Success in VIRAL for the Social Web: Girl Quits Job via Dry Erase Board

Meet Jenny. (UPDATE: August 13, 2010 – Interview w/ ‘Jenny’ on LemonDrop)

Jenny is our new hero.

Well, actually, Jenny is our would-be-hero had we thought Jenny was real.

But, alas, it was a hoax.

Click to Enlarge via LemonDrop that Jenny is Fake to read

But it doesn’t matter, because the folks at The Chive, who hired Jenny (whose real name is Elyse Porterfield) — well, they still made our day reading this bit about a women who quit her job via dry erase board and outed her icky, icky, icky boss at the same time.

We, the women folk, who have put up (or currently are putting up) with skeezy men — yes, we can relate, we can appreciate, we can sympathize.

Heck, anyone who has ever been in Jenny’s situation (or something similar) could relate, man or woman.

And that, my friends, is the key to making something go viral in the social space: [Read more...]

Urban Legends and Myths of Web 2.0

At the 2010 Mashable Summit, I had the pleasure of listening to CollegeHumor.com’s founder Ricky Van Veen share tips he’s learned since his website’s inception about Internet content.

He made a lot of good points and a lot of his tips hold true for what just more than just blogging, I think they can certainly apply to the physical realm as well [Read more...]

War of Social Media: Twitter v Facebook

The Facebook is either the most brilliant platform in social media right now, or it’s the most desperate.

From the Twitter buy that never happened, to the FriendFeed one that did; Facebook is on a hunt. But it’s not a hunt for domination, that’s a title they already hold. No, it would seem Facebook is on the hunt for something a little bit more…

Welcome to the social media civil war.

The battle ground is this way, may I direct your attention to the Big Two and their weapons of choice [Read more...]

Social Media and Sports – A Perfect Team

Shaq via his own TwitPic.

By: Kasey Skala, guest blogger

 

Sports fans are some of the most passionate and vocal people. Never ones to be shy about how they feel their team should be operating, every sports fan has an opinion. Prior to Web 2.0, if a team or organization wanted to spread their message, their options were fairly limited. You had radio, press conferences or an interview with a sports journalist. While informative, the organization held complete control. Fans were stuck with [Read more...]

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