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Friday Frivolity – Social Networking Wars

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Luke Armour

I’m on a huge Social Network kick these days. So you reap the benefits of that.

On the business side, there are plenty of discussions going on about them. An interesting recent eMarketer study claims Social Networks Are Not Yet Universal, with the totally great subtitle “Not everyone is pokable.”

Remembering this is key for a marketer. Also, remembering which ones are suitable for which audiences is also key. Here’s a no brainer from the PMA Summit: MySpace Is Out; Facebook Is In
by Karl Greenberg, which makes me wonder why we needed a summit to answer that one.

And now, on to the frivolity. Here’s an oldie but a goodie – the Social Network Wars. Hilarious.

Filed under: Digital Marketing, Frivolity, Public Relations, Social Networks | Tagged: , , , , | 4 Comments »

The Rundown with Matt Dickman and the Face of Facebook

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Luke Armour

TheRundown The Rundown is back! Welcome to the newly revamped Rundown Podcast. Once again I’ll be giving and getting The Rundown on social media and all things Public Relations and Digital marketing on the web with a knowledgeable person.

Episode 1 (Run time: 31:40) of The Rundown Podcast welcomes Matt Dickman, the Techno//Marketer and his new eBook series “The Face of Facebook: A marketer’s guide to understanding the population of Facebook” Which is a comprehensive guide for marketers to understand what the population of Facebook really looks like and how to market within the community.

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Show Notes

  • 00:41 Welcome
  • 02:24 Comment from Paull Young (twitter)
  • 04:25 Comments? Suggestions?
  • 05:11 FIR’s upcoming roundtable on Start up PR (starter posts: Calacanis’ Fire Your PR Company, Godin’s The Myth of Launch PR)
  • The Rundown with Matt Dickman
  • 06:42 Intro
  • 07:14 Matt Dickman’s elevator pitch
  • 08:01 Why the Face of Facebook?
  • 09:17 Marketing in a web 2.0 world
  • 10:18 State of FB marketing
  • 11:42 Adding Value: more than a notion
  • 13:30 Numbers – Pages and total population
  • 14:35 Global Takeaway
  • 15:46 Accuracy of stats?
  • 16:49 Male, female or other?
  • 17:46 Ethnicity
  • 20:00 Creating an ad
    • Social action
    • Pricing
  • 23:43 Applications
  • 25:34 Beacon
  • 27:26 Poll
  • 28:44 The Rundown

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Filed under: Digital Communications, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Podcast, Social Media, Social Networks, The Rundown | Tagged: , , | 7 Comments »

Friday Frivolity – Facebook in Real Life

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Luke Armour

Facebook in real life. This is a good laugh for you Facebook fans/haters.

On the more serious side, be sure to check out [disclosure: my supervisor] Matt Dickman’s The Face of Facebook; free eBook, the first in a series. Get the inside scoop on the real Face of Facebook. Stay tuned here for more information on this series as I’m working to relaunch the newly not-live Rundown podcast. Oooo.

Filed under: Digital Marketing, Frivolity, Social Media, Social Networks | Tagged: , | 4 Comments »