Volkswagon Scandal And Apology & Snoop Dogg's Lifestyle Brand

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Donald Trump’s ill-advised use of Twitter; the Volkswagen scandal and apology; Prime Minister David Cameron’s pig problem; poorly-labeled sponsored content; Lady Gaga music video for The Hunting Ground; Peace ad-blocking app pulled from the Apple App Store; Snoop Dogg’s Merry Jane lifestyle brand; a monkey selfie copyright dispute; tweeting political donations; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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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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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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Google+ Collections & Tweets In Search

Beyond Social Media Show - Google Plus Collections - Episode 95

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Carly Fiornina’s domain fail; tweets in Google; Google+ Collections; dogs by drone; BuzzFeed’s Pound tool; Taylor Swift music video posters; 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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12 Taylor Swift Gifs & Obama's State Of The Union Videos

BSMediaShow 79 - Taylor Swift

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the 12 Taylor Swift Gifs House Speaker John Boehner recently shared; President Obama’s State of the Union trailer videos; the apparent demise of Google Glass; Coldplay’s interactive animated music video; Consumer Electronics Show gadgets, the 12 Monkeys “lighting track”; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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