Bud Light Inebriates Aliens

Beyond Social Media - Bud Light Inebriates Aliens - Episode 276

Episode 276: BL and David discuss Bud Light’s offer to aliens escaping Area 51 of a specialty brew; NASA’s release of a video recreating the moon landing; Oscar Meyer Air BnB-rentable Weinermobile; The VOID’s immersive movie experiences; Twitter’s desktop redesign; Pampers smart diapers; lifestyle content on LinkedIn; Amazon pays users for their data; browser extensions leaking personal data; the Russian FaceApp; newsletter signup clutter; the Spearphone attack; copy and paste websites; and much, much more.

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Good & Bad Emoji Marketing & Google Posts

Beyond Social Media - Emoji Marketing - Episode 133

Episode 133: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Google’s new Posts content type; both good and bad emoji campaigns; a fake New York Times political news story favoring Bernie Sanders; Amazon encryption backtracking; Jimmy Kimmel on Donald Trump; Facebook Live Video visibility; the #ShareTheLoad campaign; Facebook Instant Articles newsletter signups; Always’ #LikeAGirl campaign; the evolution of social media policies; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Jack Dorsey's Twitter & Square Duet

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Marks & Spencer’s ill-conceived #ShowYourStrap campaign; Amazon’s Alexa-activating commercial; Columbia Sportswear’s septuagenarian spokeswoman; data journalism reporting on gun violence; Jack Dorsey’s permanent return; the #ImWithLizzie and anti-bullying month; Medium’s new features; Twitter Moments; Facebook empathetic Emojis; Google’s Impact Challenge; email signature best practices; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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#IStandWiithAhmed & Tide Mocks Kim Davis

Beyond Social Media - Pope Francis Emojis - Episode 112

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Pope Francis emojis; the #IStandWithAhmed social media storm; the #NursesUnited fallout over flippant comments on The View; what’s really behind Apple’s inclusion of ad-blocking apps in iOS 9; a Don’t Drive & Smoke Weed PSA; Mikki Willis’ A Boy & His Doll viral video; Tide’s online video commercial mocking Kim Davis; Flickr’s VP photos; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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