Author: lukecreech7
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Orkut The Brazilian Powerhouse
How a simple social media app about joining groups took over a country. The history of Orkut I recently read through a story about a social media platform that I had never heard about called Orkut. Orkut was a social media site made by an ex-Google engineer named Orkut Buyukkokten. Â He created a social platform…
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Weixin: How Much is Too Much?
The Background Weixin is a Chinese social media app that aims to take over every part of its users’ daily life. If you want to call a taxi, check the news, shop online or check the news, Weixin has you covered. Weixin has over 300 million users across the world. In every country but mainland…
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The Breast Cancer Meme
Is it funny or can it raise Money? In the late 2000’s a meme began to spread across Facebook in October in which women were posting their names along with a color. The posts would read something like Miranda, Blue. Women everywhere began posting to their status like this. Men were confused as to what…
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The Warby Parker Story
The power of social media in buisness Company History In going through and reading about the Story of the company Warby Parker you can learn several things from how the founders of the company used social media and digital marketing to create a space for themselves. Warby Parker was founded by four friends in 2010…
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