#smday2015

Melanie here! 

Tuesday, June 30th was Social Media Day, and there were celebrations around the agency and around the world. It’s practically a holiday here at Gatesman+Dave, and we celebrated throughout the day. We wanted to share our efforts for the day, and show the fun we had helping out the PR/Social team!

Here are a few ways we participated in Social Media Day 2015.  

1) Agency Social Media Laura and I were tasked with creating a new cover photo and profile picture for Gatesman+Dave’s Facebook and Twitter. After trying out a few different styles and looks, here is what we arrived at!

2) Agency #SMDay Infographic The PR/Social team created a survey that was distributed to the 70+ Gatesman+Dave employees. We compiled the results of the survey and then Laura, Kelsey and I were able to make this infographic showing the highlights of the survey!

3) Photographing the Photobooth Celebrations around the agency started with social media cookies and continued with a photobooth. We helped out by taking pictures and encouraging our co-workers to take a funny picture. Here are a few of the shots we got!

4) Brandtern Quiz We knew we wanted to contribute to the conversation around Social Media Day 2015, so with the help of Ayla and Rachael, we created this quiz entitled “Which Social Media Channel Are You?” With the assistance of Beth Thompson, our Brandtern Director, we even managed to have the quiz published on Advertising Week’s Social Club. Take the quiz below to find out what you are!

5) Live-Tweeting #SMDayPGH Smith Brothers Agency in the North Side hosted a Social Media Day event with Pittsburgh social media experts and novices alike to gather and discuss social media. This year the topic was “Social Good” and I was fortunate enough to attend the event and live-tweet it from the @TheBrandternExp handle. I loved hearing from so many organizations using social media as a vehicle for social good. Here are a few nuggets of information I was able to capture from the speakers.