• Notice Something Different? The Twitter Character Count Doubles to 280

    Notice Something Different? The Twitter Character Count Doubles to 280

    Does your Twitter seem different? A big change is here. As of this morning, every Roman alphabet user across the world will have 280 Twitter characters to play with; doubling the original 140 limit. Will you need 280 to get your point across? Probably not. In fact, most testers admitted they didn’t use the full…

  • Snapchat Overtakes Twitter in Daily Users

    Snapchat Overtakes Twitter in Daily Users

    With 150 million people sending “snaps” every day, Snapchat—the social network that relies on ephemeral, in-the-moment photos and short videos—now has more daily users than Twitter, according a report from Bloomberg citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

  • Week of 9/14 Project Roundup – The Social Campfire

    Week of 9/14 Project Roundup – The Social Campfire

    What a wonderful week of content, copywriting, and social media projects! Here’s a snapshot of what Jessica and The Social Campfire have been working on for clients this week: The natural, exciting and beautiful world of #TequilaCraft: 

  • The Power of the Hashtag for Business Beginners

    The Power of the Hashtag for Business Beginners

    When it comes to social media, the #hashtag is one of the most powerful – and most misunderstood – tools in the industry. At this stage in the social media game, many people still don’t know how to harness and utilize the hashtag – especially for business. You’ve heard of the hashtag and you’ve heard…

  • The Difference Between Inbound Marketing and Outbound Marketing – and Why It Matters

    The Difference Between Inbound Marketing and Outbound Marketing – and Why It Matters

    Inbound Marketing and Outbound Marketing are two distinctively different entities, and they may be described to you in unique ways based on the person you’re speaking to. Some say that Outbound Marketing is the “old fashioned” way of doing things, and Inbound Marketing is the present and future of the industry. Others describe Outbound Marketing…

  • Tweet Longer! Twitter Will Increase Character Limit for Direct Messages

    Tweet Longer! Twitter Will Increase Character Limit for Direct Messages

    Have you heard? Twitter has made a big announcement regarding character limit in DMs: the 140 character limit will be increased, starting in July 2015. This month, Twitter staff recommends that application developers take a few actions in preparation for the longer DM text, although no one will be able to send longer DMs officially until…