We woke up this morning to several interesting articles on happenings within the digital marketplace and thought you might find them interesting as well. Will CNN buy Mashable? Twitter was abuzz Sunday evening and this morning with news that CNN was planning a $200 Million purchase of social media new site Mashable. It was originally ...

Get Satisfaction, the leading customer engagement platform, recently named IZEA a recipient of The Instant Gratification Award for the most comprehensive knowledge base resulting in super speedy resolution times. This recognition is part of Get Satisfaction’s inaugural “Love Your Customers” Awards. IZEA joins other leading brands with this prestigious acknowledgement, including AMC Theaters, MapMyFitness, Mint, ...

It is Thanksgiving week in the US. A time when families and friends gather to give thanks for one another and the blessings in their lives while eating WAY too much good food. This year, IZEA celebrated together with a delicious potluck, a little Cornhole and some gingerbread house decorating and we thought we’d share ...

We’re three weeks into Movember and the lip toupées of the IZEA Mo Bros are getting serious – Seriously awesome!  From Steve’s homage to Burt Reynolds, to Juan’s reminiscence of those first puberty mustaches, to Sean’s…I can’t even talk about it…the cries of, “Nice ‘stache!”  have been resounding across the office (except for poor Sean..people ...

  Moustache Season is upon us, so Izea has registered for Movember to embrace the hair of the wild.  Several of the IZEA staff have pledged to cultivate a genuine 100% face grown moustache for 30 days to raise awareness and funds for men’s health, specifically cancers affecting men. Did you know that 1 in ...

Earlier I was reading an article about what makes a business a good place to work and how some businesses foster community and innovation in the workplace.  There were some great ideas and I was pleased to note that IZEA has already incorporated a few of these practices including Engineering “Hack” days, fitness reimbursement and ...

The IZEA Offices will be closed Monday, September 5th in observance of the Labor Day holiday. We will resume normal business hours Tuesday, September 6th. If you have any questions or concerns while we are away, please feel free to visit our support forums or reach out via Twitter. However you and your family choose ...

Ooh la la! La compétition est féroce for the SocialSpark Referral Challenge Paris! We have had some incredible participation so far. Remember that the winner of the challenge will get a trip for two to Paris, France from anywhere in the continental United States plus 5 nights of hotel accommodations, not to mention the chance ...

Oh, Yeaahh! Kool-Aid is seeking some very targeted types of Bloggers to participate in an upcoming SocialSpark campaign for one of their products. More specifically, Hispanic lifestyle blogs that talk about family, shopping, food, parenting, general lifestyle and similar topics. The blog can be written in English or Spanish, but either way it must be obvious that ...

Ahoy Mateys! Each year the IZEA Team participates in a company retreat where we spend time bonding with our co-workers, participating in team building exercises and planning for the future of the company. This year, we will be taking a 4 day Carnival cruise – Ooooh! We will be setting sail on Thursday August 4th ...