About Lindsey C. Holmes

Lindsey C. Holmes is the CEO/Lead Strategist of LCH Business SM & Tech, a digital marketing firm based in Newark, NJ, with an office also in Washington, DC. LCH specializes in social media marketing campaigns and strategy, mobile application development, and tech/ GTD/Evernote workflows. Lindsey is the Evernote Small Business Ambassador, a self-taught developer, a proud geek, and mom of a shih-tzu named Banks; and spends her free time converting the masses to understand and apply the technology that will make their lives better. Follow her on Twitter @lindseycholmes.

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Shiphawk Offers Headache-Free Shipping

Do you sell on auction sites like eBay or Amazon? Like money, but hate shipping? Me too! ShipHawk provides packing, shipping, insurance, and residential or commercial pickup services for shipments of any size. “You can overnight a letter, or ship an earthmover, in less than three minutes from the comfort of your living room,” says Bodenhamer,…

Kuyam, Take Me Away! – Online Scheduler for Lifestyle Services

Kuyam.com is an online scheduling platform that allows busy men and women to find lifestyle appointments and have them booked in “just 3 clicks.” It’s been described as a mix between Yelp and OpenTable. The services provided are anything from spa and hair salons, to health and exercise classes, even to babysitting and tutoring for the kids. Kuyam is free for users,…

PaddleYou provides Custom Ping Pong Paddle Branding Genius

The popular saying used to be, “There’s an app for that.” But, with the wave of niche startups in just about anything that you can imagine, the new saying should be, “There is a startup for that…and that, and that.’” PaddleYou is leading the way. This creative startup lets you custom design ping pong paddles using photos…

Healthy Food Options Delivered to Your Door with HealthyOut

HealthyOut says, “The world is conspiring to make us fat.” (I knew it!) They hope to solve this problem with their new subscription meal program using healthy, fresh meals delivered daily from local restaurants. Using rich data and smart algorithms, HealthyOut provides weekly menus of healthy options with delivery from their restaurant partners. It’s like having…

Bid on Local Services with Bidzy

Bidzy allows local service providers to place bids on services such as haircuts, nails, automotive services, etc., through their mobile app or website. A customer specifies when they need the service, how far they’d like to travel for the service, the minimum rating for the provider, and how much they are willing to pay. Bidzy…

Some Brands Win, Some Lose as Branding Goes Rogue at SXSW

As a marketer, I am always fascinated by the “art of marketing,” from what gets your attention, to what gets you to buy. And, from what big brands are doing, to what smaller ones are doing to become bigger brands. I’m especially interested in the “why” as it relates to these things. This year, however, SXSW…

The Beats Pill Provides Speaker Medicine for SXSW Goers

Beats by Dre provided SXSW-goers with an interesting branding installation of their new Beats Pill. The sleek, compact and wireless bluetooth device was “prescribed” (get it, it’s a pill) by “doctors” outfitted in lab coats or sexy nurses in… you get the visual, at the Beats Clinic in exchange for a state-issued ID. Once prescribed, you…

Muve Music from Cricket Wireless Helps Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch “Pay Their Mortgage”

Cricket Wireless has been revolutionary in providing low-cost mobile phones and service to a targeted “urban” demographic. They were also one of the firsts to actually provide good mobile devices in the MVNO market – placing those looking for affordability on par with those who can afford to splurge on the latest device. Then they…

VEVO Launches VEVO TV at SXSW

VEVO unveiled VEVO TV at their SXSW party this week, an “always-on,” broadcast-style music and video channel. VEVO TV is available exclusively in the US and Canada on VEVO.com and through apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Xbox and Roku. Adidas Originals, McDonald’s, Red Bull and State Farm are toted as launch sponsors. VEVO TV is unique in that, just…

Fast Fig Makes Math More Productive

Fast Fig, one of nine startups in the inaugural Austin DreamIt Ventures Class at SXSW, is a word processor for math. Students, teachers, and professionals can type and solve math problems and collaborate entirely online. Math functions include basic math, calculus, and more. Fast Fig is a web-based technology and plans to integrate some existing collaborative…

We ♥ WiFi Says “Stick It to The Man!” at SXSW

SXSW provides the best of “free” at their annual Interactive, Film, and Music festival. Rides, phones, stress balls… No more stress balls, please, brands! One overlooked freebie has been the We ♥ WiFi high speed WiFi network provided from March 8th through the 10th, giving some pay-as-you-go phone users who rely heavily on WiFi usage, like myself, access…

Andy Cohen’s Got The 411 at SXSW

Andy Cohen has been taping his hit show “Watch What Happens Live” on Bravo live from SXSW this week. He announced his plans on Friday, March 8th at a special presentation with executive producer Michael Davies. Andy and Michael talked secret/ exclusive guests for the week, his new book, Most Talkative: Stories from the Front…

Sorry, Google Glass is a little “Douchey”

Have you ever been on a train/ bus/ in a restaurant and sat next to someone who is unusually loud on a bluetooth headset? I want to say, “Maybe you need to get a Jawbone if you are vested in keeping the bluetooth headset craze alive, because yours is not working!” Happened to you yesterday? I…

Tech Steals the Show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

The tents even look more “tech” – Bryant Park’s white tents from 2010 were traded for a mirrored glass pop-up structure at Lincoln Center. With guards in black suits and earpieces, and guests flashing QR codes from their Fashion GPS app, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (MBFW) has come along way from its old-school index card ticketing methods. Self-serve kiosks…

How to Be Unfashionable, According to Donna Karan

Fashion great Donna Karan graciously shared the key to her empire’s success with a small room of bloggers and fashion influencers in the American Express (AMEX) Skybox during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (MBFW) Fall 13. “Be in the now,” she said. Whew! If I knew it was that easy, I would have tried that long ago;…

Amex Sync: The Future of Social Commerce for Amex Card Members

American Express launched a new social commerce experience last week during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (MBFW) that turns the hashtag (#) into a way to pay. @AmexSync allows American Express Cardmembers, who sync their cards at sync.americanexpress.com/twitter and tweet special #hashtags, to buy American Express Gift Cards and products from Amazon, Sony, Urban Zen, and Xbox 360….