Twitter Is Setting Marketers Up For FTC Lawsuits
As you know, the FTC recently published “blogger” and celebrity guidelines around disclosure. And, the most simple terms, it said that people should be able to discern whether or not you’re being...
View ArticleA Great Debate on Gaming the System: Social Media Shilling
There’s a good discussion going on Twitter right now about social media shilling, aka “please tweet (blog, lifestream, status update, fan, etc.) this for a client” and the big “what if big agencies did...
View ArticleNote to the Media: Please Stop Quoting Twitter
I’m sure you’ve noticed a recent phenomenon in the main stream media. It’s something that typically happens whenever a quote is needed for a story. It goes something like this: Cancer researchers have...
View ArticleOld Spice Social Media Buzz Doesn’t Equal Sales
For the love of God, put your shirt on. For the longest time I used to think that PR agencies didn’t get social media. “Give me impressions!” was the public relations mantra because it meant that they...
View ArticleKenneth Cole Proves Any Press Is Good Press
Last week the folks at Kenneth Cole, and perhaps Kenneth Cole himself, set off a firestorm among the twitterati and mainstream media when they decided to try and hijack the “#Cairo” hashtag to promote...
View ArticleAs Predicted, iOS Brings Twitter to the Masses
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo recently revealed some startling numbers about the microblogging service at Web 2.0 in San Francisco that will blow your mind. 250 million tweets are being generated each day,...
View ArticleFake Facebook Likes and Twitter Followers — And the Implications for Brands
There’s been a lot of talk about Twitter followers lately, including both presidential candidates, celebrities, musicians and the like utilizing services to game their numbers. Specifically, a lot of...
View ArticleGreen Door Magazine & Large Media To Hold Sullivan County Tweet Up
First-ever Sullivan County Twitter gathering at Dancing Cat Distillery to attract social media fanatics from the Catskill region ** UPDATED 11/8/2012 ** ** DUE TO POWER OUTAGES THE TWEETUP HAS BEEN...
View Article#SullivanTweetup To Be Held November 16, 2012
We wanted to make sure we were truly supporting Sullivan County so we moved it to Friday at 6 PM as to not have conflicts with other events going on in the community. Join us by RSVPing on Eventbrite....
View ArticleBurger King’s Twitter Account Gets Hacked, Kills Lame Excuse for Brands/Agencies
Today Anonymous is claiming responsibility for hacking Burger King’s Twitter account, disparaging the brand’s feed, products, and even posting photos of their top competitor as their logo, background...
View ArticleWhat Brands Can Learn From the Government
A crazy notion, right? But today marks an epic unusual complete waste of time absurd day in American politics, where the House is voting for the 37th time to repeal the Affordable Care Act. With that,...
View ArticleTwitter’s Latest Problem: Fake Interaction from Bots
Twitter has been on quite a tear over the past several months, deleting fake accounts as they pop up. However, the game of cat and mouse just took a whole new turn. Check out the image below: Notice...
View ArticleBusiness Insider Gets It Wrong: Facebook Didn’t Screw An Entire Profession —...
An article on Business Insider stated that because Facebook reduced the number of times brand pages would appear in users Newsfeeds that it was “screwing” an entire profession. However, for anyone...
View ArticleAs Predicted, iOS Brings Twitter to the Masses
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo recently revealed some startling numbers about the microblogging service at Web 2.0 in San Francisco that will blow your mind. 250 million tweets are being generated each day,...
View ArticleFake Facebook Likes and Twitter Followers — And the Implications for Brands
There’s been a lot of talk about Twitter followers lately, including both presidential candidates, celebrities, musicians and the like utilizing services to game their numbers. Specifically, a lot of...
View ArticleGreen Door Magazine & Large Media To Hold Sullivan County Tweet Up
First-ever Sullivan County Twitter gathering at Dancing Cat Distillery to attract social media fanatics from the Catskill region ** UPDATED 11/8/2012 ** ** DUE TO POWER OUTAGES THE TWEETUP HAS BEEN...
View Article#SullivanTweetup To Be Held November 16, 2012
We wanted to make sure we were truly supporting Sullivan County so we moved it to Friday at 6 PM as to not have conflicts with other events going on in the community. Join us by RSVPing on Eventbrite....
View ArticleBurger King’s Twitter Account Gets Hacked, Kills Lame Excuse for Brands/Agencies
Today Anonymous is claiming responsibility for hacking Burger King’s Twitter account, disparaging the brand’s feed, products, and even posting photos of their top competitor as their logo, background...
View ArticleWhat Brands Can Learn From the Government
A crazy notion, right? But today marks an epic unusual complete waste of time absurd day in American politics, where the House is voting for the 37th time to repeal the Affordable Care Act. With that,...
View ArticleTwitter’s Latest Problem: Fake Interaction from Bots
Twitter has been on quite a tear over the past several months, deleting fake accounts as they pop up. However, the game of cat and mouse just took a whole new turn. Check out the image below: Notice...
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