Tagged: social media

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Facebook User Banned for Friendliness

Facebook user and middle school teacher John VanPelt was blocked from using the site. A rather active user, VanPelt accepted all his friend requests and commented often on the profiles of others. But Facebook...

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Luxury Brand PR: Chanel N°5, Always a Romantic Story

Chanel N°5 commercial 2009, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet; featuring Audrey Tautou and Travis Davenport traveling with the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul; accompanied by Billie Holiday’s »I’m a Fool to Want You«, is the best fashion and beauty commercial of the year.

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How Social Networks Helped Black Friday

Social networking and social media have a dramatic effect on marketing days like Black Friday. The digital version of “word of mouth” can be a key branding tool and a viral marketing component. Holiday shopping has already been impacting this year as mobile engagement and other digital networking aspects come to be accepted.

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Roman Polanski Banned from Facebook Pokes

Accused rapist Roman Polanski has been banned from poking other users on Facebook. The famous Hollywood director was being held in a Swiss prison awaiting a decision as to whether or not he would be extradited back to the US to face the rape charges. Having limited access to Facebook seems like the least of his worries for many, but evidently the Swiss consider Facebook limitations a form of hard labor?

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Corporate Abuse of Facebook Photos Gets Employees in Trouble

Living a life that’s full, posting it to Facebook, and having it come back and bite you may seem like part of the game, but for some like Nathalie Blanchard, a sanctified Facebook might be a better choice. Getting busted by your employer because of your online photos seems somehow invasive. But then, posting one’s self all over the world does seem blatantly obtuse. What are the limits of liability and feasibility for handling personal data and content? Is it proper to stalk people across the web, or does being “social” come with its pitfalls?

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Grateful Lessons Learned from Tweetsgiving and Twitter

Tweetsgiving this year promises to be even more successful than last year’s effort. This, and other fund raising efforts reveal the value of Twitter and social media, perhaps as well as any other type of outreach. Besides being a major PR boost for Twitter, the best part is that those truly in need benefit so much.