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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Smarter SEM in 2017

Much like signing up for the gym, there’s a little feel good moment when you know you’re going to do something positive for yourself. But… Read More

Kiosk Helps CastAR Create Augmented Reality Curiosity

2017 is shaping up to be the year when multiple visions of reality go mainstream. Google and Samsung are duking it out with rival mobile… Read More

Shopping Local Over the Holidays

With holiday shopping season underway, we recently launched a Holiday Gift Guide for Shop Local Novato — an ongoing collaboration between local businesses, business associations… Read More

For Higher Education, Twitter Moments Tell Better Social Media Stories

Twitter recently offered users the option of creating Moments—curated collections of Tweets—on mobile. Despite being rolled out to brands, influencers and now users, Moments haven’t… Read More

Making Your Own Video Ads with YouTube Director for Business

At the recent Inbound16 conference, HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan told inbound marketing attendees that “50% of your content next year should be video”, urging them… Read More

Growing Tech Diversity and Graduate Networks with COOP

This week we attended an event organised by COOP, a nonprofit that works to help graduates from underrepresented communities make meaningful connections with employers. In… Read More

Popular Social Media Image App Prisma Adds Video Support

Prisma, the app that turns photos into images that simulate a variety of artistic styles, has just launched support for 15 second videos. Prisma uses… Read More

Making Instagram Stories Part of Your College Social Media Mix

English professors may disagree, but in social media terms, the value of a picture may be significantly higher than a thousand words. Getting the tone… Read More

360 Degrees of Market Street Prototyping

Photo credit : Market Street Prototyping Festival / Kay Cheng We’ve been checking out the 2016 Market Street Prototyping Festival, a design-driven event that brings… Read More

This is Cancer: Helping Share the Story

Laura Holmes-Haddad is a mother, food-and-wine writer, and (full disclosure) spouse of one of Kiosk’s founding partners. When she received a Stage IV inflammatory breast… Read More

The Power of Portrait Mode : Why You “Need” an iPhone 7 Plus

Business owner looking to justify the cost of a new iPhone 7 Plus to your partner (business, or domestic) or yourself? Apple’s new Portrait Mode,… Read More

Social Media Tips for Small Business: The Correct Use of Hashtags

Are you #confused about hashtags? Have a #smallbiz social media account, but not sure how to use the “pound” symbol properly? That’s probably not surprising,… Read More

Hyperlapsing Burning Man in the Social Media Era

Every year, thousands of self-described “burners” make the pilgrimage to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for the annual Burning Man event, myself included. As the event… Read More

Google Cuts Keyword Data for Lower AdWords Spenders

Google’s built a billion dollar business on the back of advertisers of all sizes, bidding on keywords to reach consumers searching online. The ability to… Read More

Five Solid Social Media Books for Small Business Owners

The web is a great and ever-changing source of information, but there are times when it’s easier to digest information minus ever-present distraction. And sometimes,… Read More

Three Smart Social Media Strategies for Small Business

Photo credit: Gary Knight. Some rights reserved. As many small business owners discover, building a social media presence creates social obligations. Like actually updating your… Read More

Kiosk Generates Inspiration from San Francisco Design Conference

Already well established in New York and London, web design conference Generate came to San Francisco this month. The focused, one-day event offered an impressive… Read More

Getting Social in Seattle at SocialPro 2016

Social media marketing, both paid and organic, is what engages marketers at SocialPro. As the name suggests, the conference offers professional-level presentations on social marketing…. Read More

Kiosk and NBLSA Showcase Life Sciences at the Buck Institute

As part of a year-long collaboration with the North Bay Life Science Alliance, Kiosk recently staged a biotech industry event at the prestigious Buck Institute… Read More

Twenty One Things We Learned at the Payments Innovation Summit

The Payment Innovations Summit brought together a broad range of senior level payments executives to review the contemporary payments landscape and offer perspectives on this… Read More

Kiosk and City National Celebrate the Golden State Warriors

Like many Bay Area basketball fans, we’ve been following the Golden State Warriors on their dream season. In fact, we’ve been following extra closely, as… Read More

Google Optimizes for Mobile with New Expanded Text Ads

Google continues the radical evolution of search ads, with the announcement of its new Expanded Text Ads format. As the word “expanded” implies, this format… Read More

5 Tips for Running a 5K with Coworkers

If you’re lucky, you work somewhere you can get out of the office and go for a run from time to time. If you’re really… Read More

“Brand” in Service of What?

We LOVE the power of a good brand. Brands have value. But brand advertising just for the sake of brand advertising is a waste of… Read More