“Influencer” Advertising: Does It Really Work? The Evolution and Meaning of ‘Being Famous Because You’re Famous’

Over the past few years “influencer” has become a word on everyone’s lips: Advertisers choose to throw large budgets at “influencers” to shill their products and while the impact of these “influencers” is questionable at best, the perception of their lives as people who travel the world, all-expenses-paid, getting free stuff delivered to their homes …

Case Study #1: Social Media for Non-Profit Organization

A Wider Bridge is the North American LGBTQ organization building support for Israel and its LGBTQ community. I joined the organization as a website and social media manager in October 2012 when the organization was just starting and was looking to brand itself online. I was part of the team until November 2017. When I …

Drive client stream to your business through online resources.

Through my 20 years of experience building online communities I’ve developed a formula for business to become connected with potential clients through online presence. In this human-centric process I use case-based creative thinking and brainstorming with my clients. The formula contains the following four stages: 1.  Setup: An analysis of the current situation, identifying the target audience. …

Navigating Facebook: How to Keep in Touch with Community (and Not Lose your Mind)

This article first appeared on Beth Chayim Chadashim’s bi-monthly magazine, G’vanim, June-August 2018 issue. The article encourages community members to keep in touch with each other and with the synagogue through Facebook and suggests ways to maintain privacy and avoid ‘the bad side’ of Facebook. Some people think Facebook is one big blob of noise. Others can’t …

Editorial Marketing for Non Profit Organizations: Same Story – Different Media Language

Marketing in the 21st century has become much more complicated and sophisticated than it was before the Internet era. Back in 2000, when I was working with Israeli social portal Tapuz, we realized pretty quickly that our regular visitors had developed a “blind spot” to banner ads. They just got used to not looking at …