My Top 5: Pandora Stories Can Reward Creativity, and Thoughts on Ending Loyalty
Doug Haslam I am back with my marketing and PR Top 5, which this time around is 3 (sorry, no refunds): Another “Stories” Feature? But Wait, I Have Thoughts About Pandora Stories…
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My Top 5: How to Prepare for April Fool’s Day, Blockchain Spam, Snapchat Never Learns
April Fool’s Is Just Around the Co… Wait, No. Some brands and marketers just can’t wait to do some sort of gee-whiz fun prank online on April Fool’s Day. Too…
The Real Solution for the Oxford Comma (and Revisiting Owning Your Stuff)
Oxford Commas Are Rarely Necessary There is no argument more fun on the Internet than a grammar argument. People dig in their heels, refuse to budge, and in the end…
My Top 5: Nothing to Worry About
This past week has brought some news from around social media and digital marketing, but I don’t think we need to wrry (too much)… Embedding Tweets is Copyright Infringement!!!! Don’t…
My Top 5: Insta-Posting, Bot-tunes, Career Medi-ocracy, Cut-and-Paste THIS
Businesses Can Now Post Incessantly on Instagram This is not the most exciting story, but it is the most relevant to people operating social media accounts day-to-day; Instagram’s API now…
My Top 5: Hustle This, List That & Whither Contributor Networks?
Hustle This! There has been a culture (or cult) of “hustle” in the entrepreneurial space that I find about as exhausting as an 80-hour work week. I am truly happy…
My Top 5: Stop Saying Twitter is Dead or Get Out of the Way (Plus Some Facebook Stuff)
Stop Telling Me Twitter is Dead Cruising social media posts by others in the industry, I sense a more frequent rash of “I don’t get value from Twitter” and “Twitter…
My Top 5: Article Payola, Dilly or No Dilly, #metoo Salute
I have long neglected this space, what so many more fascinating things to read and worry about in the world over the last several months. I figured it was time…
My Top 5: Zillow Goes to Hell, Meek(er) Rebuttal, Influencer Self-Policing, Kill Uber?
McMansion Hell, Zillow and Intellectual Property This past week, I have seen passionate posts online about the issue of the (very funny) McMansion Hell site being served with a Cease…
My Top 5: Disclosure Moves Forward, Thanks to Instagram and More…
Instagram Wants You to Label Your Garbage (well, Your Sponsored Posts) What would it take for me to dust off my blog after some well earned rest (aka “neglect”)? Some…