Room 214 Adds to Team, Launches Social Sharing Functionality on Capture the Conversation Blog

BOULDER, Colo., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Room 214, a social media agency, hired Research Director Lauren Maynard and Marketing Director Jeremy Tanner and today launched a redesign, including new social functionality, on its Capture the Conversation blog.

Key Facts

• Lauren Maynard: As the agency's Research Director, Lauren's role is to provide in-depth and ongoing brand, competitive, trend and conversational benchmarking and analysis for clients. Lauren's research provides the strategic insight critical to building successful social media campaigns. Twitter handle: @LPMaynard
• Jeremy Tanner: Jeremy comes to the agency with extensive knowledge of and experience in social media. As the agency's Marketing Director, Jeremy is undertaking the role of being the voice of the brand for Room 214 in social media, in addition to providing the agency's program management and application development teams with ideation and strategic campaign development. Twitter handle: @Penguin, @Room_214
• Capture the Conversation Social Media Blog: Room 214 implemented two Facebook widgets on the Capture the Conversation blog – comments and the "Like" button. These widgets allow users to quickly interact with the blog and by liking or commenting on a post, the content is then shared in users' Facebook feeds. This allows the blog to gather buzz and utilize Facebook's viral component.

Supporting Quotes

"We've brought Jeremy and Lauren on board to make sure we maintain our commitment to stay ahead of the industry and help our clients navigate and maximize an evolving social web," said Room 214 co-founder Jason Cormier. "As a demonstration of that commitment, we've launched updates on our Capture the Conversation blog, taking advantage of Facebook's new social sharing capability for the web."

- Jason Cormier, Co-Founder, Room 214

"The 'Do as I say, not as I do,' mantra doesn't work in social media," said Room 214 co-founder James Clark. "Jeremy will give us the ability to manage our communities and keep our social properties on the cutting edge. In addition we look forward to Lauren's and Jeremy's strategic insight on new strategies and opportunities to recommend to our clients."

- James Clark, Co-Founder, Room 214

About Room 214

Room 214 is a Social Media Agency. We help companies connect to the people that matter most, creating value through social experiences that integrate intelligence, social network & mobile technologies. You hire us to help with: Social media research and monitoring, campaign ideation, planning and management, applications development (Facebook, mobile, dashboard), search and social optimization and advertising.

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