Twitter Presentation: Serious Business. Serious Fun.
As part of the Columbus Business First “Social Media Summer Camp” series, I had the honor of presenting on Twitter. It was a lot of fun — great people, great questions.
PDF Social Media Success Story: Romeo the Cat
I was recently invited by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce to present a short Social Media success story. I featured my friend Caroline Golon’s hobby project titled Romeo: The Cat’s Meow of Social Media. Caroline combines her savvy media relations skills and creativity with her love for shelter animals. The resulting pet project (pun intended) has raised over $17,000 using Twitter, Facebook and a blog. Here’s a slideshow from the event:
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Juicy Juice & VW: Advertweeting?
In a recent ad campaign by consumer package goods giant Nestle, Juicy Juice banner ads are integrated with viewer Twitter messages (”tweets”). You simply send a tweet to a designated hashtag to have it displayed within the Juicy Juice banner ad itself. This format has been dubbed “Twitter Pulse” — ostensibly reflecting there heartbeat of consumers’ thinking.
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Trip to the 2009 Webby Awards – Part 2
The Webby Awards gala was held at the swanky Wall Street Cipriani — a massive ballroom decorated in Greek revival style. Host Seth Myers quipped that “there was no better place to celebrate innovation and vision than Wall Street. What?! Were there no rooms available in Detroit?”
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Trip to the 2009 Webby Awards – Part 1
This definitely falls into the Social Media @ PLAY category. Back in March, a friend from RHI/The Creative Group encouraged me to enter their online essay contest asking about trends on the Internet. I wrote about the convergence of social media integrating with popular websites that were also streaming live television. Think back to the CurrentTV online broadcast of the Presidential debates that had live tweets streaming across the stream or TNT’s website that allowed users to select their camera angle during the NBA All-Star game and chat with their friends via Facebook Connect. I’m very intrigued on how these 3 areas are being homogenized into an entirely new, communal experience. Face it, American Idol is a lot more fun when simultaneously watching the show and chatting online about it with friends or family spread around the world.
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