Posts by David Erickson
Blois Olson Interview
David Erickson interviews Blois Olson, founder of Fluence Media, publisher of seven popular newsletters and a Minnesota politics-focused podcast, and political commentator at WCCO radio.
Read MoreDisaster Girl Cashes In
BL and David discuss Disaster Girl’s big payday; Nerf’s new chief TikTok officer; Clubhouse’s NFL draft partnership; Clubmarket’s Clubhouse influencer exchange; digital product placement; Spotify’s paid podcast subscriptions; Flipboard flips to sponsored newsletters; vaccination public service tweets; Punch Pizza’s recruiting marketing email; a clever social media and visual communication tactic; Facebook’s failure; slander for profit; Basecamp’s ban; Apple’s privacy sanctimony exposed;…and much, much more.
Read MoreMiranda Head Interview
B.L. Ochman interviews TikTok star Miranda Head, host of the TikTok Famous podcast, and Social Media Manager for FloQast, about video marketing on TikTok and how she has earned success on the platform.
Read MoreBoomfluencers
BL and David discuss Baby Boomers as the new influencers; Google Earth’s timelapse visualization of climate change; Steak-Umm picks a fight with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter; Reddit considers its own Clubhouse clone; Broadway returns; LinkedIn creates creator tools; LinkedIn asks for secret endorsements; Non-Fungible Tokens sold to raise funds for a kidney transplant; everything you want to know about NFTs but was afraid to ask; how to use Google My Business posts; Kribi self-cleaning underwear; your privacy reading list; zero-click search results data;…and much, much more.
Read MorePat Lilja Interview
David interviews Pat Lilja, CMO at Pritzker Hageman, P.A., about legal digital marketing, public relations, public affairs, search engine optimization and a lot more.
Read MoreClubhouse Competition
BL and David discuss LinkedIn and Spotify going after Clubhouse and a Clubhouse tutorial; a mafioso whose YouTube channel gave him away; new stoner emoji coming for Apple’s iOS; an AI-powered service that animates still headshots; the forthcoming Brave privacy-focused search engine; NFT brand stunts generating publicity; Facebook is removing analytics; Lil Nas X’s satanic shoes; Volkswagen’s April Fools prank backlash; a massive Facebook user data leak; Krispy Kreme’s anti-vaxxer Mondays; Mars candy’s pesterbot;…and much, much more.
Read MoreSteve Madden Interview
B.L. interviewed Stephen Madden, VP, General Manager, Haymarket Business Media Group, Editor-in-chief of MM+M, about The Vaccine Project Newsletter, and about what it takes to make newsletters successful.
Read MoreTwitter Spaces & IKEA Audio Catalog
BL and David discuss the launch of Twitter Spaces; IKEA’s audiobook catalog; a sweet wine-tasting gig; a tour of American dialects; instant holograms; Taco Bell’s 404 error page; an Ad Council COVID vaccine campaign; Facebook’s newsletter publishing platform; Mark Cuban’s Clubhouse competitor, Firesidechat app; Google’s Key Moments in YouTube videos; LinkedIn throwing shade TikTok’s way; an inclusion video oversight…and much, much more.
Read MoreDavid Berkowitz Interview
B.L. Ochman interviews David Berkowitz, the founder of the Serial Marketer consultancy where he generates demand for growth-mode B2B startups and agencies. He also founded and runs the 2,000-member Serial Marketers community.
Read MoreNew Social Media Features
BL and David discuss how Amazon Prime and Netflix are grokking TikTok; the TikTok trend of creating fake album covers out of random camera roll photos; potential new Twitter features could include super followers, an undo button, and shoppable tweets; LinkedIn’s new freelancer marketplace, Stories for Pages, and Swipe-ups; LinkedIn recommending newsletter subscriptions; YouTube Shorts; Taco Bell To Go concept restaurants; Microsoft’s hacked email servers; …and much, much more.
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