Chris Conant

Husband, Father, Head Cabbage, Speaker, Skater, Designer

Social Media PR impacts SEO Results

I can make a case for engaging in Social Media PR using just one compelling reason: SEO. Search Engine Optimization. Let me explain. To start, one has to make two assumptions that I don’t have the time to develop or support. You’ll just need to trust me on this. First, people turn to the web [...]

GoDaddy Web Site Hacked- Alternatives for Hosting Site Down

It’s unnerving to think that a hack attempt on GoDaddy, is possible. Two other major sites: Dreamhost and LinkedIn, were both hacked earlier this year, with widespread outage. Many internet companies will boast a 99.99% uptime per month. If applied to a month, that’s 52 minutes they can be down, or about 10 hours and [...]

Why More Cabbage Acquired Vincent Burkhead Studio

The heartbeat of our company is design and branding. I simply like to create beautiful stuff. I can’t help it. I like late nights designing the details just so I can see clients swoon and fall over each other during presentations! In an age of accelerated change, and at a time when there is hardly [...]

Five Marketing Paradigm Shifts That Are Changing Corporate Behavior

First, business communication is moving to more authenticity and transparency. I don’t know when it started. Maybe Enron? But we are moving from “cards close to the chest” to trying to let our personality and processes out of the house to play outside more. We are educating our prospects and earning trust. It also means more “personalities” behind the [...]

Facebook-Yelp-Checkins Integrated into 2013 Lexus GS

For a couple years I’ve been discussing new technologies coming out that allow for social media integration. The latest to add to this growing list, (besides the browser on your refrigerator), is the 2013 Lexus GS dash infotainment. It’s giant 12.3 inch screen is controlled by a joystick that maneuvers the climate controls sharing screen [...]

When are the 2012 Oscars (Academy Awards)? What channel?

This year, the Oscars will air this Sunday, February 26, 2012 OSCARS RED CARPET LIVE: 7 PM EST (Eastern) on ABC 6PM CST (Central) on ABC 5PM MST (Mountain) on ABC 4 PM PST (Pacific) on ABC   THE 84th ACADEMY AWARDS® 8:30PM EST (Eastern) on ABC 7:30PM CST (Central) on ABC 6:30PM MST (Mountain) [...]

Why Brand Managers Need to Outsource Social PR Now

When I search on business marketing directors in the United States, the earliest reference I can find is in 1898, when E. St. Elmo Lewis wrote about the AIDA model. The AIDA model is based on the belief that people go through a multi-step decision-making process whenever they consider or buy something. And moving through [...]

Developing Leads Online with Social PR

Finding a winning strategy for developing leads online takes a lot of planning and a talented team of people. In this video, I talk about moving people through the relationship continuum and drawing them closer to making a purchase with your company.

Leslie Nunn Compels Women to get Screened for Breast Care through Social Media

Leslie Nunn, a referral partner with More Cabbage, stopped by our offices for a Social Media PR meeting. We started talking about Social PR in health care, specifically for the Breast Care Centers and community. The Breast Care community is ideal for social media because, offline, it displays all the characteristics of a tight-knit, yet [...]

What Time do the Grammys Start on TV – 2012?

Should be a simple question but here is the data since it is so hard to find on line: If you have tickets to the actual event in L.A. it starts at 5pm Pacific Time (PST). The east coast will get to see this live on TV at 8pm their time.   However, if you [...]

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