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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Advertising Adapts To COVID-19

By David Erickson | April 14, 2020 |
Beyond Social Media - Advertising Adapts To COVID-19 - Episode 303

Episode 303: BL and David discuss an incredible video produced from one of Mark Schaefer’s podcast episodes; rethinking marketing communcations in light of Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs; the song God Save The City, a message of gratitude to those at the frontlines of the fight against coronavirus; how advertising is adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic; Apple’s retooling to make medical face shields; Samuel L. Jackson reads Stay The F*** Home; Dancing With COVID; Saturday Night Live returns…remotely; Shake Shack’s DIY burger; Google Maps highlights help; found object art; seven days of hope; the loss of John Prine; postponed emojis; Facebook keeps wanting you to use its ‘Tinder’; pausing campaigns;..and much, much more.

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Ashley Madison Hack & Tweets In Google Desktop Search

By David Erickson | August 22, 2015 |
Beyond Social Media - Ashley Madison Hack - Episode 109

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the fallout over the Ashley Madison hack; real-time tweets in Google desktop search; bid a fond farewell to the real-life Batman; the Straight Outta meme; McDonald’s viral photo poach; buzzwords to ban; Comcast’s Watchable; Josh Groban’s singable Trump tweets; real-life tweets on Twitter; Bloomberg’s social media brand ratings; predictive photography; Mastercard’s SelfiePay; Boston Dynamics’ robot takes a stroll through the woods; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

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Facebook Divorces

By David Erickson | April 11, 2015 |
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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Google+ Minus Photos & Hangouts?

By David Erickson | February 28, 2015 |

Episode 85: Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the potential disentanglement of Google+ from Photos and Hangouts; Keith Olbermann’s suspension over tweets directed at Penn State students; social media competitions for employment; the big net neutrality win; Congressman betrayed by his Instagram pics; bloggers working a sweatshop; the Great Dress Color Debate Of 2015; Dove & LEGO Oscar wins; Tumblr as a traffic-driver.

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