Pay By Selfie & NPR Anti-Podcast Stance
Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 136
Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the gutter that has become the Republican primary race; NPR’s odd decision to NOT promote its podcasts on air; Microsoft’s decision to shut down the Tay chatbot; a Bank of America media relations fail; the meaninglessness of head-to-head political polls during the primary season; the new YouTube Connect live video streaming app; Ester the Wonderpig; Amazon’s pay-by-selfie patent application; teen voting; Twitter’s plans to recruit Vine stars; a real cat burglar; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Image courtesy Dimitar Atanasov.
Worst Digital Cases
- Esquire Headline: Ted Cruz Will Do Anything For Love, But He Won’t Do Rats
- NPR Won’t Promote Its On Podcasts On Air
- Who Turned Microsoft’s Chatbot Racist? Surprise, It Was 4chan & 8chan
- Bank Of America Media Relations #Fail
Best Digital Cases
- Google Is Building A Live-Streaming YouTube App
- Ester The Wonderpig
- Pay By Selfie
- Teens Are Voting
- Twitter Is Considering Paying Top Vine Stars
- Real Cat Burglar Goes Viral
Shiny New Stuff
Projects
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The Daily Numbers
BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA HOSTS
David Erickson
- David Erickson on Google Plus
- @derickson
- @TheDailyNumbers
- e-Strategy Content Marketing Blog
- e-Strategy Trends
- Success @ Creative PR
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B.L. Ochman
- BL Ochman on Google Plus
- Maximum-Plus.com – Online Event Production & Coaching for Google+ Success
- @WhatsNext
- What’s Next Blog
- Whats Next Blog on YouTube