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Latest blog Entries
FlashForward TV Show Application
Written by John Raymond in Social Media Marketing
Today insidefacebook.com had an article about a new flash web site that promotes a new ABC TV show called FlashFoward. Upon visiting the web site, you are asked to use Facebook Connect. The application then pulls your data (images, current status, relationship) and your friend data from facebook and compiles a unique movie with your content.
It’s a very cool interactive application. The techology itself has all kinds of potential. I got really excited because I’ve build interactive flash applications that plug in user information and make it completely unique. I would highly encourage you to check it out. This combined with learning how to build custom facebook pages leaves all kinds of potential for interactive and customizable contests and trailers even more viral. In the meantime, check out http://www.flashforwardexperience.com.
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Custom Facebook Fan Pages
Written by John Raymond in Social Media Marketing
Facebook seems to change every single day. Lately I’ve turned my attention to the relatively new facebook fan pages. The facebook fan page is definitely the way to go if you have a business and need a presence on facebook for several reasons. Lately I’ve been experimenting with designing custom facebook fan pages. My inspiration was the Gap Facebook Fan page. I saw that they had all kinds of flash video and a nicely designed custom page. I took to the task of designing one for my uncle’s business Bruening Glass Works.
I just tried to use whatever was on his homepage. The result is pretty cool. If you look at the design I’ve added to the post, you can see that I have incorporated his contact us form and also his youtube video. So if you find him on facebook or just by googling him, you can contact him from facebook. I think the youtube video (which I shot and edited) helps bring out his personality and allows him to demonstrate his expertise. After all, if you are going to ship him your priceless glass item, you would want to trust him.
A custom facebook fan page can help you stand out among your competitors and impress your customers. If you would like to know more about the process, please leave a comment or contact me. In the meantime, I’m looking forward to more expermenting with facebook fan pages. Please check out the Bruening Glass Facebook Page.
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Does the Youtube Wedding Dance Video help Chris Brown?
Written by John Raymond in Blogging
Yesterday I saw a tweet about this awesome youtube wedding dance video (watch it below). Yesterday afternoon it had about 300,000 views; today and it had over a million and the couple was on the Today Show. It’s amazing the power of the internet and the viral video. Ironically enough, I think the person who could benefit the most out of this is Chris Brown. Most of you know about the horrible and disturbing encounter between Chris and Rihanna last year that sent Rihanna to the hospital. I was so sickened that I couldn’t bare to listen to Brown’s hit song “Forever.”
However, because of the youtube wedding dance video, the song makes me think of this great dance and the amazing things that come with marriage and love. It makes me wonder if the millions of other people who have viewed the video feel the same way. In a time where Brown has attempted to rebuild his career by publicly apologizing, this could potentially help him out tremendously.
Given that, will we see this tactic used by marketers in the future trying to rebuild a client’s reputation? Do you think this helps or hurts Chris Brown?
UPDATE:
As of the last few days, the song “Forever” has been in the 10 ten on the itunes top songs. Before the video came out, it was nowhere to be found in the top 100. You now wonder if it becomes a staple song at weddings going forward along with the Electric Slide, YMCA, and Shout.
Tags: Chris Brown wedding Youtube video, Chris brown youtube dance video, wedding video dance youtube, youtube dance video wedding, youtube wedding dance video, youtube wedding intro dance
Top PR Firms on Twitter
Written by John Raymond in Twitter
Wondering who the top PR firms on twitter are? It’s a great question to ask. Why would people be searching this online? More and more people are researching PR firms on the internet. Companies and organizations are turning to internet marketing to help achieve their business goals and are turning to PR firms to help understand social media and apply it to their business. So the debate goes on as to who are the top PR firms on twitter are.
There are many resources you can look at when trying to evaluate who the top PR firms on twitter are. Here are a few tips on evaluating PR firms:
- Check out their web site. See if they have a blog and if they publish it regularly.
- View their youtube, twitter and facebook accounts to see how active they are.
- Give them a call and talk to them about how they can help you with your twitter account.
- Your twitter activity should be an extension of your overall marketing strategy. So take that into account as well.
- Start up a twitter account. Get an understanding of how it works before you talk to the pr firm.
Overall, twitter can be a great asset to your marketing strategy. Social media marketing should be apart in your overall marketing strategy and finding out who the top PR Firms on twitter are is important. And of course I may be biased but I highly recommend Cement Marketing.
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Busy Busy
Written by John Raymond in Web Site Design Projects, web site updates
I’ve been so busy lately but I wanted to pass along an update. I had a pretty productive weekend and am working on building a number of web sites for myself. They are all experiments in SEO. Here’s a list of them:
- http://www.couponland.org – formerly carlscoupondiscounts.com
- http://www.athensohiohotels.net
- http://www.progressivesflo.com
- http://www.wordpresshosting1.com
- Bowling Green Ohio Hotels
They are all in production so please don’t judge them too harshly. I’m showing them not only to you but also to google (so google will start indexing them). I’ll have more for you soon. Feel free to contact me with questions.
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