Mary Burritt

I coax compelling content from unexpected, exhausted sources and leverage it across media platforms, from social to intranet to video. Certified in Inbound Marketing by HubSpot. Salesforce, Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, WordPress, iMovie.

United States

Chapel Hill alumna, Russian literature buff, empty nester, lifelong athlete. Career includes corporate communications, news reporting.

Portfolio
Furniture Today
10/01/2018
AR VR

Special section explains how AR/VR will change shopping experience

Furnituretoday
Blockchain basics | Furniture Today

Overstock.com, the Securities and Exchange Commission, cryptocurrency, logistics ... any of these topics may have put blockchain technology on your radar. And now you may be thinking, what is it exactly, and why should I care? First, here's why you may want to keep an eye on this technology.

Furnituretoday
Experts: Amazon's mixed reality software is a tool, not a solution

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Amazon Web Services' recent release of Sumerian, its mixed reality software development kit (SDK), may be a shrewd move for the dominating e-tailer, but also more of a tool set than a solution for furniture retailers and manufacturers, according to industry experts.

Furnituretoday
What's the forecast for AR, VR technology?

I feel like a weather forecaster with a hurricane warning: There is a storm named AR/VR brewing on the periphery of e-commerce, and it will make landfall in 2018 in furniture. By AR, I mean augmented reality, which overlays 3D images, text or other data onto whatever you are viewing through your smartphone camera.

Greensboro News & Record
12/11/2016
Research leads to breeding better bovines, cuts carbon footprint

Braking his pickup in a pasture, Joe French rolled down his window and grinned. "Smell that?" he asked as a chilly breeze wafted a sweet aroma like cured tobacco into the cab. "What does that smell like?" Too delighted to wait for a guess, French answers himself: "Smells like money!"

Furnituretoday
CEO positions Overstock as financial company

Prompted by reports on March 1 that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Overstock.com and other companies involved in cryptocurrency, Furniture Today asked Patrick Byrne, Overstock’s founder and CEO, to explain the company’s involvement and how blockchain, the technology that powers cryptocurrency, relates to the e-commerce business.

1808 Magazine
02/26/2016
Miss Betty's Blueberries

Her diction is politic and her accent genteel, a delivery that deftly slips Betty Cone's view past any opinion her listener might hold, and lets it be heard. "I'm getting a little tired of the talking heads on television who are not helping our country one bit with their rants on immigration," Cone's animated voice says into the phone.

Furnituretoday
Fear Alibaba, not Amazon | Furniture Today

Perhaps the e-commerce behemoth we should beware is Alibaba, not Amazon. Alibaba, the world’s biggest internet retailer as measured by volume, doubled its presence at the Consumer Electronics Show this year to tout its seven online platforms, which include Taobao, AliExpress and Tmall.

Furnituretoday
RoOomy gives retailers a 3D imagery primer

Jan-Hein Pullens SAN JOSE, Calif. - Consider this a primer for you furniture manufacturers and retailers wondering whether 3D images and augmented reality are practical for your business. Augmented reality (AR) was so prevalent at the Consumer Electronics Show's product demonstrations, Furniture Today sought insight from RoOomy, a company that creates 3D technology applications exclusively for the home furnishings and real estate industries.

Customer Acquisition/Retention
Gated e-brochure

An element of a patient acquisition/retention email campaign I revised for PRD.

Media Relations, Feature Story
01/01/2015
Media Relations

Working the press box, we're Jay's Angels (I'm fourth from left). Feature story published in Fiesta Bowl Entertainment Guide, distributed to attendees of Fiesta and Cactus bowl game events.

Greensboro News & Record
02/18/2017
'Poor black kid from Reidsville' reaches top post at highway patrol

Commander Glenn McNeill's controlled demeanor and alert gaze never wavered as he described in calm, measured sentences his mother's murder more than 35 years ago. He asked that the details of his highly personal story not be published, and for good reason.

Greensboro News & Record
06/11/2017
McMichael's Marty Woods' coaching is about more than just winning

It was March 1991 when Marcia "Marty" Woods, a divorced, 35-year-old mother of three girls, emerged from a routine medical exam with terrifying news: Cancer had produced a tumor the size of a softball in her colon. Then came the bad news.

Profile
Profile of Artist Edwin Gil

I chose to profile artist Edwin Gil (p. 114) for this book of tributes to extraordinary pet owners. Gil engages students with messages of inclusion and acceptance.

Greensboro News & Record
11/27/2016
Mary Burritt: Mayo River State Park is growing

K eith Martin, superintendent of the Mayo River State Park, remains unperturbed as he eyes the meager crowd attending last week's hurricane-delayed, wind-whipped celebration of the park system's centennial anniversary.

YouTube
05/16/2017
RollingRidgeRiding

Rolling Ridge Riding in Reidsville provides free hippotherapy to special needs children.

greensboro.com
04/06/2016
Content is King

Photo on Facebook reaches 10K+ people. Resulting story builds BH Media brand with governments, econ development organizations, online viewers. Videos, photos by Mary Burritt.

The (Greensboro) News & Record
The Reality of Slavery

Ideas Section I produced in response to Randolph Community College controversy

Enterprise Reporting
Property Tax Appeals Up Sharply

Enterprise reporting: my perusal of Guilford County tax records yielded this story for the Triad Business Journal.

Greensboro News & Record
03/06/2016
Mary Burritt: Groundbreaking leader Harold Bass 'always liked being different'

You may be surprised to learn that Harold Bass, the second black county commissioner to serve Rockingham County, is no longer a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "I just didn't believe that color was the criteria by which I wanted to express myself," Bass says.