Or to rephrase that question, what do you hope to accomplish before the end of the year? Our friend, Chris Brogan had an interesting post on his blog on Friday, talking about how he uses the holidays (a traditional downtime for most) to produce a lot of content. Here’s what he has to say about the subject …

Chris makes some good points and he’s definitely not the kind of workaholic who doesn’t believe in work/life balance. And there’s no arguing that he’s incredibly productive. But I’m not sure that everyone can apply the same solution to their own business challenges. Read More-->

We’ve got a lot to be thankful for at Zemoga and we hope you do as well. From Bogota With Love will be taking a short holiday break but we’ll be back on Monday, November 30th with some exciting news.

Until then, we wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving. Read More-->

If you can, then you’ll probably be appalled by Alejandro and DJ’s treatment of the language. Or you may just be amused. Here are Zemoga’s founders (among others) welcoming folks to a digital conference/SoDA event  in Moscow.

Just a bit of fun before we all head off for a turkey filled long weekend. Enjoy! Read More-->

Doesn’t this man look like he needs a haircut?

The “man” is actually Andrew Daniel, Director of User Experience at Sears Holdings and all around great guy (he keeps hiring us for fun projects, too!). Andrew had pledged to shave off all that hair if he could raise $2500 for the Make a Wish Foundation. And in typical Andrew Read More-->

What’s the hottest fashion accessory this holiday season? The new Zemoga t-shirt of course. This stylish piece comes in hipster black and classic white and it carries a message near and dear to our heart. Thanks to Peg and Rich from the Sears Parts Direct development team for modeling this year’s must have item. Want to add one to your own wardrobe?  Talk to a member of the Zemoga team today and they will be sure to send you one … From Bogota With Love. Read More-->

As a thank you for the work we did with Mozilla for their Firefox 5th anniversary website, a number of Zemoga staffers were invited to a birthday party for our favorite web browser. Andres Garcia took these cool pics and it looks like it was one heck of a party!

Zemoga Racks up Recognition: Joins Society of Digital Agencies, Named Top Exporter of Services in Colombia

Leading digital innovator clears room in its trophy case

New York, NY, and Bogota, Colombia — November 18, 2009 – Zemoga, a pioneering digital marketing and innovation firm, today announced it has been invited to join the Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA), an invitation-only international industry organization whose mission is to advance the digital marketing profession through best practices, education, and advocacy. Zemoga has also been recognized as a “Top Exporter of Services” by Colombia’s top financial newspaper, Portafolio.

Recognized for Leadership in Digital Innovation

Zemoga plans to play a leadership role in SoDA’s ongoing collaboration between digital and traditional agencies as well as brand marketers and clients.  DJ Edgerton, CEO and co-founder of Zemoga, is an active contributor at SoDA’s series of “unConferences,” where attendees come to share ideas, network, and engage in conversations that foster creativity within the digital advertising and communication industry. Read More-->>

What’s next? What’s right around the corner? When your core business is digital innovation, these are the questions you ask every day. It’s why we attend conferences and training sessions dedicated to new technologies. It’s why we monitor competitor’s activity and look for outstanding examples of creative work. And it’s why we launched blogs like this one – to found out what our customers are focused on and what new innovations are capturing their imaginations.

It’s the nature of our business that these kind of questions never go away. The things that were getting us excited twelve months ago have become part of the mainstream. Everyone from Starbucks to the US Air Force is using social media these days. Esquire just plastered augmented reality all over the cover of their latest issue. And the 100,000 apps designed for the iPhone speak plainly to the emergence of the mobile platform.

As we enter 2010, we keep looking forward. One of the major trends we see is the movement of things like AR and social media moving from the “Hey, that’s cool!” to real, practical and usable tools. This is partly consumers becoming more familiar with these technologies. But it’s also a reflection of the times we live in. With working people more time crunched than ever (and unemployed people looking harder than ever to find their next job) the balance between distraction and accomplish assigned tasks is definitely tipping in the latter’s favor.

So what are going to be the next big trends for 2010? Read More-->

Have you heard about Expedition 206? It’s Coca Cola’s biggest social media push to date, a year long campaign that sends three “Happiness Ambassadors” to 206 countries around the world. Their mission is to find out what makes people happy and they’ll be letting us know what they discover via Facebook, Twitter, websites and blogs. In short, all the digital tools that we’ve come to Read More-->?

There’s a very compelling article in this week’s Advertising Age entitled “Does the Industry Need Big Digital Agencies Anymore?”. It’s an interesting question and one that we’ve asked repeatedly on this blog. What’s most surprising is the continued hubris evidenced in the quotes from representatives of “traditional agencies” Read More-->>