Google Becomes Alphabet & Target's Customer Service Troll

Google Alphabet - Beyond Social Media - Episode 108

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Google’s restructuring as Alphabet; Hillary Clinton’s emoji fail; Bic pens dissing women…again; Edelman’s climate stance conundrum; Google’s diminishing map pack; Target’s trolling “customer service” rep; Twitter’s customer service playbook; political photoshopping; Moz’s new search engine ranking factors; 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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NHL Bans Live Streaming Video

Beyond Social Media Show - NHL Bans Periscope & Meerkat - Episode 93

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the National Hockey League’s decision to ban the Periscope and Meerkat live video streaming apps from their games; the Android logo pissing on the Apple logo discovered in Google Maps; Coca-Cola’s Earth Day tweets; Facebook’s new newsfeed algorithm; the Twizzler Challenge; brands embracing pot culture; a suicide prevention effort; kids attacking Dunkin Donuts; artificially intelligent toys; Kinect’s improved motion-detection technology; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Facebook Divorces

Beyond Social Media Show - Facebook Divorce - Episode 91

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Facebook divorces; Rand Paul’s rocky rollout; LinkedIn’s purchase of Lynda.com; BuzzFeed deletes history; Clorox’s Apology; Dove’s #ChooseBeautiful commercial; Google’s GMeet business conferencing; Buick’s doggy commercial; Uber driving drunks; a telepresence robot; a new retweeting feature; new apps & some stats.

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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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