Category Archives: social media

Social Collaboration for Filmmakers

Written by Mark. Posted on October 20, 2011. No comments.
Any social network is only as strong as the socializing it attracts, but the tools are here on Stage 32 for filmmakers to connect in meaningful ways -- not just in a contest.

Instagram Adds #Hashtags to the Equation

Written by Peter. Posted on January 28, 2011. No comments.
Last week I wrote about Levi’s Brazil stepping into the Instagram domain with a purely visual approach to marketing their products. The potential for brands on this rising iPhone community just got bigger with the addition of hashtags. This feature allows brands to find their community and interact with fans, creating more potential for marketing [...]

Comedian Mike Birbiglia Sleeping in Macy’s Window Display

Written by Peter. Posted on January 26, 2011. No comments.
Comedian Mike Birbiglia latest acting job is as a mannequin. Well not exactly, but he is going to spend the next week living in the window display at Macy’s flagship store in New York City. Proctor + Gamble is supply downy fresh bedding for Birbiglia’s stay in a stunt called Clean Sheet Week. During the [...]

Students Create WeSC RFID Sneakers

Written by Peter. Posted on January 25, 2011. 3 Comments.
Imagine checking in on Facebook without even having to blink. I stumbled across this video today on these special social media shoes. Students at a Swedish progressive, new media-focused school called Hyper Island partnered with clothing company WeSC to create RFID shoes that help connect social media to your experiences without the hassle of fumbling around [...]

Levi’s Brazil Builds Presence on Instagram

Written by Peter. Posted on January 22, 2011. 2 Comments.
With Instagram catching on everywhere, Levi’s Brazil (user name: levisbrasil) noticed a growing populating of users in their home country and decided to step into the game too. Sure, a lot of brands are deeply involved in various social media arenas, but we don’t hear much about what’s happening on Instagram – a still relatively [...]

MTV Hosting Digital Content Awards Show

Written by Peter. Posted on January 20, 2011. No comments.
MTV announced they’ve created a new awards show that focuses on digital content – namely music and social media – coming to your computers sometime this Spring. Yes, this awards show is web-only with the intention of bringing the social conversation into the spotlight. It’s still in the development stages, so there aren’t any clear [...]

NASA Gets Called Out For Being Social Squares

Written by Peter. Posted on January 11, 2011. No comments.
Here’s another YouTube voice rising up. User damewse is so fed up with NASA’s failed attempts to connect with the American public that he’s putting out his own material using repurposed footage and the hypnotic combination of minimalist piano and Carl Sagan. It’s actually pretty humbling and encouraging stuff – although keep in mind it’s [...]

How Facebook and Twitter Evolved in 2010 (via @digitalsurgeons)

Written by Peter. Posted on December 20, 2010. No comments.
Digital Surgeons examine the current status of Facebook and Twitter as we conclude 2010. What a year it has been! Thoughts to get your brain stirring: - I believe 88% of all people know about Facebook, but amazed Twitter is already at 87%. - It’s surprising only 40% of people on Facebook follow a brand. - It’s really surprising [...]

Weekly Ad-vice: NogPong

Written by jewel. Posted on December 16, 2010. No comments.
Nowadays, putting together a dynamic and tech-savvy social meda campaign is one of the most effective ways to boost brand interest, and accomodate fun. Take some ad-vice, courtesy of advertising powerhouse Saatchi & Saatchi LA: Everybody who’s been to college (or even high school) has had at least one experience with the plastic Dixie cups [...]

@Billboarddotcom’s New Social 50 Music Chart

Written by Peter. Posted on December 2, 2010. No comments.
Billboard announced today that they have a new chart tracking the 50 most social musicians in the world. I’m not sure how much people pay attention to Billboard charts these days, but if they do, I guess this is a new incentive for musicians to be awesome at Twitter, Facebook, etc. This might become a [...]

Where Foursquare Users Went on #BlackFriday (via @Mashable)

Written by Peter. Posted on November 29, 2010. No comments.
Foursquare released data from check-ins on Black Friday at the top retailers. If you want to know where social media-savvy, smart phone users spent their money, then you’ll probably find the graphs pretty interesting. What about Facebook check-ins? And what was the incentive at these places to check in? I think Target, Walmart and Best [...]

@kanyewest’s Tweets Reenacted By Kids (via @Babelgum)

Written by Peter. Posted on November 23, 2010. No comments.
Most of us are familiar with the ridiculous tweets from @kanyewest, but you might not be familiar with the latest spin-off:  Kids Reenact: Kanye’s Tweets from Babelgum. It’s a known successful formula to feature kids saying funny adult stuff, but these videos are actually pretty great and only 30 seconds (not a big commitment). Check them [...]

#TVittervision

Written by jewel. Posted on November 23, 2010. No comments.
Friends of Urgent (also formerly of Current TV), Chloe Sladden and Robin Sloan, are changing the way we watch television.  Fast Company came out with a juicy article today that features the pair as major players in the development of Twitter as the interactive platform for TV.  With the incorporation of Twitter in TV programming and [...]

@weareplace Social Network Posters (via @fubiz)

Written by Peter. Posted on November 16, 2010. No comments.
Buenos Aires-based creative studio We Are Place designed these brain-stimulating posters commenting on our growing social network addictions. Whether you’re a concerned social network addict or you just like to drool over gorgeous graphic design then scroll down and check this stuff out. More posters at Fubiz.

@NigelLeck Builds Bot to Auto-Debate Climate Change on Twitter

Written by Peter. Posted on November 4, 2010. No comments.
Here’s something interesting going on in Twitterland. We’ve all weighed in on popular topics of debate that never seem to go anywhere. Perhaps you’ve fallen into arguments with climate change deniers for example. Australian, Nigel Leck got sick of these pointless debates, so he built a bot that auto-responds to climate change skeptics on Twitter backed [...]

Ads Are Coming To Your Twitter Stream

Written by Peter. Posted on November 1, 2010. No comments.
Twitter just announced today that they will begin advertising within user’s tweet streams starting with Hootsuite and eventually Twitter.com. So far, advertising on Twitter has been something you could easily avoid unless you look at trending topics or use the search feature; but now promoted tweets will be right in your face. We all knew [...]

SMO > SEO: Well Said @elowitz

Written by Peter. Posted on October 28, 2010. 1 Comment.
One of my first freelance gigs out of college was to write SEO-friendly articles for a company that sold Mexican auto insurance to Americans driving across the border. Yes, I was really desperate for cash and it was easy work for an english major. However, I hated that I was polluting the internet with absolute [...]

@vitrue Publishes Fresh Facebook User Data

Written by Peter. Posted on October 28, 2010. No comments.
Mashable shared a study from social media management company Vitrue today showing the latest data on Facebook’s popular usage times. This info is key if you’re wondering how to get the most views on your posts before they get buried deep in the news feed. In fact, right about the time I post this will [...]

Social Media Becoming Our Biggest News Source

Written by Peter. Posted on October 11, 2010. 1 Comment.
This weekend, on my Twitter feed, there was a lot of talk about Solomon Burke’s passing. If I wasn’t networked with so many music fans, I probably wouldn’t have seen much about it. Last night I saw a tweet from a local acquaintance that was expressing frustration about being an SF Giants fan. I assumed [...]

@Audiodraft crowdsources original music

Written by jewel. Posted on October 1, 2010. No comments.
AudioDraft is hopping on the crowdsourcing bandwagon, leveraging a contest-model as a platform for helping musicians collaborate online.  Hailing from Finland, the founders of the company have developed a platform that allows businesses or individuals holding a composition-contest on their site.  They use open source technology as a way to help musicians collaborate online easily; [...]