Voting’s so easy, you can do it naked
Here at last, the Vote Naked recap reel! A totally integrated program, all rooted in a killer social media concept. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcfxJzZvZXM]
Crowd Sourcing Solutions
How should a city close a $635m budget gap? No, seriously. Tell us. That was more or less the thinking behind www.ChicagoBudget.org- our online home for budget resources and an IdeaScale crowd sourcing tool where people can share and vote on their ideas for Chicago to balance the books. The site generated 2,588 ideas, 7,118 ...
Spoiler Alert: Yes, it Blends
Pick up any early book on social media and you’ll find the Blendtec videos. These guys have been blending random stuff since 2006 and are still going strong—which is too bad for the iPad.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko&feature=player_embedded]
CBS got their (granny) panties in a twist
Given the postings this week, I feel like I’m having an early bird special. Pro-choice grannies’ YouTube response to CBS airing anti-choice ads. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oNWi8fXOfg]
Going up
Just last night I lectured about how traditional media pros use social media. Then, I see this brillant and fun Gawker story about Ann Curry and some fellow journs trapped in a NYT elevator—tweeking and posting videos the whole time! Ann Curry Trapped in New York Times Elevator for One Well-Documented Hour “What happens when ...
User Generated Nausea
Brands kill for it. Marketers promise it. But one problem with “user generated content” is, well, users. Props to Hanes for keeping this post live. Makes me wonder what kind of posts get censored from the underwear fan page…! Here’s the page. The video (if you dare) is here
Toothpaste in your dupa?
Apparently, Charmin has a solution. In case cartoon bears wiping their butts on trees wasn’t weird enough, Charmin’s new YouTube video takes personal hygiene to a very odd place. Not quite funny. Not quite serious. But if this is what he does with his TP, I’m not looking forward to learning what he does with ...