Earned Media
Yes We Can – Another Long Walk to Freedom
November 4, 2008 was an amazing night for America. An African American man wins the general election running as an American who happens to be African American. Many thought that people’s vote may have been swayed by race. In the end it wasn’t even close and America showed that it has come a long way. And [...]
Financial Meltdown = No Superpower?
With all the turmoil in the financial markets and the talking heads discussing the causes, implications and responsible parties for the financial meltdown in the US financial sector, I have been thinking about the impact on the US Super Power status.
Part of the reason why the rest of the world looks to the US is [...]
Social Media Vigilantes
Mitch Joel writes an interesting post Does A Social Media Vigilante Mean Equal Customer Service Justice For All? where he talks about social media vigilantes who name names in trying to build their own brand and obtain some form of resolution, retribution and/or compensation for poor service.
Mitch takes a different path and chooses [...]
Maine draw!
We spent the last few weekends looking at summer sleep away camps for next year. First PA, then Adirondacks and finally Maine. Besides the fun of road trips with the whole family, it was actually fun to see the different camps, the facilities, philosophies and to see how they were “shown”. Of [...]
July 25th: Randy Pausch Part Deux
While getting the YouTube Video for July 25th: A Sad “BIG” WoM Day , I stumbled upon Diane Sawyer’s interview with Randy Pausch. As much as the speech is inspiring, the interview video is brilliantly done. It incorporates parts of the speech and weaves an emotional and inspiring story together. YouTube has [...]
July 25, 2008: A Sad “BIG” WoM Day
Today, the star of one of internet video’s biggest viral stars died. More than 4 million people have seen Dr Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. And many more will be introduced to one of the most motivating speeches I have ever heard. If you have not watched this video, [...]
Caveat Emptor / Buyer Beware
The headline in the New York Times on Urban Baby’s site redo says “Don’t mess with mom’s chat”. It seems that most of the changes they made left the hardcore devotees furious so they organized a boycott of the site (seems the boycott was not wildly successful). The main complaint and mistake seems to be [...]
Quote of the day: Scott Donaton
“Unless you’re 12 years old, sneakers, baseball caps and backpacks are unacceptable with suits.
If you are 12, take off the suit.”
Oops. I have been known to wear a suit and carry a backpack – not sure if that qualifies for being 12 years old! Depends on the suit! LOL
Can Influencer Outreach & SEO Result in Stock Manipulation and Insider Trading
Are influentials guilted into accepting a seeded message or conversation starter for a brand by a friend? I know that a number of those I have spoken to recently feel that they are being spammed with requests that are not targeted or relevant to that influential blogger or their audience. And when they do choose to [...]
Entertaining, Celebrities, Fun, Catchy – Makings of a Viral Hit
Hat tip to CC Chapman for this very cool video
[YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEO_fG3mm4]
I also found another one. Check out:
[YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyJ72iZ3tW4]
