“Ok, now what?” It’s the question that nearly everyone asks when they’re beginning their journey across the social media channels. They stand at the edge of the impossibly vast digital expanse with its incredible complexity and they wonder how to proceed. Or, put another way, they sit in front of their computers watching the cursor [...]
Towards a Shared Digital Workspace: More Questions Than Answers
Recently I have been tracking ways that I can become more efficient and mindful in my various daily tasks whether it’s in my home life or at work. I’m also very interested in helping Monkeytree and our clients work and collaborate together easily and more directly. One can be forgiven for thinking that this would [...]
Introducing Dave Mercer, Newest Monkey to the Tree
The Evolution of a Monkey As the newest Monkey I’d like to say hello to my colleagues and friends, as well as our clients. It is truly a pleasure to be associated with all of you and I look forward to bringing my background in Sociology and Adult Education to the Monkeytree team. I am [...]
Twitter Unveils New Mobile App, Site Design, Better Integration, Brand Pages
This info is fresh from the oven so be careful because it’s hot to the touch. The social media landscape continues to shift and bubble. Disruption and innovation are the new normal as everything on the web is constantly being refreshed, updated and further developed. We see this every day in the little changes that [...]
Sean Cranbury, Monkeytree Social Media Lead, Featured in Vancouver Province Newspaper
What an excellent surprise to open the Vancouver Province newspaper this morning, and discover an article featuring our very own Sean Cranbury! The article focuses on the 2011 Giller Prize and Sean’s involvement in promoting the award, the BC writing community in general, and the Giller Light Bash that the W2 café is hosting to [...]
On Blogging and Sharing My Writing
Sean reminds me, when I forget, that a blog is only useful when you actually write something in it. At the same time, I’m not sure blogging is something I’m going to enjoy. I write prolifically, but I’m picky about sharing what goes on in my head. Nevertheless, I was sitting in a coffee shop [...]
Talking to n00bs About Social Media 01: Twitter What?
Welcome to the first installment of the new weekly column we’re calling ‘Talking to n00bs about Social Media.’ These weekly installments will feature real questions from real people about how to use social media and just what the heck is going on around there anyway. It’s a big topic and there’s lots to discuss, so [...]
New Focus: Social Media Strategies for Fall and Winter
If you’re like me the past few days have been troubling. And not just because I took Chad Ochocinco in my fantasy football pool. The past few days have been troubling because it’s almost officially autumn. That means that the dog days of summer are behind us and, like the kids that walk in packs [...]
Andrea Burton: On Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Common Ground Magazine
Monkeytree Creative Director, Andrea Burton, has written an excellent piece for the most recent issue of Common Ground Magazine. The essay is titled, Health Workers Lead Alternative Medicine Use, and it examines the emerging popularity of complementary and alternative medicine among health care professionals. This natural progression will continue to as more patients take greater [...]
Welcome to Monkeytree Creative
Ok. Here we are. After months of wrangling with the internet and working out some ideas our site has finally hit the limitless networks of the web. Reflecting the Monkeytree Creative Values: We’d known for a long while that we needed a fresh website. One that would do more than the old static HTML brochure-type [...]
Subscribe
Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter to receive updates.
