Who is using Google+ regularly? What do you enjoy about it?

I have yet to receive any feedback. Now that could be because of the date (I posted it on 12/30, a couple days before a holiday), or because of my lack of using it regularly, but I’m unconvinced that the majority of early-adopters are still there or that anyone is using Google+ regularly. I see some of my fellow web developers on there, but not a lot of non-tech folks.

So please prove me wrong and tell me what I’m missing by not devoting any “social networking time” to Google Plus.

P.S. Look for our new site soon. We’re putting the finishing touches on it now.

I’ve seen this same billboard in two spots near my house. I’m not up on my current billboard ad rates in St. Charles and St. Louis County, but advertising a URL on a billboard and that not showing the website to the user is a HUGE WASTE OF MONEY. As of this month, Apple has sold 222 million iOS devices¹ and none of them run flash. This site won’t work on the largest mobile browser by marketshare (37%+ of the mobile browser market²⁾.

I know the likely readers of this post will already know this, but if you are an advertising or marketing decision maker and are promoting your site on outdoor advertising make sure you have a mobile version of your site ready to go. Otherwise you are wasting your money.

1. http://allthingsd.com/20110720/apples-sold-222-million-ios-devices-so-far/
2. http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2011/06/mobile_browser_9.html

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As a burgeoning marketing agency that does interesting work, we are regularly approached by interns, looking for experience that will help them to figure out their career path, or to help them land that first job.

Our summer internship program (Sprockets) looks to solve both of those problems.

We are looking for community-minded, talented and driven design and marketing students that want to do great work for clients with great causes. We hope that our interns will leave with a sense of what full-service marketing looks like in 2011, as well as a portfolio of real-world projects and the opportunity to make a difference.

The interns will be part of a team to work on the marketing needs of various non-profit, and entrepreneurial companies in the St. Louis region. This could include branding, collateral material, web design, event signage, annual reports, donor solicitations, or anything else we can do to help these selected organizations.

Interns will work directly with the partners and receive 1:1 direction and support for the duration of the project.

Potential clients will be solicited through a direct mail campaign, and asked to fill out an RFP. Spoke will select clients, prioritize projects, and work with our interns to deliver agency-caliber work to deserving organizations that can positively impact our community.

We are very proud of this program and the terrific work produced from our Sprockets interns.  Now in its third year, we hope that legacy continues.  We are looking to hire two design interns and one marketing intern. The job requirements for the positions are below.

Design intern requirements and details:

• Interns should have strong design and / or illustration skills
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite software, especially Illustrator and Photoshop
• Enrolled or a graduate of a graphic design program
• A desire to work in the marketing / advertising field
• Their own computer
• The students will be expected to work full time and the position is paid.

Update: 5/3/2011 – We have received a large amount of intern applications and have stopped accepting new applications. Thanks to everyone who has applied. We are working to be in touch with everyone by the end of this week.

Marketing intern requirements and details:

• This internship will focus on primarily on coordinating projects and client meetings, and will be responsible for assisting in concepting and writing copy.
• The intern needs to be a strong writer, have excellent verbal communication skills and be deadline driven and highly organized.
• The intern will be expected to conduct market research, develop creative briefs, document meetings, coordinate all next steps, keep the design team on target strategically, and deliver projects on time.
• The students should have their own computer and expect to work full time. The position is paid.

Update: 5/3/2011 – We have received a large amount of intern applications and have stopped accepting new applications. Thanks to everyone who has applied. We are working to be in touch with everyone by the end of this week.

Our agency works with tight deadlines, tight budgets, and can be a fairly stressful environment. We work hard, so that when we play hard, it’s well-deserved.

If you haven’t been to one before – SpokeFriday is our monthly happy hour to gather friends of the agency and to make new ones. As a virtual agency, the majority of our creatives work off-site so we use these happy hours as an opportunity to gather our creative teams, clients, friends of the agency and anyone else who is in St. Louis who would like to attend. Come for networking, drinks, appetizers or just to meet some friendly people in St. Louis.

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