Man I am sure glad it is Friday. This week has progressed as quick as molasses on an ice block. The cold that I thought was going away towards last weekend came back with a vengeance and has kicked my ass over and over. Hopefully your week was better and that you’ve got some good plans for this weekend with, hopefully, some warmer weather. Look forward to catching up with you next week, until then, check out this week’s edition of Five for Friday.
Flashback to When The Flintstones Shilled Cigarettes – this article showcases some of the products that used to be hawked by Fred, Barney and company. My favorite from the article is below:
WWE Unveils Social-Media Smackdown for Wrestlemania – whether you like fake wrestling or not, you have to admire the way that the WWE has leveraged social media to expand the audience experience — talk about getting content marketing right.
6 Facebook enhancements you may have missed since Jan. 1 – do you manage a Facebook page for your company? If so, you may want to check if you missed any of these feature updates.
Horrible Leg Break Leads to Equally Horrible Link Bait – we all know folks who linkbait to plug their material. You know the folks who always have a blog post that fits into a Twitter chat or draft a post tying to a current event. Yep, linkbait sucks we all know it. Would you think someone would do it to disparage a kid who just had a nasty leg injury? Yeah it happened.
E-Commerce Companies Bypass the Middlemen – this post offers a great look into a new wave of ecommerce companies like Warby Parker.