Ellie Martin

Emoticons, affectionately referred to as emojis, rose to popularity in the mid-1990s. Based on symbols often seen in popular culture, such as logos, and Manga cartoons, early emoticons were mostly used in mobile messaging in Japan, until…

Anyone who has ever freelanced knows that increased professional freedom comes with enormous benefits as well as numerous challenges. One of the primary difficulties self-employed workers face, especially when just starting out, is…

By now you’ve likely heard about social selling—an emerging technique for driving sales and building powerful relationships with prospects and customers alike. But unless you’ve actually engaged in social selling already, you may be…

“Words are powerful” is certainly a threadbare cliché, but it’s one that, despite its overuse, remains true. What we say and how we say it has a major impact on our audience’s response. On a subtler, more subliminal level, so does…

Until now, augmented reality technology has been in virtual reality’s shadow. Ever since Facebook bought Occulus Rift in 2014, virtual technology (VR) commanded the headlines - HTC Vive. Playstation VR. Sony’s Morpheus. Samsung’s Gear VR -…