto-format Web sites for mobile devices becomes more common.  Read the rest of this entry »


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