For years, iconic fashion designer Marc Jacobs was adamantly anti-social media. That was until he signed up for Instagram two years ago. “As soon as it was recorded and documented that I was against it, the next day I joined Instagram. Like fashion, you love it ’till you hate it; you hate it ’till you […]
#coiskiSXSW: 11 Best Answers from Gary Vaynerchuk’s SXSW Q&A
Celebrating his 10th year at SXSW, entrepreneur and digital media titan Gary Vaynerchuk held a live #AskGaryVee session at SXSW in Austin, TX on Friday. Despite an intense morning playing some pick-up basketball (in which some coiski staffers participated), Gary still brought the fire. Out of the 20-or-so audience questions, check out some of his […]
5 Memes You Should Probably Be Using Right Now
The most successful social media marketers understand the importance of connecting to their communities in relevant and engaging ways. Sometimes that means providing interesting, informational content. Other times it means asking questions and building relationships. But most of the time, it means releasing a well-placed and probably very immature meme. Internet memes have been around […]
7 Best Health Blogs to Follow for #NationalNutritionMonth
Whether your New Year’s resolution died away sometime in February, or you’re starting to think about that summer body, it’s never too late to jump on the health wagon. And with March being #NationalNutritionMonth, this might be the best time to get ramped up again. We know with all the free digital content out there, […]
Google Announces YouTube TV
Cord-cutters, rejoice! Google is starting its own subscription-based streaming service this spring called YouTube TV, offering more than 40 channels of premium content. According to the website, users will be able to stream content from ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN and other regional sports and cable networks, along with access to YouTube Red programming. At […]
The Key to Creativity? Collaboration.
Creativity seems to just come naturally for some people. The “left-brainers”, as many like to call them, don’t always conform to society’s strict cultural norms and often gravitate toward the arts. Especially in the business world, these “creative types” often get lumped into different silos where they can be alone with their ideas to build, […]
Start Making Money with Facebook Video
The day has come, ladies and gentlemen: Facebook video ads are here. In an announcement yesterday, the social media giant provided an “update on video monetization,” which rolled out three major changes: A “small number of partners” will be able to integrate video ads in on-demand Facebook video Profiles and Pages that stream Facebook Live […]
“How’d They Do That?” Planet Earth Series Premiere: Islands
I think we all remember the riveting snake-and-baby-iguana scene from Planet Earth II that went viral on YouTube after airing on the BBC in November. Well, this weekend America got the full, dramatic story in “Islands,” the first episode of the new series which captured some of the most action-packed few minutes in animal documentary […]
8 Best Sites for Royalty-Free Images
As content creators, we’re constantly writing blogs posts, creating multimedia and updating social media to get our messages out to the world. And in an increasingly visual world, it’s important to have top-notch images to accompany that content. As easy as it might be to grab a great looking image from another website, it’s not […]
The 4 New, Need-To-Know Changes to Facebook’s Video Content
It seems like every few days Facebook tweaks its News Feed in favor of video posts. And that’s great news for every video content creator out there. Yesterday’s announcement brought four major changes to the platform that you’ll need to know before you post that next multimedia message to your page or timeline. 1. Bringing […]