For those who don’t know, I have a bit of a 90s nostalgia theme going on in this blog, with posts like this and this. I also may be slightly addicted to Twitter. I wanted to have a little fun with a new 90s inspired post. This time, it’s about 15 tweets you may have seen if Twitter was around in the 1990s. 1. Oh man! I just forded the river. Both of my friends died of dysentery...
11 Problems You Probably Haven’t Had Since the 1990s
If you grew up in the late 80s or 90s, there’s a good chance you encountered many of these problems. 1. Your younger brother cut the tags off your favorite Beanie Babies. If you were anything like me, you hoarded Beanie Babies in the late 90s. I kept all the tags on and even bought trader magazines that told me exactly what each beanie baby was worth. I was convinced that I would be able...
Three Early Career Lessons From Legends of The Hidden Temple
How Young Pros Can Piece Together Their Own “Shrine of the Silver Monkey?” The first few years after graduating from college can be a daunting time for anyone. It’s a time of defining (sometimes scary) life decisions. Job searching, navigating that all important first job, and maybe moving to a new city and finding new friends. Each of us handles this unsettling time a little...
21 MORE Signs You Grew Up In The 90s
I wrote a post back in October about “21 signs you grew up in the 90s.” I never expected to get such an overwhelming response on my blog as well as on PR Daily where it was syndicated. It’s been several months. Without further ado, here’s 21 more signs you grew in the 90s. 1. When gas was less than $2 a gallon 2. How to survive without a cell phone 3. Going to the drug...
21 Signs You Grew Up In The 90s
*Disclaimer: This post may make you feel old. Possible symptoms include: nostalgia, random bursts of laughter and tears and longing to go back to the much simpler times of the 1990s. As a Gen Yer, I’m very aware that I was part of the first generation to grow up with the Internet and cell phones. But, I can’t help but think about all the things that I grew up with that Gen Z (for...
Why All Community Managers Should Watch “Good Burger”
One of my biggest community manager epiphanies came from an unlikely source. It came while I was re-watching one of my favorite movies from my childhood- “Good Burger.” In case you lived under a rock in the 1990s, Good Burger was about two teenagers, (played by the stars of the TV show “Kenan and Kel”) who spent their summer working at a fast food restaurant called Good...
5 Things Advertisers Can Learn From 90s Toy Commercials
In the days where anything and everything can go “viral” on Youtube, it becomes increasingly harder to get your brand’s message noticed and out to the masses. The answer for creating highly effective ads doesn’t always lie in the future. It can lie in the past and specifically the 1990s. Here are five things advertisers can learn from 1990s toy commercials. 5. Never...