Social Media Top 5 (Not): Identity Theft is Fun (Also Not)
Doug Haslam Late last month, I was hacked. Specifically, a few of my accounts were hacked, most notable being my everyday Google account and my “@DougH” Twitter handle, which I have had…
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Social Media Top 5: Influenza Marketing, Old Guy Rants & a Twitter Fix
Influenza Marketing: Is the Process Ailing? “Influencer Marketing” is one of the biggest buzzwords for a marketing tactic (yes, tactic) that is often a bit slippery in a number of…
Social Media Top 5: Facebook Sponsored Content, What Holds Podcasting Back, and Lessons from Kobe
This week’s topics inspired in part by my participation in the revived Media Bullseye Roundtable podcast. Always a pleasure to chat with Chip Griffin about media and communications topics. …and…
Social Media Top 5: Humorless vs Unfunny: Who Wins? Plus, Schools Get Smart & More Brand Bullies
When Parody Run Amok and Lack of Disclosure Clasp Sweaty Palms and Jump off the Bridge of Propriety I just thought that was a cool sentence, but I found this…
Social Media Top 5: My Marketing Buzzwords are Better Than Yours
My Buzzword-Based Definition of Marketing is Better than Your Buzzword-Based Definition of Marketing Everything the tech world says about marketing is wrong First: “Everything xxx is wrong” is Internetspeak for…
Social Media Top 5: Cancer Comms, A Life Disrupted, & Blab to Bomb(?)
For Immediate Release Podcast: Cancer, Communications and Other Fun Stuff FIR #29: Communications and Cancer For years, I have been a fan of the For Immediate Release podcast, hosted by…
Social Media Top 5: Retiring TweetDeck, Anchor Audio & Curating Gods
I’m a bit late with my weekly writing, as I spent extra time this weekend cursing university creative writing departments for unleashing a generation of narcissistic bores on the movie-loving…
Social Media Top 5: What Podcasts? More Disclosure & Wikipedia Fun, & Instagram Feed Change
Podcasts? What Podcasts? NPR employees have been instructed not to promote its own podcasts on the air? What? It appears there is a friction between NPR’s longtime brilliance at making…
Social Media Top 5: Instant Winners, Loser Apps, & Stopping Online Harassment
Facebook Instant Articles Coming to More Publishers Soon. And…? On April 12, Facebook says, it will open up its Instant Articles platform to all publishers. I haven’t taken much advantage…
Social Media Top 5: Reaction-ary, DIY PR Advice From Hell, Making Better Conferences
One Question about Facebook Reactions: Facebook officially released the “reactions” emoji, so people can express a range of emotions outside of the traditional “like” button when not bothering to actually…