Amazon Astro Robot

By David Erickson | October 17, 2021
Beyond Social Media - Amazon Astro Robot - Episode 363

BL and David discuss a study suggesting that jerks are jerks, online or off; Sleep Number’s content marketing campaign; five new Twitter features, including business profiles; A design firm’s brilliant mock condom ads; Amanda Gorman’s Estee Lauder sponsorship gig; Minnesota Vikings’ stadium experiential marketing; branding NFTs; BrightLocal’s marketing of their online reviews survey; Google embeds a guitar tuner in search; LEGO partners with Fender for a Stratocaster kit; seasonal Salted Nut Rolls; Amazon’s creepy Astro robot; Facebook’s whistleblowers; FTC to crack down on fake reviews; pathetic email pitches; Clubhouse shorts creators; top online review factors; and much, much more.

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Pandemic Care Packages

By David Erickson | April 20, 2020
Beyond Social Media Covid-19 Care Packages - Episode 304

Episode 304: BL and David discuss the Twitter food drive; Steak Umm’s brilliant tweetstorm; how top New York restaurants are selling care packages & birthday party meals; a wedding photographer’s LEGO shoot; a no-contact haircut solution; virtual reality fitness; art for gerbils; music analytics for voice data; the Whirlpool Kids’ Chore Club; the transcribers of Reddit; some great resources to keep you sane; inbox Google Meet; Discord’s noise-cancelling AI; an email template malfunction;…and much, much more.

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