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Flash Mobs of the Pandemic

Ari Herzog

Related Stories Thinking of Re-Entering a Store The 4 Social Networks I Use Most Thoughts and Hands. I’m fascinated by people coming together in outdoor spaces, whether planned or spontaneous, and creating magical experiences.

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Agency Flash Mobs vs Social Flash Mobs

Laurel Papworth

While traditional media spends most of their time dissing social media (it is a competitor after all), traditional agencies find social media a rich source for client campaigns. This post takes a look at how grassroots, user generated flash mobs got hijacked and became agency created, professionally choreographed and danced by hired talent, to flog products. This is an agency created (won ad of the year) flash mob for T Mobile – Saatchi and Saatchi.

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What drives participation in a social network?

Direct Marketing Observations

If you’re a social media consultant like Jay Baer , or a larger organization like Accenture for instance, one of the constant constants in social media is the amount of education required to get people all on the same page, before anything can really be accomplished. With that being said, once people are “there&# , and they “get it&# , they can see pretty quickly what the trans-formative nature and power of social media is like, and what it can do.

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Yelp is Broken and Social Flashmobs Apparently Rule

Direct Marketing Observations

I was just reading about the social media meltdown of Amy’s Baking Company in Scottsdale, if you’re not familiar with it, the restaurant was featured on Chef Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares production that airs on the FOX Network. But, not surprisingly, I found out about the particular show via social media. This doesn’t absolve the restaurant owners but it does highlight the typical flash mob actions that occur on social networks.

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Occupy Wall Street – The Revolution is Twittervised

Laurel Papworth

A summary of social media responses including Citizen Journalism is Process Journalism, Why Governments Fear Social Media and online communities – the Demise of Representational Democracy, Why Traditional Media Ignores or Reviles Social Media, Move over Government, There’s a new Governing Body in Town (Social Network Hosts such as Twitter and Facebook) and The Crowd Feels It’s Power. Why Traditional Media Ignores or Reviles Social Media.

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Version 2 of Viral Success

Mindjumpers

Radiotjänst really put a focus on thanking their customers and is doing so with quite extreme actions; they also did Sweden´s greatest flash mob as part of the campaign. As social media marketing often shows, it’s profitable to give to get.

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Election 2010: GetUp Tony Abbott Mashup

Laurel Papworth

In 2007 I blogged on Kevin07 portal: We will see more of ‘static portal hybrid hosted social networks’ for a while – companies and government distancing themselves from the challenges of social networks by outsourcing to social network platforms. Also, Featured Posts are a nice read. :) Technorati Tags: Australia , election , getup , Politics , social media , social networks , tony abbott , women , youtube Related posts Web 2.0

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Read This When You Want to Scream

Ari Herzog

Industrialized nations in Europe and Asia have begun opening up their economies by relying on continued social distancing, widespread testing, and a network of contact tracing to identify and contain new outbreaks.

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We live in strange times…

The Way of the Web

Having seen and attempted to analyse social media in the context of events abroad, it’s been strange looking at something so close to home, affecting friends and former colleagues. I’ve watched mainstream media struggle to add any meaningful context and insight into events as online media and networks have been providing both, and seen a wide range of responses from all areas of my online connections.