January 27, 2012

Thumbs Up for Likable Social Media

Studies consistently verify a fundamental truth about buyer behavior: a friend’s recommendation is more powerful than any advertisement. In the…

Lili Beck
October 21, 2011

The Future of Social Media

On Oct. 11, I attended the PR + Social Media Summit at Marquette University. In its third year, the Summit…

Lauren Rothering
July 15, 2011

Top 10 Tools from Web 2.0 Smackdown

On the Saturday before ISTE 2011, the CB&A team had the opportunity to attend EduBloggerCon in Philadelphia. Now in its…

Emily Embury
March 7, 2011

Steps to Developing Your Organization’s Social Media Policy

If you haven’t already integrated social media into your communications, marketing or public relations efforts, 2011 is the year to…

Brittany Dorfner
January 5, 2011

Paper.li: Read Twitter and Facebook as a Daily Newspaper

Paper.li is a Swiss website that presents Twitter- and Facebook-linked content in an easy-to-read, newspaper-style format. Once a day, Paper.li…

Patrick Terry
December 23, 2010

Happy Holidays from CB&A!

It’s a busy time of year here at CB&A. We office elves, along with Santa (Charlene), have been busy all…

Patrick Terry
December 9, 2010

Walking in a Winter Wonderland, Indeed!

To follow up an earlier post about the CB&A “First Snowfall” competition, we are naming two official winners. Since no…

Patrick Terry
November 23, 2010

Walking in a Winter Wonderland?

It seems as though descent is a recurring reference in weather terminology. In the spring, rainfall gives plants new life….

Patrick Terry
October 29, 2010

Annual CB&A Pumpkin Carving Extravaganza

On an eerily windy day in the snug village of Cottage Grove, the CB&A team gathered to carve pumpkins in…

Patrick Terry
October 20, 2010

Video Streaming: the News Release of the Future?

Live video streaming is becoming a popular platform for companies to make announcements. (For those unfamiliar with this technology, imagine…

Patrick Terry