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Social Media

Finally. If it’s Friday then it’s time for a video.

March 12, 2010
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Earlier this week OK Go par­ted ways with their record label in order to have more cre­at­ive and pub­lish­ing con­trol over their music videos. Short ver­sion — EMI was not let­ting their videos be pub­lished through You­Tube. Longer ver­sion and over­view at Fast­Com­pany.
Since that rela­tion­ship has ended, the fol­low­ing link to the You­Tube video of […]

Tagged as: DRM, Entertainment, Friday, Marketing, Music, OK Go, publishing, Video, YouTube

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Social media and the power of influence

February 15, 2010
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If you’ve been fol­low­ing me or this blog for a while, you’ll know that I’m a huge social media fan — it just seems like the right medium that makes online com­mu­nic­a­tion easier. But one subtle aspect of social media is that it’s a very slick con­duit for word of mouth mar­ket­ing, pro­mo­tion, and advertising […]

Tagged as: Empire Avenue, influence, People's Market, Social Media

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Another day, another video

February 11, 2010

Who is @laryssaw and why does she have this fix­a­tion on ‘The Most (fill in the blank) Man in the World’ videos? She sent me a new one (below) one earlier today, and this unfor­get­table gem from last week.
Steve Nash is the most ridicu­lous man in the world

Oh, and be nice to Laryssa, she’s helping […]

Tagged as: Comedy, Entertainment, fun, Parody, Video

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More Muppet Music Madness

February 10, 2010

A few weeks ago I linked to the awe­some Bohemian Rhaps­ody You­Tube video (check it out if you missed it), and now, here’s two more HD music vids with one of my favour­ite  Mupp -  Beaker. Enjoy.
Ode To Joy (HD)

Beaker’s Bal­lad (HD)

Tagged as: Entertainment, HD, Muppets, Music, Video

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Four solid tech-news sites I use regularly

February 9, 2010

Back in the early days of blog­ging, before pod­cast­ing and Twit­ter and all this new fangled stuff, there was a trend amongst blog­gers to occa­sion­ally do posts about the sites that have all the cool tech list­ings and news, as well as the cool people behind the sites.
These days, on Twit­ter, that kind of a shout […]

Tagged as: Blogging, information, News, research, Writing

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Chuck Norris — eat your heart out.

February 4, 2010
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You know, I’m thinkin’ Chuck Nor­ris could learn a thing or two from this guy. He’s got pan­ache, gets the girls, doesn’t seem to break a sweat in tight situ­ations, and occa­sion­ally drinks beer.

Hat Tip to Larysa at Clickfree

Tagged as: advertising, Beer, Character, Chuck Norris, fun, Marketing, Video, viral

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