http://lightspandigital.com digital marketing and social media marketing services Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:25:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-sweetness-relationship-inspiration-happiness-and-lot-more/ http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-sweetness-relationship-inspiration-happiness-and-lot-more/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:58:47 +0000 lollytammy http://lightspandigital.com/?p=20400 Every morning, on Twitter we ask a question about life, work or love and collect the wise responses. Here are the most recent replies to our daily #AMinspire questions from our wonderful tweeps! Enjoy! #AMinspire Gems of the Week January 19, 2012 “If you were rich, what would you buy for your best friend?” @matt9322: If I had lots [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-sweetness-relationship-inspiration-happiness-and-lot-more/feed/ 0 http://lightspandigital.com/digital-marketing/crowdsourcing-the-brand-a-case-study/ http://lightspandigital.com/digital-marketing/crowdsourcing-the-brand-a-case-study/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:00:10 +0000 Mana http://lightspandigital.com/?p=20387 The case of the Fleet Feet Sports Chicago Cheer team #RunChi (formerly #FFCheer) shows how to employ user-generated content and the social reach of your fans to create a movement and drive traffic to a website. Objective: Fleet Feet Sports Chicago were looking to give runners a supportive environment, a place to applaud their accomplishments, support each [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/digital-marketing/crowdsourcing-the-brand-a-case-study/feed/ 2 http://lightspandigital.com/blog/looking-for-part-time-administrative-assistant/ http://lightspandigital.com/blog/looking-for-part-time-administrative-assistant/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:32:51 +0000 Mana http://lightspandigital.com/?p=20272 Responsibilities: Be the boss of anything that involves scheduling, calendars, paper-work, bureaucracy, business subscriptions and certification paperwork, employee paperwork, insurance paperwork, invoicing and billing, office supplies, office budgeting, and other associated tasks. Skills: Administrative writing skills, Calendar management (multiple calendars and tasks) Managing processes, Familiarity with billing and payments software, Ability to quickly analyze requests and work independently, Outstanding professionalism, Problem solving skills, Supply [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/blog/looking-for-part-time-administrative-assistant/feed/ 17 http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-goodbye-2011-hello-2012-new-year-with-new-goals-for-old-but-so-important-issues-health-environment-leisure-and-personal/ http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-goodbye-2011-hello-2012-new-year-with-new-goals-for-old-but-so-important-issues-health-environment-leisure-and-personal/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:49:45 +0000 lollytammy http://lightspandigital.com/?p=20264   We’re proud to present the “AMinspire Gems of the Week” Forth edition! Each of us has our own opinion and sense of humor – which we had so much fun reading about them past week. Some posts can be considered as gems to treasure and to [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-goodbye-2011-hello-2012-new-year-with-new-goals-for-old-but-so-important-issues-health-environment-leisure-and-personal/feed/ 3 http://lightspandigital.com/blog/how-amazon-taught-me-its-good-to-shop-in-a-good-ol-store/ http://lightspandigital.com/blog/how-amazon-taught-me-its-good-to-shop-in-a-good-ol-store/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:14:13 +0000 Mana http://lightspandigital.com/blog/how-amazon-taught-me-its-good-to-shop-in-a-good-ol-store/ Gasp! I said it! And it’s a simple story of how my dependency on online shopping turned into more work for me. Last weekend I ordered an office item from Amazon. I have Amazon Prime, so I went with 2-days free shipping to get it by Wed. I needed it urgently by Thursday so I figured [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/blog/how-amazon-taught-me-its-good-to-shop-in-a-good-ol-store/feed/ 4 http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-trust-charity-anxiety-colorful-christmas-and-lot-more/ http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-trust-charity-anxiety-colorful-christmas-and-lot-more/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:28:24 +0000 lollytammy http://lightspandigital.com/?p=20238   We’re proud to present the “AMinspire Gems of the Week” Third edition! Each of us has our own opinion and sense of humor – which we had so much fun reading about them past week. Some posts can be considered as gems to treasure and to share with everyone. [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-trust-charity-anxiety-colorful-christmas-and-lot-more/feed/ 4 http://lightspandigital.com/blog/practical-gifts-for-the-practical-marketing-geek-professional/ http://lightspandigital.com/blog/practical-gifts-for-the-practical-marketing-geek-professional/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:40:08 +0000 Mana http://lightspandigital.com/?p=20230 Gift cards, popcorn and cookies are all fair in the business world but for the practical professional, or marketing professional, or entrepreneur, we’d like to recommend a series of gifts that will remind them of you for the rest of next year. SEOMoz subscription One of the best DIY SEO platforms, SEOMoz “combines SEO management, social media [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/blog/practical-gifts-for-the-practical-marketing-geek-professional/feed/ 9 http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-gratitude-love-morning-habits-gifts-dire-circumstances-and-lot-more/ http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-gratitude-love-morning-habits-gifts-dire-circumstances-and-lot-more/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:43:40 +0000 lollytammy http://lightspandigital.com/?p=20216   We’re proud to present the “AMinspire Gems of the Week” Second edition! Each of us has our own opinion and sense of humor – which we had so much fun reading about them past week. Some posts can be considered as gems to treasure and to share with everyone.  Drum rolls, [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-gratitude-love-morning-habits-gifts-dire-circumstances-and-lot-more/feed/ 5 http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-names-celebration-funny-embarrasing-wise-and-lot-more/ http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-names-celebration-funny-embarrasing-wise-and-lot-more/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:06:30 +0000 lollytammy http://lightspandigital.com/?p=20140 We’re proud to present the “AMinspire Gems of the Week” First edition! Each of us has our own opinion and sense of humor – which we had so much fun reading about them past week. Some posts can be considered as gems to treasure and to share with everyone.  Drum rolls, please! Here are the [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/blog/aminspire-gems-of-the-week-names-celebration-funny-embarrasing-wise-and-lot-more/feed/ 3 http://lightspandigital.com/blog/chicago-entrepreneurs-rock-bloomingdales-at-geek-2-chic-fashion-show/ http://lightspandigital.com/blog/chicago-entrepreneurs-rock-bloomingdales-at-geek-2-chic-fashion-show/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:41:24 +0000 Mana http://lightspandigital.com/?p=20131 I had the honor of attending the Geek 2 Chic fashion show in Chicago last week and I walked away convinced that we need more male fashion shows for charity. It seemed that our “geeks” had a blast (see videos below), the audience had fun… and the single ladies were enchanted. To top it off [...]]]> http://lightspandigital.com/blog/chicago-entrepreneurs-rock-bloomingdales-at-geek-2-chic-fashion-show/feed/ 3