Direct Mail Archives - Beyond Social Media

TikTok Surveillance

By David Erickson | August 15, 2020 |

Episode 319: BL and David discuss TikTok’s clandestine surveillance of its users; precisely targeted direct mail; warm and cuddly artificially intelligent pet robots; Twitter’s new Reply Guy feature; the power of video recommendations; LinkedIn Sells SlideShare to Scribd; Planter’s Baby Nut grows up; Apple redirects search users to its Apple News+ app;…and much, much more.

Facebook's Trust Scoring & Instagramming Novels

By David Erickson | August 25, 2018 |

Beyond Social Media - Facebook Trust Scoring - Episode 240

Episode 240: BL and David discuss the NY Public Library’s Alice In Instagramland, spam best practice, Google Shortwave for podcasts, Facebook’s new trust scores; AI word pictures, Patio Pizza chairs, Conference Gifs, Papa John’s weird apology video, MacBook Pro’s terrible keyboard, Creepy 3D Cartoons, how AI could stop Russian interference in US elections…and much, much more.

NASA’s Planetary Protection Officer & Twitter Subscription Service

By David Erickson | August 3, 2017 |

Beyond Social Media - NASA's Planetary Protection Officer - Episode 197

Episode 197: BL and David discuss NASA’s opening for a planet protector; Foreign Affairs’ sophisticated direct mail program; Facebook’s publisher subscriptions program; Google’s SOS Alerts; touring podcasts; the hilarious Lord Birthday; Twitter subscriptions; how a poor choice of font lead to Nazi glitter; companies pitching paid placements; fishing drones; a PR pitch from hell; and much, much more.

Ferguson Protests & Widespread Cyber Attacks

By David Erickson | August 24, 2014 |

Beyond Social Media Show Episode 61: The fallout over the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, the threat of cyber attacks, proofing political ads and more.