Archive | April, 2009

ChirpUp at GasPedal’s Word of Mouth Crash Course

27. April 2009

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ChirpUp at GasPedal’s Word of Mouth Crash Course

Last Thursday ChirpUp had the pleasure of attending GasPedal’s Word of Mouth Crash Course.  For us, as a Chicago based interactive marketing agency, this was an amazing workshop.  We are big fans of Andy Sernovitz and his book.  GasPedal’s one day course reinforced and clarified how to use WOM fundamentals for ourselves and our clients.  [...]

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May 21, ChirpUp & C.H.I.P’s: How to Market Your Business with LinkedIn

25. April 2009

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May 21, ChirpUp & C.H.I.P’s: How to Market Your Business with LinkedIn

ChirpUp & C.H.I.P.'s present show how to use LinkedIn to market your business. Join us May 21st 6PM in Chicago.

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Attention Marketers – You Can’t Afford Not to Blog

23. April 2009

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Attention Marketers – You Can’t Afford Not to Blog

Small business owners and marketers who claim they don’t have time to write a short blog post once a week are wrong!  Yes, you do have time and you must make time for interactive marketing.  Blogging is easy once you get in the habit.  Is 30 minutes too long? I guarantee you spend hours doing [...]

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Scheduling Posts in WordPress for Maximum Exposure

15. April 2009

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Scheduling Posts in WordPress for Maximum Exposure

WordPress makes it relatively easy to schedule when your posts are published. But the first time you schedule a post, it is easy to get tripped up, resulting in the post not going live when you want it to, or worse, not going live at all. The tips below should help you avoid WordPress scheduling [...]

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Apr 21, ChirpUp @ BNC IT Networking Luncheon

5. April 2009

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Apr 21, ChirpUp @ BNC IT Networking Luncheon

Overview of new era (“social”) media as a “democratizing force” and tools & services like blogs, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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ChirpUp on the Air! Vocalo.org WBEW 89.5 FM

5. April 2009

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ChirpUp on the Air!  Vocalo.org WBEW 89.5 FM

Mark and Rob of ChirpUp appeared on Vocalo.org / Chicago Public Radio on March 26th, 2009 to discuss social media etiquette and techniques.

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May 14, Using Social Media to Brand & Market Your Company

5. April 2009

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May 14, Using Social Media to Brand & Market Your Company

Thursday, May 14, 2009, at Wachovia Securities in Chicago, Mark and Rob of ChirpUp present an overview of new media marketing techniques

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Amplify Municipalities with New Media & Web 2.0

2. April 2009

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Amplify Municipalities with New Media & Web 2.0

Municipalities have an opportunity to apply many of the same open source technologies and methods being used by new entrepreneurs to connect with customers. In an era when communities need help, governmental transparency expectations are high and budgets are scarce, municipalities have a chance to get creative and find new ways to humanize interactions with [...]

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