External Blog: Simply Zesty

Posted by: | November 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Simply Zesty, a social media agency, not only assists companies in creating extraordinary marketing campaigns, but it is also the platform for one of internet’s most interesting social media and advertising blogs. Its blog can split into 8 categories in which readers can get a much more detailed look into the posts about social media, […]

After the comm 101 lecture on company and people cultures, the idea captured my attention, and I decided to research the topic in further depth. It turns out that Whole Foods, Google, Southwest Airlines, Facebook, KAYAK, and countless other companies have been implementing such a culture as well. Ample amounts of advertising, discussion and debate […]

Motivation and inspiration lead to an uproar of courage; at least, that’s what We Day is hoping to achieve. With many conferences and events occurring in Vancouver, what makes We Day so special? Upon reading Andrea Banzon‘s Blog on the topic of We Day, it is evident that We Day creates a lasting impact on […]

Social media – the new platform for social branding. On November 6th after the election outcomes, Barack Obama tweeted out 3 words – four more years, alongside a photo, and since then, it has become one of the most retweeted tweets in history, almost retweeted 900,000 times and favorites 300,000 times (original tweet). However, As Facebook, Twitter, […]

How does one start a business? Where does funding come from? Do all business owners start off with huge amounts of loans and debts or do they all begin with a wad of cash in their pockets? How is it maintained? As new business students, everyone ponders about simple questions like such, and are confused […]

In an iconic moment where millions sat in front of their computers and watched, live, the jump of the century, Red Bull had planted subconscious seeds of its company into the brains of their audience. Printing a sponsor’s company logo on an athlete/celebrity’s uniform isn’t a new concept, but Red Bull took it to an entire […]

Then: Now: From typewriters to the iphone 5, much has changed over the years. But, although technological advances have drastically improved, our nation’s narrow-minded views on society haven’t changed much. In fact, it is evident through these advertisements that women still continue to be the focus of sexist advertisements, and businesses continue to market towards […]

View original articles on this topic here and here. With the new release of Apple’s new iOS6 software update, it has become the new dinner table topic of this week. As with every apple release, debate has become to rise over the pros and cons of the newest product. This time, controversy revolves around Apple’s new […]

In classmate Tanner Kirkpatricks’s blog post, he speaks of Nestle’s “usage of children as laborers in the production of their cocoa,” where “over 600,000 children are working on cocoa farms for little or no pay in excruciating working conditions.” Child labour has been a problem constantly discussed worldwide, and many large organizations, such as Free the Children, have […]

THE FACTS: Everyday, the McDonald’s franchise continues to expand worldwide; recently, the company has proposed the opening of two new franchises in Amritsar and Katra, two of India’s most religious locations. Hindu nationalist group furiously protests that these expansion are an insult to their race/culture, referring to McDonald’s as “an organization associated with cow slaughter,” and still deciding to locate […]

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