How I Learned to Love Pinterest

Pinterest is a relative newcomer to the social media scene.  It was launched in 2010, and recent estimates put it at 48.7 million unique users.  According to some sources, it is second only to Facebook in driving referral traffic. Many businesses are realizing that it is worth their while to explore Pinterest marketing.

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I am the first to admit that I didn’t initially understand the lure of Pinterest,  “What’s the big deal, its just a digital bulletin board!”  But I was soon drawn into its beautifully curated world – you can find my pins here. It is like a visual filing cabinet that I use for recipes, decorating ideas, and adorable pictures of tiny animals (don’t judge me). [Read more...]

Stop being polite, and start being accurate

Teach them young with a great kids’ t-shirt

Our pals in the United States are celebrating National Grammar Day on March 4th. My personal affinity for using words and punctuation correctly has already been documented on this blog, so I am going to pick up my banner for punctiliousness and focus on one point. (One of yourdictionary.com’s top 5 most common grammatical errors.)

His, Her, Their

In the name of fairness, who hasn’t made this mistake? [Read more...]

Using Competitive Intelligence to Stand Out

NPOwk-logo4Welcome to Non-Profit Week on the Pixel/Point Press blog! We’re featuring guest posts this week from around our community. Our fourth post comes from Ephraim Gopin. Enjoy!

 

“The wise learn many things from their enemies.” – Aristophanes

In normal times, the job of U.S. intelligence agencies is to mine data in order to thwart attacks, carry out tactical operations and keep American interests safe at home and around the world. Remember Benghazi? Remember General Petraeus? The word “intelligence” took a beating. [Read more...]