Alberto Monserrate Interview

Beyond Social Media - Alberto Monserrate Interview - Episode 353

Host David Erickson interviews Alberto Monserrate, CEO and co-founder of NewPublica, a Minnesota public relations firm specializing in multicultural communications. They discuss the diversity within communities of color and the intricacies of communicating with them.

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Royal Wedding LEGOized & Russian Facebook Ads Released

Beyond Social Media - Lego Royal Wedding - Episode 228

Episode 228: BL and David discuss Legoland’s Royal Wedding recreation; the Russian ads that were released by the House Intelligence Committee; the announcements made at Facebook’s F8 and Google’s I/O developer conferences; Google’s artificial intelligence for all initiative; the indignities suffered by African Americans during the course of everyday life; putting poverty relief on the blockchain; the subscription nickle-and-diming effect; Uber’s sexual predator drivers; when groundhogs attack; demolishing Humvees for fun and demotions;…and much, much more.

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Charlottesville Domestic Terrorism Plus Some Happy Topics

Beyond Social Media - Charlottesville Domestic Terrorism - Episode 198

Episode 198: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed the Vice News documentary about the Charlottesville domestic terror attack; Josh Bernoff’s Pro Bono Pledge; BuzzFeed’s new live show; how to lampoon racists and Nazis; a treasure trove of digitized vintage vinyl records; Google Home’s new calling feature; airport fashion; Proctor & Gamble’s new The Talk commercial; 3D printed hands; livestreaming crossword help; tigers banned from Tinder; ancient emojis; a Planetary Protection Officer update; the #PutinShirtlessChallenge; Amazon’s secret brands; Twitter’s senstive content algorithm; Facebook copycatting; plus great new apps and stats you should know…and much, much more.

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Facebook Instant Articles & Meet The Press Charleston Fail

Beyond Social Media - Facebook Instant Articles - Episode 102

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Facebook Instant Articles; Meet The Press’ Charleston massacre fail; Amazon’s per-page eBook royalties; influencer marketing; Google News Lab; Google’s news algorithm update; the Time-On-Story metric; Facebook Author Tags; the #SeriousBaby campaign; YouTube’s new player; Google’s artistic cars; Samsung’s see-through trucks; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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