Persuasive Picks for the week of 07/12/09

Verizon Integrates Twitter, Facebook into FiOS TV Verizon helps consumers take another small step towards TV and online integration with the addition of Twitter and Facebook access via their set-top box. Box-Office Weekend: Brüno a One-Day Wonder? Another example of how Twitter has changed the “product launch” game by accelerating the word-of-mouth process with potentially [...]

How even a dog walker can benefit from social media

The term “social media” continues to be subject to interpretation by many. Ask a room of 10 people what social media means, and you’re likely to get 10 different answers. So it’s no wonder that many businesses and individual entrepreneurs are unsure how social media can play a role in their marketing communications strategies. I [...]

Interactive video campaigns begin to emerge

Back in September Jeremiah Owyang created a post entitled “YouTube Videos Get Interactive: Choose Your Own Adventure” that featured an example of a video that makes use of YouTube’s new annotation functionality. This functionality allows content creators to embed notes, speech bubbles and clickable hotspots into their videos after they have been uploaded to YouTube. [...]

Persuasive Picks for the week of 08/04/08

Are Social Media Jobs Here to Stay? Ben Parr from Mashable.com touches upon the future of social media oriented jobs. Are they a flash in the pan or here to stay? An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube Be sure to set aside an hour to watch this one. Its well worth it and gives a very [...]

Did Alka-Seltzer fizzle out at building community?

Bayer Healthcare recently launched a summer-long online marketing campaign around their Alka-Seltzer brand called the “Great American Road Trip.” After coming across the micro-site that supports the campaign, I was pleasantly surprised by the much cooler and more “hip” brand presentation than you might expect from an antacid maker. The flash-based site does a great [...]

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