Capture the Conversation is a collection of blog posts and podcasts from the minds of Room 214 - a social media agency. This blog seeks to inform and educate you about Social Media, Search Visibility, and Word-Of-Mouth Marketing (WOM).

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Top 5 of the Best Facebook and Sweepstakes Applications

03 Feb 2012

Everybody loves a good contest or sweepstakes; we can all agree free stuff is awesome.  Not only do we love running contests and sweeps, but fans and customers love them as well. The best contests and sweepstakes are a fantastic way to grow a social community, excitement for a product, and reward loyal fans of a brand.
Room 214 has run a number of successful sweepstakes and promotions for clients. We have developed custom applications to run contest and sweepstakes for brands and explored a number of different tools that can run them as well. The choice of a developing a custom system versus using a platform depends on a number of factors: budgets, customization, and time frame among others. Considering these factors can help you make the determination if a custom application or a platform is right for your business.
We have reviewed many tools out there, and they all have…

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We Need Illustrators!

31 Jan 2012

We’ve been heading up a new service offering called Video Scribing. It’s similar to what you have seen from a few other folks, but different in that we use this unique visual storytelling style to support brand and product stories.

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Why Instagram is Perfect for Brands

16 Jan 2012

Instagram is now the world’s largest mobile social network. When you look at it’s astounding growth numbers it’s hard to deny that brands should think about a presence in the community.

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Get Facebook Parent-Child Features

06 Jan 2012

If you work for a company that has dozens or even hundreds of locations, it’s been a nightmare to figure out how to best use Facebook places to your advantage. Sure you want to try some check-in deals, but you have no idea how to claim/admin/manage all of the individual locations.

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