Beyond Social Media: The Marketing, Advertising & Public Relations Podcast

During episode 286, co-hosts BL Ochman & David Erickson discuss:

  • The six most horrific marketing stories of the year:
    • Chase Bank Poor Shaming
    • The North Deface
    • Instagram Influencers Newsjack California Wildfire Fire Hashtags
    • Samsung Folds
    • Jimmy Iced Coffee Sex Ad
    • Nike Blows Out Its Reputation With A Blown Out Shoe
  • Senator Mitt Romney's Twitter persona, Pierre Delecto
  • The creepy and compelling Skin-On interface
  • Google's olfactory artificial intelligence algorithm
  • Washington Post's Arc CMS becomes a subscription service
  • Amazon launching a news app
  • Google testing lead-generation form ads

Plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.


During episode 285, co-hosts BL Ochman & David Erickson discuss:

  • A surprise new release from Prince's vault
  • Hologram concert tours from Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Ronnie James Dio, Maria Callas, Frank Zappa, Whitney Houston, and potentially Amy Winehouse and Prince himself
  • Annie Leibovitz' Pixel 4 promo
  • The evolution of job descriptions
  • Facebook's new oversight committee
  • LinkedIn launches Events
  • AMC Theaters streaming (sort of)
  • Free education from Udacity and Microsoft
  • Amazon Pay-to-Play Top Toy List
  • The "Alpha" generation
  • Nancy Pelosi trolls Trump
  • Elizabeth Warren owns Mark Zuckerberg

Plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

Direct download: Beyond-Social-Media-Show-New-Prince-Music-Episode-285.mp3
Category:Social Media -- posted at: 7:45pm CDT

During episode 284, co-hosts BL Ochman & David Erickson discuss:

  • American companies that cave to Chinese censorship
  • A Sesame Street character who addresses addiction
  • Target's emphasis on audio branding
  • Siri comes to Spotify
  • An adorable MSNBC interruption
  • An augmented reality opera marketing campaign
  • Glenlivet's whiskey pods
  • Amazon's initiative to get voice assistants to work together
  • Top sites that fact check fake news
  • Malicious apps in Google Play
  • Google's crowdsourced shopping ads
  • Chrome will soon block mixed content

Plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.


During episode 283, co-hosts BL Ochman & David Erickson discuss:

  • Artificial skin for virtual reality
  • Google Arts & Culture's VR Versailles
  • Pew research data showing worries about social media's impact on news
  • What happens if you go to Instagram jail
  • Google testing desktop sidebar search
  • Staples' WorkLife Magazine
  • Tide's #LaundryNight debates
  • Twitter's DM search
  • The leaked Zuckerberg tapes
  • A net neutrality appeal decision
  • LinkedIn's enhanced ad targeting
  • A picture that speaks much louder than words

Plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

Direct download: Beyond-Social-Media-Show-Artificial-Skin-For-VR-Episode-283.mp3
Category:Social Media -- posted at: 10:37am CDT

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