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Twitter parody

Social Web Show — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:48:19 +0000

Perhaps “parody” is not the correct word, since the video is more of a Saturday Night Live-ish cartoon of how Twitter works. Very funny, if you are at all hooked into tweeting your life’s best moments.

You can also see funny tweet-friendly comics at Twoons.com.

Brand Competition – Past & Present

Social Web Show — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:43:36 +0000

Using social media or interactive marketing can give a brand an edge, especially when other competing brands are not using it (or not as effectively). It can upset a level playing field. Old-school cleverness with cool ads can lose out to new-school customer engagement, conversations, interactions and authenticity.

Is successful social media marketing almost like turning the clock back to a simpler time when the competition was limited, and it was easier to reach your target audience? Who knows… but this video makes a fun & watchable comparison:

Since the book on how to use social media is not (completely) written, and never will be, it’s perhaps never been a better time to be creative!

Explaining Social Media

Social Web Show — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:25:47 +0000

Another fun video from CommonCraft – about social media:

The video is embedded above.

External Clip: Facebook Valentine’s Day Dating Profile

Social Web Show — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:31:59 +0000

So, have no date for Valentine’s Day?Â But, maybe you have a lot of creativity?Â This man created a pumped-up Facebook profile with over 600 dating-related apps, part of 1500 applications installed in his profile.Â Then, he made a video to attract attention… it caught ours!

FaceSpace Valentine Facebook Profile Screencast from Huy Hong on Vimeo.

The video is about 2 1/2 minutes long.