I don’t know how they did it, but Glamour magazine has gathered a massive audience on Google+. With 1.5 million readers on this platform, the door is now wide open to sponsored content opportunities. According to Mashable, the fashion title is using the Goggle+ Hangout feature in new ways: Glamour magazine is launching a month-long […]
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@MLB Is Seriously Committed To Content for the Social Stream
If you’re a Major League Baseball fan, step up to the plate — the league, and every team in it, is serving up all-you-can-download buffets of content for the social stream. Instagram. Twitter. Facebook. Pinterest. Pick your poison. Of course, sports fans are not typical customers. They’re avid, loyal and deeply immersed in every little […]
Push Gets Pushy, Talks Smack About Pull
Direct marketers get little respect from brand marketers, which is a shame. Everyone has something to give! Now, I see that social media marketers get little respect from direct marketers, which is also a shame. Where’s the love? Direct marketing pro, Debra Ellis, writing in Target Marketing opens her can of whoop ass with a […]
Advertising Agencies, Social Media And Home Page Clutter
Social media, more specifically content marketing, is now employed by virtually every agency in their own business development marketing programs. Agency blogs, Twitter feeds, LinkedIn profiles, Flickr portfolios and now Pinterest sites are part of the agency inbound marketing arsenal. These social media platforms help agencies get discovered through inbound marketing via published thought-leadership, content […]
Protect Yourself from Industry Hype – Search Is What People Use When They Intend To Buy
This is the hype machine and the the hype machine is deafening. Chugga, Chugga, Chugga the hype machine goes. That’s the sound of spinning yarns into memes and trends. Social media is the new this. Content is the new that. And so on. Which is why I find this cold glass of water (or is […]
#BreaktheMonotony Social Media Campaign from SPAM Rolls Out in Real-Time
Content is the substance of real-time social media marketing. Now, how do we make it good and make it current at the same time? Isn’t that like walking and chewing gum? #DeliciousPairings Happy SPAM meat clouds and soft bread pillows. I wrote a haiku about it! bit.ly/W6pBpS #BreakTheMonotony — The SPAM® Brand (@SPAMbrand) March 26, […]
Tweeted Ad From Nike Golf Sails Out of Bounds
Nike Golf Tweeted a simple aphorism and a storm erupted. People are so sensitive! “Winning takes care of everything.” @tigerwoods, World #1. twitter.com/nikegolf/statu… — Nike Golf (@nikegolf) March 25, 2013 The talking heads on CNN are discussing the wisdom, or lack thereof, of Nike’s ways. So are the instapundits on blogs, Twitter and Facebook. Some […]
Volvo Fans Find Love (And Lots of Visual Content) On Instagram
People love to look at cars and let their imaginations take them on fuel-injected trips. Thankfully, car entusiasts have a plethora of images to peep on social platforms like Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. According to Digiday, “the strategy for Volvo on Instagram is simple: show off car models and their unique features.” I […]
Welcome to the Age of Social Media Rubbernecking
I was working and in meetings early Monday when Burger King’s Twitter account got hacked. It was a problem for Burger King, for sure – plus a big headache. While the whole thing probably lasted a couple of hours, it spawned all sorts of breathless blog posts in reaction, with titles such as: “After Hack, […]
President Obama Embraces Google+. Now, Will You?
Google+ is the unloved soc net. But that may begin to shift, now that President Obama is using the platform’s Hangout feature for a virtual town hall, or “Fireside Hangout” this Thursday, just two day after his State of the Union address. According to Google, selected participants will ask the President their own pre-screened questions […]
