It’s nice to see the good Facebook commentary between friends. Someone puts up a posting, and if people respond, it is almost exclusively positive in tone. At least in my circle.
But around the web it is not always the same. Sometimes the viciousness makes you pause and ask yourself where it all comes from. Below are a few examples I came across in my surfing over the past days:
From TMZ: John Mayer Undergoes Throat Surgery Comment: Karma… azzwipe. For throwing Jessica Simpson under the bus. CHOKE ON IT PAL.
Interbrand recently released its Best Global Brands 2011 report, which lists the top 100 brands in order of their value. I thought it would be interesting to select five out of the the top ten and take a quick look at their Facebook follower numbers as well as activity around a few of their most recent Facebook posts. All figures given are as per the date of this article. Let’s dive in:
Holding the 9th spot on Interbrand’s list is media conglomerate Disney. The company enjoys a massive Facebook following of 28,992,622. The company’s last three wall posts are as follows:
How do you keep up with it all nowadays? Depends how you define “keeping up” really, but however you define it, you’re probably always going to feel somewhat behind and confused about what is going on. There is simply too much happening too fast. Too many devices, too many browsers and operating systems, too many apps, too many social networks, and too many new tech business ideas that do everything and nothing.
Woher kommt der Traffic Ihrer Website? Immer noch hauptsächlich durch Organic Search oder direkte Eingabe Ihrer URL? Dann haben Sie höchstwahrscheinlich noch nicht über Social Media nachgedacht.
Social Media können bei geschickter Nutzung ein wahrer Turbo für Websites werden. Ihre netzwerkartige Architektur macht es möglich, dass Nutzer zwischen den einzelnen Informationsangeboten hin und her wechseln. So kann man zum Beispiel auf einen neuen Blogartikel, wie diesen, direkt über den Blog zugegreifen, oder aber man wird erst auf Twitter oder Facebook darauf aufmerksam.
“Mankind Is No Island” by Jason van Genderen. The winner of the 2008 shortfilm fest Tropfest NY, entirely shot using a mobile phone in NY and Sydney. If you are wondering what does this have to do with Advertising? the answer is: absolutely nothing… I just want to point out that it is after all possible to create entire movies using a mobile phone.
