Archive for November, 2007

Sex Workers and Advertisers

November 30, 2007

“Sex is the only human activity in which the professional has lower status than the amateur.”
Murray Davis, author of Smut
 
I would like to include the following as Walker’s Social Media Corollary:
Replace the word “sex” above with “advertising”.
Update: At the behest of my wife, I should explain this a little further.
What I meant is that an [...]

Posted in Advertising, Social Media 4 Comments »

Dr. Pepper’s Cherry Chocolate Rain

November 30, 2007

The first time I heard Chocolate Rain by Tay Zonday, I just couldn’t get the song out of my head (not in a good way) and found myself singing lines like “Chocolate Rain – I’m going downstairs again. Chocoloate rain – doing dishes is a pain…” It was a mind worm that replicated itself constantly [...]

Posted in Advertising, Funny, Viral 2 Comments »

Social Media Today #28 – Steve Wright

November 27, 2007

UPDATE: Sorry folks, I just found out that the iTunes version of the podcast only delivered the first 14 minutes of the show. I have re-uploaded and hopefully fixed the problem. Apologies for any inconveniences.
This time on Social Media Today we discuss some current goings on with Steve Wright Director of Strategic Planning at Radar [...]

 
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Posted in Advertising, Podcast, Social Media, Social Media Today, Viral, Web 2.0 2 Comments »

Dove Besieged over Onslaught

November 26, 2007

What goes up, must come down, I suppose. If you subscribe to Social Media Today (my podcast, you would already know about this when Jason Theodore and I discussed it), but it seems like the Dove’s are coming home to roost at Unilever.
It has been hitting me everywhere over the last couple of days, Unilever [...]

Posted in Advertising, Issues, Media, Trends, Viral, Word of Mouth 1 Comment »

I cry for my industry

November 23, 2007

I just got through reading The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos along with a chunk of the over 350 comments on TechCrunch and it has frankly ruined my day.
I spend a lot of time talking to people about social media, earned media and the democratization of communication channels. I buy into a lot of [...]

Posted in Advertising, Attention, Culture, Issues, Online, Opinion, Personal, Social Media, Trends, Viral, Word of Mouth, agencies 10 Comments »