Last year, Pepsi found itself in the middle of a controversy over some suicide-themed ads they put out that were pretty tasteless. My assessment of that particular issue was Pepsi messed up good and proper. Now the company is back in the hot seat over a (sort of) tasteless iPhone application it created to help [...]
When I first saw this video, I wondered where all the facts and figures came from. It didn’t take much searching to find the corresponding post on the Socialnomics blog that lists the sources. Lots of interesting tidbits about the size and scope of social media. I think it is safe to say we’ve gotten [...]
I’d like to think that now we are finally done with the social media naysayers who can’t seem to understand its value.
The image pretty much speaks for itself. This is from a T shirt brought to us from the folks at despair.com. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, at whom can we laugh? Poke around the rest of their Website if you like to look at humorous take-offs on those cheesy corporate motivational posters. I know [...]
In my quest to stay current on all things social media, I recently started playing Mafia Wars. Mafia Wars is a very simple — yet surprisingly compelling — game you play with your pals on Facebook and/or MySpace. The goal is to become the wealthiest, most powerful mob boss you can be. And, in the world of organized crime, you need a lot of troops to make this happen.
