A few days ago I saw several social media “influencers” tweeting links to this post about how Twitter doesn’t archive tweets. Is this news to anyone? I know I’ve blogged about it before. I’ve said it before and I’ll no doubt say it again–I don’t understand how a platform that is so unreliable and has […]
Bulltwit
Swiped from my personal blog I know I already posted about this on my other blog, but it’s still grating on my nerves today so I figured I’d continue the rant over here. Not the kind of ranting that’s already going on, though; I mean, come on people–“Why does Vanity Fair Hate the Women of […]
Is Self-Deprecation The New Formula for Success?
I know there have been a bunch of blog posts about buzzwords for 2010; even though I haven’t actually read any I’m pretty sure “authenticity” is one of them. Judging by the amount of kudos Domino’s is getting for their new “Pizza Turnaround” campaign, apparently self-deprecation is also a hot trend. Creativity called the campaign […]
Link Time
Lately I’m not only not feeling particularly inspired to write anything, but I am reading lots of cool stuff but not taking the time to leave comments. So lucky for all of us–here are links to some great posts and the comments I would have left, had I not been lazy. Elizabeth Weaver Engel on […]
If the FTC Wants to Keep Bloggers Disclosing, They Need to Fine Kim Kardashian
I’m having some problems connecting the dots about this whole Kim Kardashian $10k per tweet thing. According to Advertising Age digital and a million other sources, she gets paid $10k per tweet (see slide 8 in of online ad rates.) There she is, at the top of ad.ly’s home page. Yet, not only is she […]