Sony Vaio W Series claims to be the perfect machine for social media addicts. They sure have a funny way of showing it: Be sure to visit the Social Media Addicts Association web site, StopWritingOnMyWall.com, where you can make your own video confessions, sign a petition or purchase t-shirts that say things like "I Have Real Friends" and "@everyone, leave me alone!!!". This is good stuff. If AdPulp gave out awards, …
Yet Another Facebook (and MySpace) Story: Sorry Substitutes
Newsweek is reporting that one in four Americans feels lonely. Sad as that is, widespread use of smart phones and MyFaceSpace aren't helping matters much. Social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace may provide people with a false sense of connection that ultimately increases loneliness in people who feel alone. These sites should serve as a supplement, but not replacement for, face-to-face interaction. For …
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Share of Share
Add to Any is a service that helps publishers spread their stories across the social web and helps readers share the stories they find particularly noteworthy. Naturally, the service keeps track of where people are doing the most sharing, and their answer is Facebook. Mashable has more on the story, and Silicon Valley Insider points out that Twitter is already about half as popular as Facebook for sharing with only …
And We Thought The 80s Was A Self-Absorbed Time In America
Tom Peters, what have you wrought? To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You. These platitudes come rolling off the press and their shiny newness brings a crowd to ooh and aah. But that doesn't mean a solid case is being made. It seems to me now that things are shaky shaky, people are starting to test the foundations. Nathan Burke, a Marketing Manager in Boston …
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Kruse’s Ship Is Called “Brand Love”
Last August I flew to ATL to pitch a room full of high powered marketing execs on BFG's ability to deliver exceptional content and online brand experiences. Carol Kruse, VP of Global Interactive Marketing at Coke put that meeting together for us. Here she is at Cannes speaking about some of the things that matter to her and other Coca-Cola brand managers: [via Adweek's Real Time Cannes] …
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I Am 100% Serious About This Lack of Seriousness
I don't know what digital work Lars Bastholm and crew are recognizing with a Lion at Cannes this week. But I do know a site that deserves an award. Big time! SocialMediaDouchebag.net is not only strategically on point, it's executed beautifully. Let me share some of the site's pithy copy (and advice for Social Media Douchebags everywhere): Tip #425: Always include "Social Media Guru" in your Twitter bio. They won't …
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Trapped In A Soc Net
Matt Jones, director of strategy and planning for Jack Morton Worldwide, has little use for social media, or media of any kind. To him, media is just a channel, a conduit for what does matter--"people, ideas, stories and other real stuff." In his guest piece on Ad Age, Jones argues: Far from being interesting (unless you enjoy following mutually referencing bloggers who blog about blogging), social media is just an …
Reznor Points His Nail Gun At Social Media
Trent Reznor is stepping out of the social media tar pit. The problem with really getting engaged in a community is getting through the clutter and noise. In a closed environment like nin.com a lot of this can be moderated away, or code can be implemented to make it more difficult for troublemakers to persist. It's tedious and feels like wasted energy doing that shit, but some people exist to ruin it for others - and …
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