Force Friday & Hipster Barbie

Beyond Social Media - Force Friday - Episode 110

Episode 110: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Burger King’s McWhopper peace offering; Rand Paul’s #StandWithPaul app fiasco; the role of war photographers and the image of a drowned Syrian refugee boy; Hulu’s new kinda ad-free version; the Love Has No Labels campaign; the new streaming video platform Blab.im; Feed America’s #Spoontember campaign; Disney’s Force Friday marketing blitz for Star Wars: The Force Awakens; the hilarious Hipster Barbie Instagram account; a PSA video from an acid attack survivor; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Jessica Alba Burns Customers & Arby's Bids Jon Stewart Adieu

Beyond Social Media Show - Jessica Alba Burns Customers - Episode 107

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Jessica Alba’s sunscreen fail; the #DisarmTheiPhone campaign; the sad fate of HitchBOT; Telsa’s snake charger; Vanderbilt’s rape tweet; nail polish that detects date rape drugs; emoji campaigns; Arby’s goodbye to Jon Stewart; Old Spice’s Instagram campaign; project UROK; Cecil the Lion Beanie Babies; an amazing Foo Fighters cover song; Twitter’s news tab; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Amazon Prime Day & The Reddit Implosion

Beyond Social Media - Amazon Prime Day - Episode 103

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the reaction to the raiding of Subway’s spokesman’s home; errant hashtags; Reddit’s implosion; the video metrics mess; Amazon Prime Day; interns breaking news; Upworthy’s reinvention; Pampers’ #BetterForBaby video; LinkedIn’s million posters; Google RidesWith; RadioShack’s dance party; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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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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YouTube Newswire & Jeb!'s Logo

Beyond Social Media - YouTube Newswire - Episode 101

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed YouTube’s Newswire service; Jeb Bush’s logo rollout; Heinz’ errant QR code; Twitter’s Project Lightning; #JokesFromDad; texting lanes; Professor LEGO; #TakeDownTheFlag; Denali the dog; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Google Teams With GoPro

Beyond Social Media Show - Google Teams With GoPro - Episode 98

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Google+; Jay-Z’s Staff; Adrian Peterson’s tweets; the conservative news filter bubble; Flipboard’s recommendations; wearable for good; GoPro & Google date; ask Obama anything; Thai phone company commercial; Facebook gets animated; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Violent Bar Coasters & T-Mobile's #NeverSettleForVerizon

Beyond Social Media-Show - Violent Coasters - Episode 96

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed violent bar coasters; a PR pitch from hell; T-Mobile’s #NeverSettleForVerizon campaign; Facebook Instant Articles; a ban on mobile ads in Europe; Snickers’ stickers; the Apple Watch for deaf people; and B.B. King; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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ACLU's Cop Cam App

Beyond Social Media Show - ACLU Cop Cam - Episode 94

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Budweiser’s #UpForWhatever campaign; the Rockets firing their social media manager; Twitter brand spam; music on Instagram; a pet adoption campaign; Pandora’s Mother’s Day video; the ACLU’s cop cam app; the Wall Street Journal’s video team; iHeartMedia’s podcasts; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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The Pros & Cons Of Starbucks' Race Together Campaign

Beyond Socila Media Show - 88 - Starbucks Race Together

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the pluses and minuses of Starbuck’s #RaceTogether campaign; Toyota’s BB King commercial; HBO’s Robert Durst True Crime reality show; Monica Lewinski’s TEDTalk; American Airlines exception policy fiasco; Google’s practice of manipulating search results; YouTube’s new cards; NASA’s live broadcasts; and a lot of stuff in between.

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Vince Vaughn Stars In Stock Photography For Unfinished Business Promo

BSMediaShow 87 - Vince Vaughn- Stock Photography Unfinished Business

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the photoshopped Vince Vaughn stock photography used to market his Unfinished Business movie release; the latest violent video to go viral; Netflix’s House of Cards native ad; skill-less Millennials; Rudy Giuliani’s latest publicity grab; a rescue adoption video game; why people unfollow brands; Facebook’s Firehose data; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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