New Photos Folks!

Posted by jasonbroaddus on Jul 23, 2009 in Creativity, Photography

Band photographs.

Tags: band, drummer, guitar, outdoors, Photography, Rockford Illinois

Things I love: “All Marketers are Liars” – Seth Godin speaks at Google

Posted by jasonbroaddus on Apr 15, 2009 in Creativity, Marketing, On the Web, Things I love, social media, video

What I really loved that Seth Godin talked at Google about is how marketers need to tell a story and make someone feel something. Companies need to make real connections with consumers, be sincere and be remarkable. Social Media can be an outlet for this, but if it’s done insincerely I think it can be [...]

Tags: Google, Marketing, permission marketing, Purple Cow, Seth Godin, social media, video

A Brush with the Greatness of Jim Gaffigan

Posted by jasonbroaddus on Mar 19, 2009 in Creativity, On the Web, funny, viral videos

One of my favorite comedians of all time Jim Gaffigan is having his new Comedy Central Special Sunday March 29 8:00 Central Time. Jim has employed the use of Social Media to promote this by doing a video log or “VLOG” everyday. His VLOGs have been pretty darn funny and it’s a great example of using Social Media to promote. I even participated by doing a VLOG for Jim.

Tags: Bad Business, Bad Commercials, Bad Video, Business, Dumb Videos, funny, impersonation, Jason Broaddus, Jim Gaffigan, Marketing, Secret, Secrets, twitter

Viral Videos & Humor

Posted by jasonbroaddus on Mar 13, 2009 in Creativity, video

As you can see below the videos I shot while out with some friends don’t exactly have a “point.” However, I think it’s important to keep a sense of humor while online and doing something silly can break up the monotonous tone blogs can take if there isn’t any humor introduced. So enjoy I hope [...]

Tags: Dekalb Illinois, funny, Humor, Northern Illinois University, Videos, viral videos

THE Social Media Magical Tip of the Century

Posted by jasonbroaddus on Feb 28, 2009 in Creativity, On the Web, social media

Probably 3-5 times a day I see some link to “Top 10 Tips” for Social Media Success or any other variation of that kind of post. Granted I think a lot of the tips are really good and useful, I think they really miss the point. If I had to give someone advice on using Social Media sites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace or YouTube it would to – be genuine.

Tags: Blogging, Chicago Tribune, Daniel Honigman, facebook, MySpace, social media, twitter, YouTube, Zappos.com

Microsoft Got it Right with this One for Sure!

Posted by jasonbroaddus on Feb 24, 2009 in Creativity, On the Web

I don’t know about you, but I stop my DVR from fast forwarding through the ad below. It’s quick to point out and shows that PC’s are easy to use as well. What I wish Microsoft would let people know is ask a Mac user how to play [Fill in the blank Video Game] on [...]

Tags: DVR, gamers, mac pc, microsoft, video games

Find a new job or hire someone on Twitter with JobAngels

Posted by jasonbroaddus on Feb 9, 2009 in Creativity, On the Web

I am very intrigued on the concept of JobAngels it’s something I find very inspiring that one person is doing their part to really make a difference and using social media to help people find work. I have asked them to assist me and they have already tweeted my information trying to help me find [...]

Tags: employment, facebook, jobangels, jobs, linkedin, twitter

Alan Moore message to young/up and coming artists

Posted by jasonbroaddus on Feb 7, 2009 in Creativity

One of my favorite writers is Alan Moore if you have heard or read any of this stuff you’re missing out. Below he gives some good advice on getting a start, how to be successful and priorities. With economy the way it is I would hope there is some good art being produced. I’ve always [...]

Tags: Alan Moore, art, comic books, graphic novels, success, video, writing

5 Tips on How to Think Creatively

Posted by jasonbroaddus on Jan 14, 2009 in Creativity

These are five things that I do when I can’t come up with a solution to a problem that requires me to be creative. I hope you find them helpful. Watch TV – odds are the problem you’re trying to solve has been solved before, maybe it’s even been solved on an episode of Friends, [...]

Tags: art, Brainstorm, Creativity, Marketing, problems, Thinking Creatively, TV

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