New Facebook Fan Box Widget – brand engagement o-rama

Facebook just rolled out a Fan Box Widget. This is basically, as Facebook puts it, “to gain more fans and share your Facebook updates.” All it takes is embedding the code on your site, so big companies or musicians or …. dog groomers could easily take advantage of this. To me, this is Facebook’s response [...]

Web Site Story – CollegeHumor video pokes fun at trendiest Web sites

Story of our lives, huh? more about “Web Site Story – CollegeHumor video p…“, posted with vodpod

Twitter Search is Going 2.0

Twitter Search is one of the most critical tools in my research arsenal.  At times, it’s much more useful than the mighty Google, especially when it comes to checking the pulse of a developing story or trend. But it’s often difficult to wade through the deluge of tweets generated by a Twitter Search and make [...]

This summer vacation brought to you by Twitter

I reckon you’ve heard of the H1N1 flu epidemic (née swine flu). Maybe you’re currently wearing a face mask to work and changing seats on the bus when someone nearby sniffles. Or, perhaps, you’re in my camp and are thinking that maybe, just a little bit, this whole thing is sounding overhyped. When a family [...]

Nanoblogging – the new frontier

Who needs microblogging when you can nanoblog? 140 characters – too long! The next big thing is Flutter – each “flap” is only 26 characters – “a whole alphabet!” Super creative and WELL worth 3.44 minutes of your time for a good laugh. Seriously.

Stephen Colbert Hath “Twought” Through Biz Stone Interview

 

Barbara Walters FAIL

The power of Barbara Wawa is the power to completely render a popular Web site useless, off the grid, effectively dead. Who knew? According to a top story from Gawker yesterday, Barbar Walters attempted to explain Twitter to Whoopi Goldberg on The View and shortly after, the site went completely dark – apparently, the Fail [...]

The Daily Show on Twitter

Okay, after several failed attempts to embed this hilarious video on the blog, I’ve given up – a link will have to do. Old Man Jon Stewart shakes his fist at some new intrusive technologies while Samanta Bee Tweets and vlogs her way through the report. My fave quote from Samantha Bee: “Oh, dammit! My stalker just [...]

End results of the Burrito campaign – PDX

Many of you heard me tell this story on a team call in December, but wanted to share the final results because there are quite a few lessons to be learned about social media and PR. Quick background: my friend Aaron, worried about his mom’s bookstore in Portland with the troubled economy and projected all-time-low retail [...]

And now, the lazy-woman’s blog post

  jkositz Fascinating! RT @adamostrow RT @mashable: How Should President Obama Use Twitter? (please RT!) -http://tinyurl.com/atyjxt less than 10 seconds ago from web     OK, I’ll elaborate… :) Seriously – read that article in my tweet above! It’s amazing. Reminds of of the article that Stephen Berger shared a while back “from the desk of the Russian President,” [...]