Data + Design Project

What Works in the Social Marketing Universe?

Wednesday 08.29.2012 , Posted by

Whether you’re a business marketer, blogger, or artist looking to promote their work; learning how to utilize all the different tools and social media channels available will help you to survive in the vast, deep recesses of internet space. People who understand the importance of adding social elements to their marketing campaigns are the ones you constantly see popping up in your different social network feeds. By adding social elements, you’re not just helping customers encounter your content, but encouraging them to interact with your brand. This peer-to-peer word of mouth messaging is highly trusted and effective when it comes to amplifying the impact of a campaign. [Read more...]

Stumbleupon: The Life Cycle of a Web Page

Friday 10.28.2011 , Posted by

How do we at Visual News know the awesome traffic sending power of Stumbleupon? The behemoth site has driven a whopping 4,812,637 visits (and counting) to our site in just the last year! Stumbleupon easily gives Facebook a run for it money when it comes to driving traffic. This graphic, created by our parent company Column Five, looks at the impressive stats behind how long Stumbleupon will promote a popular link… and as you can see it is far longer than any of the competition [Read more...]

Stumbleupon Contest: Get Discovered!

Thursday 02.24.2011 , Posted by


Stumbleupon, one of the best web discovery tools out there, is putting on a great contest of which you videographers should really take note. All you have to do is enter one of your own previously made videos to the contest, but as it ends on February 28th you’ve got to act quick!

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