Turns Out Twittering is as Profitable as Blogging
Oh wait. I don’t make money on either. So what explains my recent neglect of WillVideoForFood and obsession with Twitter? Maybe because it forces me to be terse.
Why YouTube Beats Twitter and Facebook for Marketing
I’m so tired of the hype around Twitter and Facebook for marketing, and I recently wrote a satire of the whole social-media racket. Here’s why I like YouTube better for marketers and advertisers, and I’ll end with an example. It’s the second largest search engine You get an assload of data on the video’s performance…
Instant Phone Call Via Twitter
Mkay… not sure of the business model, but this is cool. You can create an instant phone call using Twitter. Of course your conversation can not exceed 140 seconds.
Fired for Twitter & YouTube
Tim Chantarangsu, aka TimothyDeLaGhetto2 was fired from California Pizza Kitchen for negative “tweets” about the company. His title is “Twitter Got Me Fired,” but I think publicly bashing his employer might be another way to explain it. He had previously tweeted the nickname “CaliporniaSkeetzaKitchen,” and called the new black-shirt uniforms “the lamest shit ever.” He…
If YouTube, Google, Twitter & Facebook Were Cartoon People
If the popular websites were cartoon people, what would they look like? Elontirien on deviantART has the answer below (via ContenttoCommerce). Perhaps nothing is amusing as Dr. Google staring in disdain at his adolescent son/brother, YouTube (shooting the bird with both hands).
Why Agencies Are Killing Social Media & What You Can Do About It
Big agencies are not finding social-media profitable or worth the hassle. How can marketers innovate? Help the agency through these challenges.
Brands Can Tinker With Twitter: So Let’s Tinker With 7/8/9 Gathering…
Tinker allows brands to surf twitter and syndicate it
Jake Fogelnest Puts Home Phone Number on Web
Jake Fogelnest, VH1, Sirius, MTV, SNL writer, puts his phone number on the Internet
I’M COMPULSIVE? No this guy’s compulsive
Writer Jim Edwards called me compulsive, and linked to this blog post (where I posted a video from vacation) for proof. Mr. Edwards, this is compulsive (see video below called “real life twitter” by CollegeHumor). And maybe it was compulsive of me to crawl around in airport. Or shave my head. Or hang around in…
Social-Media Monitoring in Real Life: 9 Beaches
So here’s a real-time gold-standard case study of social-media monitoring and action in just hours. We’re at this 9Beaches resort in Bermuda (wifeofnalts found it via The Today Show and it’s far more casual and affordable than most places in Bermuda). I did a small video this morning on my responseofnalts channel, and was planning…