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Tag Archives: Twitter
Billboard’s New Social 50: Rihanna’s #1 With A Tweeted Bullet
It only makes sense. MySpace’s most lasting cultural impact has been to change the way we interact with bands and more importantly, bands interact with us. Piling on to iTunes’ neutering effect iTunes on record labels, MySpace and other social … Continue reading
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Tagged Billboard, Billboard's Social 50, Jonathan Coulter, MTV, MySpace, Pete Wentz, Rihanna, Social Media, Twitter
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Brands Should Rethink “Social Media” as “Membership Media”
First off, no one using Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube thinks of it as “Media” anyway–a “Network” perhaps, but “Media” is a sociologist’s term: far too egg-heady to accurately reflect the highly-personal posting and exchanging experience. No, to an ever growing … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising
Tagged American Express, Badge Advertising, Brand Advertising, ExactTarget, Facebook, Like, Membership Media, Seth Godin, Social Media, Social Networks, Tribes, Twitter, YouTube
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Warm Your Heart This Cold Wednesday
Despite how many times it’s been cheapened by manipulative writing or cheesy cover art, romance remains a lovely genre. The genuine expression of love demands courage, a rare commodity in our irony-drenched culture where embarrassing oneself is the ultimate social … Continue reading
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Tagged "I Hope This Gets To You", Romance, The Daylights, Twitter, Walter C. May, YouTube
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For Now At Least, The TSA Wishes Holiday Fliers “Happy Thanks-groping!”
It’s the news story you can’t avoid: since implementing their new pat-down procedures, the TSA has become a focal point for a fed-up public. Critics rage about the intrusiveness of the procedure and how these aggressive new measures won’t stop determined … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising
Tagged Facebook, Google, Pat-Down Regulations, TSA, Tumblr, Twitter, Web 2.0
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The Social Not-Working Phenomenon
Last week, a Facebook friend posted this very telling status update: “The window of time in which my mind is really working is getting smaller everyday.” Ouch. We used to work together and this guy’s definitely not a slacker–he is … Continue reading
Did The Gap Intentionally Create Controversy With Their Logo Change Fiasco?
A lot of conspiracy theorists believe that’s more than possible. Perhaps by springing an uninspired logo on a public armed with imMedia outlets like Twitter and Facebook, the powers that be realized they would generate an avalanche of discussion and … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogs, Facebook, Gap, Immedia, Laird+Partners, Logo, Social Media is Crowdsourced PR, Twitter
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If You Noticed Increased Productivity Last Week, Here’s Why: Facebook Went Down
Back in February of 2007, a series of computer glitches spurred by heavy electronic trading volume sent the Dow plummeting 178 points in less than a minute. Or at least, it looked that way. The mess was straightened out over … Continue reading
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Tagged Dow Jones Industrial Average, Facebook, Facebook Outage, Know When to Say When, Twitter
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The Omnipresent Scourge of Creative Ennui
Maybe it’s the recession. Maybe it’s the rampant fear among client organizations. But something has far too many agency creatives feeling listless, lifeless and dull. I blame the internet. Specifically: Web 2.0. And no, that’s not because digital is such … Continue reading
Twitter, Pastor Terry Jones & An International Firestorm In Less than 140 Characters
Nothing brings home the raw immediacy of social media as powerfully as the ascendancy of an inconsequential Gainesville, Florida pastor with a congregation of fifty people who hijacked the international dialogue through a series of tweets. Think about that. You … Continue reading
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Tagged ATT, Dove World Outreach Center, Facebook, Immedia, Pastor Jones, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube
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Mass Participation and the Propagation of Memes
As recently as twenty years ago, pop culture ideas used to last a few years: parachute pants, pet potbellied pigs, the Super Bowl Shuffle… Over time, as communication platforms began to supersede regionality and even nationality, those lifespans began to … Continue reading
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Tagged Clay Shirky, Facebook, Levi's, Meme, Motivated Photos, Super Bowl Shuffle, Twitter, William Hung
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