Tweet First it was the Internet, a fad that traditional news media would tolerate. This was the beginning of the end as it berthed blogs and last I checked some papers still don’t want to admit that blogs and other forms of online media have made the morning paper as outdated as a VCR. Aside…
Tweet After reading about Burger King getting their identity hijacked on Twitter, I thought hey its an isolated incident that can happen to any company. However adding to a list of other gimmicks that got backlash that includes Whopper Virgins (more here, here, and here), I wonder if Bk just doesn’t understand the Internet or…
Tweet Over the weekend, my fiance let me know that she had a salesman coming over on Monday night to show her this carpet/furniture shampooer and asked that I come home early enough so that she wasn’t home alone with the guy- a reasonable request. After coming home from the gym, I was hoping to…
Tweet On my Yahoo this morning, I came across this video of Josh Womack: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YngyMco72QA] While he may have not have made a big enough splash on the farm to make the Bigs, he still got his 15 minutes of fame.
Tweet A few weeks back I came across an offer online for a free pack of hot dogs from Oscar Mayer. The offer was to celebrate a taste test win over Hebrew National and it tied into Memorial Day. I didn’t concern myself any of this nonsense as I was blinded by my love of…
Tweet With my job I’m tasked with a number of things from PR to social media. Recently, I was tasked with looking into ideas for viral videos. Our recent effort was decent but we couldn’t catch lightning in a bottle like we had wished. Looking at recent vids that have set the Internet ablaze, one…
Tweet Over the past few years, Google Maps has not only surpassed Mapquest as a reliable direction outlet, but also a great spot to check out candid images. Whether it’s the USC sunbathers or catching a bank robber, we’ve had some entertainment. However today, I came across a Tweet from @joe_carney that showed something reserved…