Posts Tagged ‘United Airlines’
Martha Stewart, Baked
Episode 261: BL and David discuss discuss Martha Stewart joining cannabis company Canopy Growth; Neuroscientist Uri Hasson’s research demonstrating humans are hardwired for stories; the New York Times’ new In Her Words newsletter; Twitter’s new hashtag data; Farmers Insurance’s Dr. Seuss campaign; LinkedIn’s new features for job seekers; Alexandria Ocasio Cortez as a comic book super hero; a data visualization of brand value; small businesses without websites; airline seat cameras; influencers and their discontents;…and much, much more.
Read MoreUnited Kills Puppies & Can I Write For Sprite?
Episode 221: BL and David discuss United Airlines’ recent customer service fail that resulted in the death of a customer’s puppy; the students’ national walkout over gun control; Facebook testing voice status updates; #AskEddie has a new gig; the best cover letter in the history of cover letters; a Time’s Up agency; Twitter verification for everyone; Quartz’ obsessive emails; Google’s encryption drop-dead date; Rihanna snaps at Snap; Melania Trump wags her finger at social executives; news coming to Facebook Watch; YouTube’s Wikipediafication; a massive fake news study; and much, much more.
Read More10 Most Terrifying Marketing Stories Of 2017
On Episode 207, BL and David discuss the top ten marketing screw ups they’ve covered for 2017, among them United Airlines beating up a passenger and Pepsi appropriating the Black Lives Matter movement.
Read MoreUnited Airlines Swipes Toddler's Seat & #SpikeTheBeetle Makes Art
Episode 193: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed how United Airlines earned even more bad press by selling a toddler’s previously purchased seat; how Hobby Lobby was busted for smuggling artifacts from Iraq and funding ISIS all in one fell swoop; the hilarious Haribo Gold Bears ad featuring childlike executives; Spike the viral beetle artist; the #Ham4All fundraising challenge; the #MyOreoCreation contest; Apple’s Appocalypse video; the Weinermobile companion vehicles; cats in hats; China’s livestream video ban; the GOP’s tactic of blocking constituents on social media; Russia’s cyber psyops playbook; plus great new apps and stats you should know…and much, much more.
Read MoreUnited Airlines Drags Passenger Off Flight, Enters PR Hall Of Shame
Episode 183: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed United Airlines’ brutally dragging a paying customer off a flight, the social media outrage that ensued, and the monumentally disasterous public relations response; White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s disasterous Hitler comparisons; Twitter’s deleting tweets critical of United Airlines on the one hand, and Twitter’s standoff with Homeland Security in defense of freedom of speech on the other hand; a Whopper of a Burger King ad; Amazon’s new social media influencer program; Ooola Ooola Zod aliens; several very clever bots; …and much, much more.
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