The following is a summarized version of an article by Gartner about digital marketing budgets and spending in the United States, titled, “Key Findings from U.S. Digital Marketing Spending Survey, 2013“
Technology Linking Service Men and Women with Families!
Today is Vetetran’s Day in the United States, and many of the current members of the armed services are away from their families for the holiday, in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. Because of the holiday, people are reminded of what their families have done and are doing for them.
Have You Seen This Button Before?
It’s a “On Hover Pin It” button from Pinterest. Pinterest saw a need and created the button after noticing companies using custom Pinterest buttons. This new button is the same as those, but is only visible when you hover over the picture.
Teens Now Able to Share Photos/Videos to the Public on Facebook
Recently, Facebook lifted the restrictions on teen users who share infromation (pictures, statuses, and videos) with the public.
Originally, anyone under 18 was limited on what they could or couldn’t share with the public.
Facebook’s Face Book
Self-proclaimed “creative technologist” Natalia Rojas put together a cool website application called “The Faces of Facebook” that maps out every single person who joined Facebook, by when they joined. At 1,278,842,363 (and counting) people so far, you can see where you joined and compare it to your friends by connecting to your Facebook account.
Winner! Website: Navigation – IMPACT13 Conference
This past weekend, the Internet Marketing Association (IMA) held its IMPACT13 Conference and Awards event in Las Vegas, Nevada. We were chosen as a winner in the Website : Navigation category based on our ease of use. We’d like to thank the IMA for honoring us with this award.
TechCon Kona 2.0
We’ll be setting up shop at the TechCon Kona 2.0 at the NELHA Gateway Center in Kailua-Kona.
We are looking forward to having an exhibitor booth at the event to help showcase what we do here at AS Designs & Services.
Happy Hour Pal Now on the Big Island!
A.S. Designs has recently teamed up with Happy Hour Pal, a happy hour guide website that helps users find happy hour information, including menus, daily specials, basic business information, maps, GPS-based directions, check-in rewards, and more! This locally owned and operated start-up is based on Oahu and also has a free app that takes the guess work out of going to happy hours with updated food and drink menus and detailed day of the week specials at your finger tips.
A Master’s Degree in Social Media?
Social media marketing is taking off and this is truly apparent by the ads we’ve been seeing lately on the side of our Facebook feed.
Our New Favorite Website!
Ian Hatch, owner/designer at A.S. Designs & Services, gave an awesome presentation with Auston Stewart, software engineer/App developer, about the creation of their latest project, QuickEventz at Hawaii TechWorks’ Tech Tuesday last night. There was a great turnout and it seemed like there was a large interest in the recently launched website!
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