Marathon Press announces Facebook marketing webinar
Marathon Press announces Cassie Bair and Candy Rice, founders of The Collective Savvy will present a webinar called “Give Customers the Full Picture: 5 Savvy Secrets to Customizing your Facebook Page,” on Sept. 7 at 7:00 p.m. CST. Registration is $47.
He shoots, you score
Attention all you would-be sports photographers. Manfrotto School of Xcellence, a free resource for anyone wanting to learn more about photography, has announced a free webinar titled “Sports Photography: Understanding Motion and Emotion,” which will take place on Thursday, Sept. 9 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT. The host, Sports Illustrated staff photographer Bill [...]
Fujifilm Canada plans retail promos
Fujifilm Canada Inc., Mississauga, Ont., will be holding retail events through the fall and early winter to promote its new FinePix Real 3D W3 camera, says a story in the online version of Marketnews. Canadian availability of Fuji’s second-generation 3D camera is slated for mid-September. “We’re planning collaborations with TV manufacturers at some major retailers,” [...]
The September/October issue of PMA magazine is now online
The September/October issue of PMA Magazine – Connecting the Imaging Communities is now available in an interactive format. The browser-based digital edition preserves the publication’s layout, as well as includes hyperlinks and search features. Readers can share and print individual articles, as well as download a PDF for offline reading. Clicking on an article’s headline [...]
PPFA launches Consumer Awareness Committee
The Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA) has launched a Consumer Awareness Committee to raise the profile of the custom picture framing industry, and to help PPFA members attract customers. Mary Fender, MCPF, Frame Nation, Richmond, Va., will chair the new committee. “I’m so excited about what we’ll be able to do, and know we’ll accomplish [...]
Eighty percent of consumers shop online at least once a week
Compete, Boston, Mass., a Kantar Media company, released the findings of its quarterly Online Shopper Intelligence Study, revealing that 83 percent of consumers are shopping online at least weekly. Study results exposed a number of consistent trends: Consumers are seeking out retailers on Facebook and Twitter in growing numbers, 31 percent report checking out Facebook [...]
Young male consumers have a more positive outlook
BizReport says although advertisers love to court young women, who tend to be in charge of household purchases, a new report from Giant Realm suggests young males could be a better target, because they have a more positive outlook on the economy. Giant Realm studied the habits of more than 850 young men (ages 18-34), [...]
Electronics retailer launches mobile app
Canadian electronics chain Future Shop, headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, has a mobile app available now for free download onto iPhone and iPod Touch devices. One of the first retailers in Canada offering an app of this kind, Future Shop is giving customers the opportunity to browse, accurately search the entire catalog of products, securely [...]
Content is key to social marketing success
According to BizReport, a survey by King Fish Media, Hubspot and Junta24 of 457 corporate management and marketing/sales management professionals revealed the vast majority (85 percent) thought original content to be the key to the success of any social media campaign. The report based on the survey, “Social Media Usage, Attitudes and Measurability: What Do [...]
iStockphoto makes it easy for bloggers
Attention bloggers, this plugin’s for you. Canadian-based iStockphoto, Calgary, Alberta, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Getty Images, has announced a plugin by GuteWolke for WordPress users. They can select, purchase and add iStockphoto images directly into posts or web pages without exiting the platform. The application pulls the tags from the actual blog post into iStock’s [...]
