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The Business of Social Media


Our Rock Starts Aren’t Like Your Rock Stars!June 13

I love this ad - Ajay Bhatt is my hero! :-)

Funny Video, RE: Vendor Client RelationshipJune 9

Very funny video about vendor-client relationships.

Be Careful What You Tweet AboutJune 5

Local Mesa, AZ couple Isreal and Noell Hymann talk to Fox and Friends about a possible Twitter connection to a recent break in at their home.

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Click on the image above to watch the segment on Fox and Friends

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New Media as Vast WastelandJune 3

Yesterday NPR’s All Things Considered included a rather humorous segment by Andrei Codrescu.  He had a rather amuzing and yet philosophical take on Google, Facebook and all this new media stuff. You can listen to it on NPR’s website, but here is a section that I found rather funny and interesting:

My regular e-mail now tells me I have Facebook messages, forcing me to go to Facebook, which is slow on account of the jillion egos battling for verbal-audio-visual attention. And when I get there I find some cute thing that it’s taken me years to ignore in real life, and I start wandering involuntarily among postings in the hope of something to get that sickly saccharine taste out of my mouth, and I find more cute - a real sugarplum tree made by millions of bored people. After that honey bath, I’m ready to Twitter in rude Anglo-Saxon.

The new media’s given me several new insights:

1. Most people have too much time on their hands;

2. Most people are passive receptacles for whatever goes by;

3. Most people are not bothered by redundancy - they can do the same thing three or four times in a row without feeling defrauded; and

Twitter Connection to Home RobberyJune 2

Last week there was a break in at a Mesa, Arizona home. The twist to the story is that there is a possible Twitter connection. The owners left town for a vacation and tweeted about their journey and plans.  A few days later there was a break in. Coincidence? I think not. Watch the local ABC 15 News video for background:

There are a few things to learn from this unfortunate incident as more and more jump on Twitter. I guess the main thing to learn is that you should not disclose your location and exact whereabouts.  Here is a link to a great list of some additional Twitter do’s and dont’s.

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