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SPIN SUCKS OCTOBER 4, 2012  KitchenAid Handles Offensive Tweet Crisis Extraordinarily Well I woke up this morning to a flurry of emails about KitchenAid. Apparently, whomever runs their Twitter account made the fatal mistake others before have done. Brands such as Chrysler , Kenneth Cole , and CelebBoutique have all made the mistake of tweeting something offensive from the business account, when it clearly was meant for the person’s personal account. It should be old news by now. | MINDJUMPERS OCTOBER 3, 2012  How Social Media and Smart Devices Impact Consumers’ Buying Decisions [Infographic] This brilliant infographic by Symphony Teleca entitled “The Meaning of Like”, illustrates how mobile devices and real-time access to review sites and social networks impact consumers’ buying decisions and overall retail experience. Social networks influence buying behavior. In response to that growing number, 85 % of people have already anticipated changes in their buying behavior. | ALMOST SAVVY OCTOBER 4, 2012  Your Brand Screwed-Up On Social Media, Now What? Headline from CNN. Bad things can happen to any business or brand. You do our best to avoid it; you hire the right people, make the right products, make the right decisions. Sometimes, though, things don’t go as planned and something, someone screws-up. It’s often what happens next that can make, break or save a brand’s reputation. This blog post isn’t about what happened. | SIMON MAINWARING OCTOBER 1, 2012  Why social media is critical to the future of TV Last week I had the pleasure of doing a keynote at the Televisa Conference in Mexico City. talked about the shared future of TV and social media and wanted to pass on some thoughts from the event. Here are four key reasons social media is so critical to the future of TV: 1. Product placement and social media increase the importance of television and advertising. | | | | | | | |
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FIREBELLY | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012  Facebook Celebrates 1 Billion Users With Ad About Chairs
Facebook celebrated hitting the one billion user milestone by releasing a some-have-called-odd ad comparing itself to chairs. The video has already been spoofed on YouTube. You can watch it below: [Video URL: [link] ]. What do you think? Are chairs like Facebook? Blog Facebook Social Media MORE >> -
THE REALTIME REPORT | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012 Social Networking Stats: Facebook Reaches 1 Billion Users, Foursquare Tops 25 Million, #RLTM Scoreboard
The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 1 billion active users. via Facebook. Twitter: over 500 million users. via Twopcharts. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users. via TechCrunch. Sina Weibo: over 368 million users. via China Daily. Renren: over 170 million users. via iResearch iUser Tracker. LinkedIn: 175 million members. via LinkedIn. Google Plus: 100 million monthly active users. via Google. Tumblr: 76 million blogs. via Tumblr. Instagram: 100 million users. via TechCrunch. Tagged: 20 million unique monthly users. via Tagged. via Forbes. MORE >> -
SOCIALFISH | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012  Clay Shirky Video!
As per usual, if I see a Clay Shirky video, I just post it. This one is awesome as usual – on the potential of the Internet to transform government. “The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub — so why can’t governments? In this rousing talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens. ” ———— ( photo credit ). Humanize MORE >> -
GREG VERDINO | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012  Five For Friday: October 5, 2012
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a Five For Friday round-up, but on the fifth day of the tenth (5+5 for the math-adverse among you) month in 2012 (2+0+1+2=5) I just couldn’t resist. That, and I’ve been reading and tweeting an awful lot of thought provoking articles lately. This week, innovation is on the docket so let’s take five looks at transformation as it applies to your strategy, your organization, your products, your marketing, and whatever industry you happen to be in. The Real Reason Companies Must Innovate. And indeed it does. ” Gotcha. MORE >> -
SPIN SUCKS | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2012  What the Changing World of PR Means to Today’s Organizations
Last week was an interesting week in the high-tech, social media, Internet geek world. First, Twitter is trying to figure out how to clean up its act, have a consistent brand, and make money, so it’s shutting out third-party app developers. Then, Justin Timberlake announced a new MySpace , taking advantage of the hits Facebook has had on Wall Street. And rage on the social networks helped get the NFL referees back to work. And, yet, organizations still are ignoring the effect the web has on their organizations. Never before have we had so little control…and so much control. MORE >> -
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