[News] Crowd-Sourcing Fashion: Stitch Collective Innovates Industry Using Wishpond Apps

Celebrated fashion trailblazer, Stitch Collective, uses Wishpond social contest applications to create consumer-driven luxury limited-edition accessories.

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 12, 2013 - Stitch Collective founder and Harvard Law graduate, Loni Edwards, is a pioneer shaking up the New York fashion industry. Using Wishpond’s Social Marketing Suite, Stitch Collective has captured the power of social in luxury fashion, giving customers a say in the most on-trend accessories.

[Infographic] How NBA Teams Stack Up in Social Media

The NBA Finals are in full-swing right now, with only the Spurs and Heat left to battle for this year’s championship. But more importantly to internet-types like me, how do these teams compare in their social media marketing? 

A sports team is a dream client for any social media manager, as they already have fans built-in! We’ve compiled an infographic in a play-off tree style layout to show which NBA teams have the most followers across each of the major social networks. As you’ll see below, the Los Angelas Lakers dominate on almost every social network.

SEE ALSO: [Infographic] How Much Engagement Are Top Brands Getting on Instagram?

The following infographic shows how many followers each NBA team has on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and Google +.

If your interested in running a social media marketing campaign, check out Wishpond’s Social Campaign Apps

Which teams do you follow online? What is your favorite content that they post? Let us know in the comments.

The Complete Guide to Social Media Marketing for Coffee Shops

How do you attract new customers to your coffee shop beyond the people that walk by or are already familiar with your shop? A good location, unique and consumer-friendly environment, an alternate product offering and of course great coffee is a good start, but considering that anyone can get coffee anywhere, is this enough?

What incentives can you implement in your business to add to the mix, and what online marketing engagements should you invest in?

In this blog post I will talk about one of the possible ways to answer these questions, by utilizing and engaging customers in social media.

[Infographic] The Top Benefits Achieved in Social Media in 2013 by 3,000+ Leading Marketers

You hear all the time about the big wins in social media - thousands of new fans overnight, thousands of shares on a photo post, etc. But are these wins being achieved by all marketers across the board?

We’ve compiled an infographic, based on a recent study by Social Media Examiner, that shows how over 3,000 marketers are fairing in social media this year (2013). We’ll look at the top benefits marketers are achieving, and how their ROI gains have changed between 2013 and 2012.

SEE ALSO: [Infographic] The State of Instagram

The following infographic shows what benefits marketers are achieving today using social media.

If your interested in running a social media marketing campaign, check out Wishpond’s Social Campaign Apps

What are the biggest benefits that you achieved from using social media to market your business? Let us know in the comments.

8 Sure-Fire Facebook Post Formulas That Drive Engagement

Yesterday I was reading Brian Clark’s article 10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas That Work for the umpteenth time, and got inspired to do a similar article for Facebook. Brian’s article makes it easy by providing fill-in-the blank formulas for writing great titles for articles. I decided to create a similar list that makes for easy fill-in-the-blank status updates for Facebook Pages - not only for a catchy blog post, but to make my own life easier.

I define “engagement” as a share, like or comment, not a click (which I will save for a later post). In this article I will focus on showing formulas for making posts that don’t contain links, but have all of the content housed within the post - including images, video and text.

I analyzed a few of the world’s top Facebook Pages to see which posts were, on-average, creating more engagement with their Facebook fans than others. I broke down the content in those posts to find the common pieces that remain stationary, and those that change with each new iteration. In this post I’ll discuss the 8 formulas that I’ve seen drive above-average engagement and show you some examples of how each is done: