Welcome to The Team

Refuge Group would like to introduce our intern – Ann Nguyen. Ann’s childhood included periodically living like gypsies because of her parent’s jobs, which required them to move around. Dallas was her birthplace, but she has lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, Georgia and Montana. Ann mostly grew up on the island of Galveston, TX.  Now settled […]

5 Reasons to Encourage “Checking-In”

In this day and age everyone has the ability access the Internet in the palms of their hands.   The growing influence of social media allows for everyone’s opinion to be heard, and this can be leveraged for growing businesses.   Checking-in allows the user to publicly announce his or her location using their smartphone.  For […]

College Students, This is For You!

There is no denying that our world is changing in the ways that we communicate with the never-ending evolution of social media, but many people, especially people that are in college or just graduating from it, think of social media as just that – social. Here at The REFUGE Group we are in “intern season” […]

Forming Online Relationships

Making working/professional relationships can be difficult for some businesses and others it comes a little bit easier. Nowadays, companies not only need to make the connection in person, but also via the Internet through their social media outlets.   Social Media   Organizations are building strong social relationships by knowing their business from the inside […]

Are you using Google+?

  If you haven’t heard, the latest movement hitting the social networking world is Google+. The networking service was created in 2011 but is just now gaining the title of the “next big thing” in the digital world. In early 2013, Google+ had close to 360 million active users and is projected to grow even […]

What makes Twitter #important?

  Twitter is an entirely different form of social media compared to the other social media platforms out there today. Although Twitter users often use the social media platform as a way to share their basic day-to-day thoughts, Twitter can also be used by businesses to target desirable clientele. In fact, many Twitter users are […]

It’s Spring Cleaning Time for Your Social Media Channels

It’s spring cleaning time, and your social media channels are not exempt.  In case your social media outreach efforts have migrated into a dark, unused corner of your closet during the winter months, here are a few ideas to help you dust them off and make them more effective.   Is Your Drawer of Followers […]