Posts Tagged ‘facebook’

Friday morning bacon: brunch edition

Okay, so I got a late start on my weekly homage to all things bacon today, because I was putting the finishing touches on my presentation tonight for the students attending the WSPR panel discussion. This week’s “brunch edition” features PUMA Fuseproject, a searing exchange between blogger and commenters on TalentZoo.com, and the state of the creative brief in the post digital age.

Go ahead, dig in before it gets cold.

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Nestle didn’t fail at social media

The Nestle fiasco that recently happened got a lot of attention from the world, and the social media community in particular. If you aren’t aware of what happened, check out this recap. The headline is “Nestle fails at social media.” The reason they failed? Clamping down on logo usage, defensive and controlling behavior, inattentiveness to consumer concerns.

Yes. Agreed. Guilty as charged.

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Growing up with hope, growing up with digital

Recently I had the privilege (I do not use that term lightly) to speak to three different groups of students at Milwaukee College Preparatory school. The students ranged from third graders to eighth graders, and my talk was part of the “Career Day” the school puts on each year. The topic of my presentation was—surprise—careers in digital. As part of it, I covered the incredible innovation we have witnessed in the last ten years. What took me a bit off guard was how pervasive digital has actually become—the sheer reality is staggering. Sure, we talk about it, tweet about it, and blog about it. But until I actually went and gave a presentation to kids who have never lived with anything else, I really didn’t understand the magnitude the things we do have on our culture.

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I’m pretty sure foursquare is stupid

That’s the tweet I received from my good friend and former colleague Luke Oeth, a CD at Martin Williams in Minneapolis. His remark was in response to the recent HubSpot post on AJ Bomber’s 110 percent sales increase attributed to a foursquare swarm badge promotion at the restaurant. In Luke’s defense, he did go on to say that the article intrigued him enough to download and start using foursquare. Only time will tell whether he gets hooked like the rest of us (you all know who you are).

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