Last week Burger King’s Twitter account was hacked. The little darlings who hijacked it told the world that Burger King had been sold to McDonalds. That was on Monday. On Tuesday Jeep’s Twitter account was hacked and according to the hijackers, it had been sold to Cadillac. It was presumed the hijackers of both accounts…
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Some events are tailor-made for social media buzz. Like new car model introductions, landmark events or anything in the celebrity sphere. But if anyone had ever told me that a 24/7 webcam focused on nesting Redtail hawks would draw a crowd I might have questioningly cocked my head a bit sideways. Yet that is exactly…
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Yesterday Mashable’s Sam Laird posted an interesting article titled, Facebook Marketers Reveal States Where Users Click on Ads Most and guess which state lead the pack? Good old South Dakota is the Facebook click-through champion of the nation. In fact South Dakotans’ rate is 174% higher than the national average. If you look at that…
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I’m a big fan of infographics. When done well an infographic is one of the best ways to convey complex concepts in an easy to understand way. The definition of an infographic at its simplest is – visual data. A more interesting description might be… research + data + graphics + art + design =…
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So, like millions of other internet savvy women, I recently joined Pinterest. I got an account and instantly said; “I don’t get it, this is dumb” and then I went on with my life. That is, until I heard the words Pinterest about 200 more times here and there in everyday life and internetting around…
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It is the ‘world’s first-ever senior citizen LipDub!’ And it is quite masterfully done. ‘Residents from Clark Retirement Community in Grand Rapids, Michigan team up with Grand Valley State University Film & Video Production students, alumni, and professors to create this sassy video to the jazzy-sweet contemporary crooning of Michael Bublé.’ The YouTube video count…
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As I sat at my desk this morning watching the Space Shuttle Atlantis lift off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral this morning, I was both thrilled and saddened. Thrilled because I was witnessing a monumental scientific undertaking being executed almost flawlessly and saddened because this was the last of the Space Shuttle missions. I…
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A Cirque du Solei performer flips before delivering the first pitch at Monday’s game between the Padres and Royals at Petco Park. The video was uploaded on June 26th and as of July 1, 2011 it had been viewed 1,118,922 times. There is a lot that is right about this video: It is amazing to…
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A little while back Buddy Media published a study highlighting the most optimal times of the day and week to publish your brand posts on Facebook. Mashable did a fine job summarizing it in an article titled How to Improve Engagement on Your Brands Facebook Page. Here are a couple of excerpts: Daily Facebook engagement…
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It was announced on Wednesday that Twitter raised $200 million in a new round of funding from venture firm Kleiner Perkins raising its valuation to $3.7 billion. “Sources said the San Francisco microblogging service is also adding two new board members: Flipboard’s Mike McCue and David Rosenblatt, whoran DoubleClick until a bit after it sold…
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