During episode 196, Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Old Navy's rockin' back to school campaign; Jimmy John's real-life demonstration of its freaky fast tagline; going beyond the corporate message to find real stories; the business imperative for reading science fiction; Russian comedians punking Rick Perry; citizen cyber warriors and compulsory service; the launch of Facebook TV; integrating Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups; husband storage in China; Mariah Carey's goes viral for slacking; implantable microchips; 35W bridge collapse revisited and citizen journalism; the problem with Hipsters; the imminent death of Flash...perhaps?; Air France for Millennials; GoFund Snopes; saying goodbye to the YouTube Editor; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: https://beyondsocialmediashow.com/196

During episode 195, Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed Delta Airlines' vigorous response to provocateur Ann Coulter's tweetstorm; the $3 dollar store; Amazon's entry into Blue Apron's meal kit turf; Home Depot's ill-advised wall; the first female Dr. Who; Google Glass Enterprise Edition; contests in space; McCann's battle with the Army; blacklisting Winnie the Pooh; batteryless phones; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: https://beyondsocialmediashow.com/195

During episode 194, Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed how Macklemore's "Glorious" Grandmother went viral; how Southern Rail put a 15 year-old in charge of its Twitter account; custom sneakers raising funds for the Women Win charity; an algorithm that could save commenting; crowdsourcing the 2017 eclipse; LinkedIn's Content Insights reports; Happening Now on Twitter; YouTube's 360 degree heatmaps; Trump's nasty lawyer; virtual reality smoking; the Internet's most hated ads; remote-controlled heart attacks; astroturfing Reddit; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: https://beyondsocialmediashow.com/194

During episode 193, Co-hosts B.L. Ochman and David Erickson discussed how United Airlines earned even more bad press by selling a toddler's previously purchased seat; how Hobby Lobby was busted for smuggling artifacts from Iraq and funding ISIS all in one fell swoop; the hilarious Haribo Gold Bears ad featuring childlike executives; Spike the viral beetle artist; the #Ham4All fundraising challenge; the #MyOreoCreation contest; Apple's Appocalypse video; the Weinermobile companion vehicles; cats in hats; China's livestream video ban; the GOP's tactic of blocking constituents on social media; Russia's cyber psyops playbook; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Show Notes & Links: https://beyondsocialmediashow.com/193