Earlier this month I attended Salsa Labs’ 2013 Community Conference. This gathering of advocacy organizations, non-profits and public affairs agencies occurs once per year, and is one of the best places to […]
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Gmail: What’s New and What’s It Hiding?
You may have heard by now that Gmail, Google’s web-based email client, is undergoing some pretty drastic changes. We like this video from Mashable, which explains the ins-and-outs of the […]
How Advocacy Groups Can Use Vine
After just a few months on the market, Vine, is currently ranked fourth under ‘Free Apps’ in the iTunes Store. So what exactly is Vine? Vine is a mobile app […]
Going Far with ThinkNear
Once upon a time, companies put advertisements on television. The formula was simple: big money = big viewing share. People saw commercials and responded accordingly, or so the thinking went. […]
Social Media Uber Allies
We talk a lot about the use of social media for advocacy campaigns here at Beekeeper Group, but yesterday we saw a local issue absolutely explode on social media. The resulting tsunami of tweets, Facebook posts, and emails directed at the District of Columbia Council forced them to backpedal a proposed piece of legislation that would have imposed an inflated minimum base fare for the smart-phone dispatched sedan service, Uber.