We’re back to the fourth installment of Insight Intell where @Beerad & @CaseMorton bring you the latest trends in using Social Media for your business & brand. Today we’re discussing how brands can use Pinterest to help strengthen their business. Brad & Case have their own boards on Pinterest that you can find here: Brad’s Boards & Case’s Boards.

We would love to know your thoughts on the hottest startup of 2011 so please feel free to shoot us a comment or send us a tweet to let us know your opinion.

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This morning I read a post on Reddit titled “Open Source. You’re doing it right!” The post linked to a couple photos on imgur of a bag of White Wings cookies, where they placed their own cookie recipe right on the side of the bag. This got me thinking how perfect this mindset is for a company, & especially a startup. White Wings knows the secret for their cookies isn’t the recipe itself. Anyone can bake a good cookie, but it’s all about how you market & sell that cookie to your customers. If you’ve read anything by Fried or 37signals then you know their is nothing magic about what they do either. 37signals makes clean, simple products that are easy to use & customer friendly. Most of Fried’s advice to fellow startups & entrepreneurs is aimed at stripping down their company to the basics, but my favorite topic for Fried are ‘ideas’. Ideas are complete shit. Everyone has them, but what makes the difference is the person who actually follows through. That’s why I’m confident that if Jason Fried ever does start his own cookie business, he’ll give away the recipe too.

Welcome back to the third installment of Insight Intell where @Beerad & @CaseMorton bring you the latest trends in using Social Media for your business & brand. In this episode we discuss Location Based Check-in Services & how they are currently used. Brad & Case have opposing views on Checking-in, but feel free to shoot us a comment or send us a tweet to let us know your opinion.

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Welcome to the second episode of InsightIntell. In this episode Case Morton and Brad Chmielewski discuss QR codes and augmented reality. QR codes were incredibly popular in 2011 and it seems that augmented reality is going to be a hot topic in 2012. There are different ways brands have been successful using both QR codes and augmented reality but the issue is still making sure your audience understands what they are. Thanks for joining us for the second episode and let us know if there is anything you’d like us to talk about or questions you might have.

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With all the world buzzing about the latest Steve Jobs Action Figure people seem to be loosing sight of the real point. Who would win a battle between Steve Jobs & The Green Ranger (yeah that one from Mighty Morphing Power Rangers). Read more →

Ramen Noodles again???  The startup lifestyle is not an easy one, and every founder need a little motivation now and then to keep them pushing.

Joe Fernandez is the CEO & Co-founder of Klout, the online influence measurement tool that’s been buzzing since its launch in 2009.

Running one of the most talked about startups of 2011, Fernandez has plenty of  late nights and early mornings to  listen to a song or two.

Check out Fernandez’s top 5 tracks below and subscribe to the playlist on Spotify. Read more →

This is the inaugural episode of InsightIntell where Brad and Case discuss the use of Tumblr for a business. Please check out the podcast and let us know what you’d like to see us discuss on our next episode

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