Mojave Interactive

Facebook gets a facelift

Mojave — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:42:31 +0000

Just days ahead of the F8 Developer Conference, Facebook has rolled out a handful of design changes and new features. Here are a few highlights: Live Ticker The biggest and most-controversial change is the Live Ticker, which displays a real-time stream of your friend’s latest actions. You can click on any of the stories in [...]

Save the Triceratops

Mojave — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:22:59 +0000

First Pluto, now this. Two scientists from the Museum of the Rockies believe that the Triceratops is merely the juvenile form of Torosaurus. As the animal aged, its horns changed shape and orientation. Well, the designers here at Mojave weren’t going to let their childhood memories go that easily. We are fighting back with our [...]

5 Great Uses of Facebook PlugIns

Almitra — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:20:27 +0000

Facebook’s reach continues to grow as popular web destinations open their doors (and users) to the Facebook Open Graph API. While companies like Pandora and Yelp have developed custom API integrations, other sites like BuzzFeed and Levi’s are testing the waters with more simple, streamlined methods of implementation with the help of Facebook’s Social Plugins. [...]

The @EarlyBird Gets the Worm

Mojave — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:11:41 +0000

A couple of days ago, Twitter launched @EarlyBird, a social shopping service that works with select advertisers. With it, Twitter is positioning itself as a new consumer destination for exclusive and time sensitive deals. Like Woot, Groupon and other social shopping sites, Twitter earns money by taking a portion of the sale revenue in exchange [...]

Is Facebook gaining on Google for marketers?

Mojave — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:06:19 +0000

This past April, Facebook launched its Open Graph API, which allows site owners to add a like button to any type of content on the web. According to Facebook, over one million websites have implemented versions of Facebook features like Open Graph. This has pushed social sharing beyond Facebook’s walls and has quietly put them [...]

Foursquare for Marketers

Mojave — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:52:50 +0000

Location-based social media are a growing segment of participation marketing that adds an interesting way for customers to interact with brands they love. Since users are already sharing information and ‘checking in’ to places they enjoy, brands can get involved and interact with these loyal customers. More importantly, companies can actually listen to what their [...]

Bow to Your Mayor!

Almitra — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:11:00 +0000

It appears that we’re all getting a bit fierce on Foursquare. Businesses are promoting through it, and more and more people are joining the race to become Mayor of their favorite spots. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Foursquare, it is a location-based social network that allows users to check in and earn [...]

I sent the 9,999,999,999th Tweet and all I got was this lousy tshirt

Mojave — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:41:08 +0000

Yesterday, social media history was made when Twitter hit its 10 Billionth tweet. This milestone proves that Twitter continues to grow rapidly, doubling from 5 to 10 Billion Tweets in just four months. So who is the lucky person that posted Tweet #10,000,000,000? Nobody knows. Evidently it’s someone with a private account and the world [...]

Twitter: 10 billion tweets and counting

Almitra — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:20:56 +0000

That’s a lot of Tweets! Twitter is about to hit a major milestone as it closes in on its 10,000,000,000th (Ten Billionth) tweet! It’s expected to hit sometime today and to celebrate this historical social media event, we’re giving away two of our fresh new t-shirts to the lucky 10 Billionth Tweeter! For the 9,999,999,999 [...]

7 Tips for Effective Marketing with Twitter

Mojave — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:34:15 +0000

With millions of people connecting through social media, advertisers and marketers are hustling to get in on the action. In the past year we’ve seen many companies and brands attempt to step into this new world only to fail miserably. After analyzing many marketing flops on Twitter, the underlying issues are very apparent. To be [...]

Mojave’s SIGG designer featured on Swissmiss

Mojave — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:18:50 +0000

We got a nice mention of the SIGG designer we created in one of our favorite design blogs, Swissmiss. Check out her blog for daily design inspiration.

Mojave named one of the top creative agencies in the world

Almitra — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:27:12 +0000

Mojave was recently featured in Creative Agency Awards 09, a book which highlights the most creative agencies worldwide based on prestige in both print and interactive design. The book showcases those agencies who dare to go beyond the norm and push creative strategic thinking. We are honored to be showcased in the book for our [...]

Biggest Twitter Moments of 2009

Almitra — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:45:13 +0000

Another year has come to pass and it would be hard ignore the fact that 2009 has been year of the Tweet. From politics to pop stars, Mojave looks at the biggest Twitter moments of the year. 1. The King of Pop dies - 30% of all Tweets at the time were in regards to [...]

Mojave adds sparkle to Twilight Saga: New Moon

Almitra — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:39:43 +0000

Mojave Interactive designed and implemented a very fun and interactive brand-shop in partnership with CafePress and Summit Entertainment for the highly anticipated film “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which arrives in theaters on November 20th. Traffic is driven to the shop through direct marketing and social media. Visitors are awarded with a free gift from [...]

Where the Wild Things Are in Social Media

Almitra — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:57:45 +0000

The highly anticipated movie version of a long time favorite has finally hit the big screen. In the past few weeks, fans and critics alike have been at the tips of their toes cranking up a “Wild Things” storm in social media. Mojave took a look at the conversations revolving around the new movie. Looking [...]

Creating Lovely Wireframes

Almitra — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:33:10 +0000

A wireframe is basically the skeleton of a website, kind of like a blue print for the site that’s being built out. Wireframes are a very important part of the design process, as key page functionality and elements are sorted out in this phase of development. Here are some nifty tools & resources worth checking [...]

Twilight vs. Harry Potter

Almitra — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:16:27 +0000

Vampires, werewolves, wizards, & witches. Twilight and Harry Potter movies are booming in the box office, spoilers and reviews are pouring in on the Internet. But which mystical flagship has taken center stage in the blog-world? We looked to see which fantasy tickled your fancy. The 2009 MTV Movie Awards played a big part inspiring [...]

The Real Housewives: Social Media Matchup

Almitra — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:12:06 +0000

It seems like every time I turn on the TV, grab a magazine at the grocery store, or pull up a celebrity blog “The Real Housewives” are in the headlines. If you’re not familiar with the RHW, here’s a quick summary: “The Real Housewives” is a reality series that runs on the Bravo TV Network. [...]

Steelers vs. Cardinals: Social Media Matchup

Almitra — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:06:37 +0000

The Superbowl rematch is upon us tonight with the pre-season game between the Steelers vs. Cardinals. We know how they matched up at Super Bowl XLIII, and tonight we’ll see how the revamped teams fare. But at Mojave, we turned our attention to another interesting team battle – not on the field, but how they [...]

Mojave Wins Outstanding Achievement Award

Mojave — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:08:12 +0000

Mojave has been awarded Outstanding Achievement in Website Development by the Interactive Media Awards™ for its work on the CafePress SIGG Designer. The honor recognizes that the project met and surpassed the basic standards of excellence that comprise the web’s most professional work. The site was honored specifically for excellence in Consumer Goods. Visit the [...]