Dallas Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty Award

Hassan Bawab, Founder and CEO of Magic Logix, has been named one of Dallas' "40 Under Forty" top business executives by the Dallas Business Journal. The 2011 class includes executives and entrepreneurs who are at the top of their game professionally, and personally have demonstrated a commitment to the North Texas community. The honorees will be featured in a special section of the Dallas Business Journal on Friday, June 24th and recognized at a special awards ceremony on Thursday, June 23rd. Read more!

2011 Webby Awards

Magic Logix CEO, Hassan Bawab, proudly accepted the invitation to be a judge for the 15th annual Webby Awards. The Webby Awards are the internet’s most respected symbol of success. The 14th annual Webby Awards received nearly 10, 000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. Judges last year were selected from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and included personalities such as David Bowie, Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley, Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone, Martha Stewart, as well as many other industry leaders. Winners of past webby awards are commonly known for their web contributions and innovative ideas such as EBay, Amazon, Google, Twitter, Flickr, ESPN, CNN, FedEx, and more. Categories include websites, interactive advertising, online film & video and mobile. Hassan is proud and honored to be a part of the 15th Annual Webby Awards. Read more!

DFW Plastics, Inc. Website Launch

"DFW is excited about our new improved website. This site is a vital tool in DFW’s marketing program and I know that the “user friendly” technology that Magic Logix has implemented within the site will assist our customers in locating the information that they have been asking for. Magic Logix has provided exactly what I envisioned and more. This is just DFW’s first step in our new Ecommerce program." – DFW Plastics, Inc. Read more!

US Pan Asian American Chamber Membership

Magic Logix is a new member of the US Pan Asian American Chamber- Southwest (USPACC-SW). The USPACC- SW is an affiliate of the national group headquartered in Washington, D.C. The chamber primarily promotes economic opportunities for major corporations and Asian American owned businesses across the United States. Read more!

Joomla VS. WordPress

There is a continuous debate among business owners as to which CMS to utilize for a business website. Learn more about the functionality and features that WordPress and Joomla have to offer… Read more

Market Research:

Search Marketing Statistics

• 800,000,000 recommendations (aka 'stumbles') are made each month on news discovery service StumbleUpon (Source: StumbleUpon)
• 155,000,000 tweets are issued every day, a three-fold increase from one year ago (Source: Twitter)
• 92% of B2B marketers are involved in social media marketing, with LinkedIn being cited by 26 percent of survey respondents as the most important channel (Source: B2B Magazine)
• 132,500,000 people in the US will log in to Facebook regularly this year; by 2013 that number will increase to 152.1 million (Source: eMarketer)
• 67% of Twitter users said they would be more likely to make a purchase from a follower, while only 51 percent of Facebook users said something similar about their friends (Source: AllTwitter)
• 88% of marketers found that social media helps get them increased exposure; 72 percent saw increased traffic and subscriptions as a result of social media (Source: Social Media Examiner)
• 70% of marketers plan to increase spending on social media by at least 10 percent this year (Source: Effie Worldwide)
• 6 years of video is uploaded to YouTube every day (Source: YouTube)

Musings from MAGI:

Upcoming Events:

• Webby Awards - New York, NY (June 13th, 2011)
• DBJ's 40 Under 40 Award - Dallas, TX (June 24, 2011)
• 15th Annual Government Procurement Conference - Arlington, TX (August 10, 2011)

Recent Events:

• Website Launch- DFW Plastics, Inc. (May, 2011) read more
• TAGITM 33rd Annual Education Conference - Galveston, TX (May 17-20, 2011) read more
• Website Launch- BrokenSellPhone.com read more
• Website Launch- GloriasNightLife.com read more
• Ingres Partnership read more
• GSA Training Conference & Expo Sponsorship - San Diego, CA (May 10-12, 2011) read more