Visual Alliance Media is on the move again! This time, we’re looking for an Assistant Social Media Marketing Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree and at least one year of experience using the leading social media channels for business purposes.

This person will help to create and implement social media marketing strategies for clients.

Facebook? Yes. Twitter? Yes. Foursquare? Yes. Pinterest? Yes. Blogging? Yes. Etc. Etc. Etc. Get the picture?

We work hard but have fun. Fridays are #PajamaDay (meaning we work at home) … and we connect up during our weekly Google+ Hangout dubbed “The 10-3-0″.

If you’re interested in applying, please…

Yesterday afternoon, Joseph Imbrogno presented a new iPad to Theresa Novak, the winner of the IncrediBull iPad Giveaway, a sweepstakes that was sponsored and administered by Tampa social media agency, Visual Alliance Media, on the University of South Florida’s InformaBull Facebook Page.

The page, also managed by Visual Alliance Media, is the Office of Student Success’ social customer service solution for students on the Tampa campus. The giveaway helped to raise awareness of the platform in a way that is fun, useful and engaging to students.

Pictured below with Theresa are Renee Svec, Director of Communications…

As you may have heard, Michael Novati of Facebook recently announced Groups for Schools after months of testing – the latest social media opportunity in higher education. Groups for Schools is a subset of Facebooks Groups that requires users to have an active .edu email address in order to join.

Individuals with current .edu email addresses can visit the main Groups for Schools page to search for their school, enter their .edu email address (which then associates that email address with their Facebook profile, requiring email validation of that address), and allows the individual to join their school’s Groups page. As you can see in the screen shot of the Groups page for

If you’re a student looking for internships in Tampa FL for the Fall 2012 Semester, then
Visual Alliance Media wants to talk with you!

Join our team as a social media marketing intern and get hands-on experience that could land you a social media job some day … and have fun in the process!

Jayden (that’s him to the right), the most productive member of our team, attends all team meetings, including our weekly 10-3-0 – a Google Hangout we hold every Friday (which is otherwise known as #PajamaDay … because everyone gets to work from home … in their pajamas if they choose)!

For details and how to apply, check out the

It seems that infographics are all the rage these days … visually slicing and dicing data in ways that are fun, engaging and informative! And there is no shortage of them when it comes to higher education! Social media marketing for colleges? Check. Digital technologies at colleges and universities? Check. The evolution of higher education from 3500 BC to today? Check (seriously!).

Here’s a list of ten recent infographics related to higher education that our team found to be interesting and informative (including one of ours on social media in higher ed … which we definitely found to be interesting and informative, as you’d expect)!

Do you have any to add to the list?…

Frustrated but not outraged, I sent out a simple Tweet last night about my Bright House cable box not working properly.

I really wasn’t too bummed (luckily, my boyfriend wasn’t home) but wasn’t too excited that my box was out either. I just logged on to Netflix and called it a night. And then to my surprise, something happened… I had a Tweet from Bright House.

Now, working in social media I know that I’ve personally spent hours searching for people talking about different restaurants or businesses that…

It’s all about your target audience: With whom are you trying to connect? Where are they? What is your message?

When it comes to higher ed institutions, there are multiple student audiences: prospective students, current students and alumni. And any social media marketing for colleges & universities should reflect these various contingents with their unique characteristics, requirements and focus.

The infographic below reflects the opportunities for higher education institutions to use social media to engage with each of these student segments and includes some interesting facts and figures along the way. Do you have any to add? Please feel free to leave a comment!

As we speed toward the 35th annual Gasparilla Race Weekend in Tampa, the Visual Alliance Media team is ramping up efforts to promote the Publix Super Markets Gasparilla Distance Classic 15K & 5K and the Tampa Bay Gasparilla Half Marathon & 5+3K, presented by Sports Authority, as the exclusive social media marketing partner for the Gasparilla Distance Classic Association.

Visit the press release for complete details: Tampa Interactive Marketing Agency Promotes Gasparilla Distance Classic Association’s Race Weekend.

We’re really excited about Race Weekend and we hope to see you at the starting line!