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Facebook to Twitter

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

by Brian Carroll

www.olivestudio.com

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It seems like the social media craze has require much more time that originally thought.  Each day you must log into each one of your social media accounts and update each one.  With the number of social media sites out there, this could take up a good part of your day.  But Wait! There might be an aswer to our problems!

SocialToo, a small start up company has introduced a new Facebook application that allows you to publish any Facebook wall postings directly to your Twitter account, as well as any other facebook page you might manage.

What this really boils down to, is the idea of advertising revenue.  Facebook doesn’t want to lose out on advertising money being lost to people spending more time on Twitter.  Problem solved.  Now just update your Twitter status while checking your Facebook account.  Perfect.

Now we have more time to spend with Digg and Flickr!


Guinness’ 250th Anniversary Celebration

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

by Eric Goldstein

www.olivestudio.com

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On Sept. 24 the tables will be turned as artists around the world celebrate the dry stout beer and the man who started it all 250 years ago, Arthur Guinness.

It all began back in 1759 when Arthur Guiness signed a 9,000 year lease on the St. James’ Gate brewery in Dublin. On Sept. 24 at 5:59 p.m. Dublin local time, a toast (with Guinness, naturally) will be raised to Arthur Guinness followed by celebrations throughout the capital of Ireland and the world.

Hop Store 13, one of the original, historic buildings on the St. James’ Gate site, will host concerts by Sir Tom Jones, Estelle and Kasabian. You can also catch a number of headline acts at four of Dublin’s top venues – Vicar Street, Whelans, The Academy and TRIPOD. The lineup includes David Holmes, Soul II Soul, The Undertones, D’Banj, Mongrel, Reverend and the Makers, The Wombats, The Enemy, Hot Rats, Jamie Cullum, The Blizzards and The Kooks.

More than two dozen local Dublin pubs are also joining in on the celebration, featuring performances from artists such as Johnny Flynn, Mystery Jets, Noah and the Whale, Eoghan Colgan, Golden Silvers and Hoarsebox.

Celebrations are also going down globally in Malaysia, Canada, Australia, Indonesia, U.S. and Great Britain.

Additional artists include Black Eyed Peas, Calvin Harris, Razorlight, Richard Hawley, Black Swan Effect, Republic of Loose, Imelda May, David Gray, Sugababes, Golden Silvers, Jay Jay Pistolet, Mick Flannery, Dirty Epics, The Chakras, Cherbourg, Eoghan Colgan, Hoarsebox, Nat Jenkins, Noise Control and The Chapters.

 

What’s glorious about this marketing celebration – is how Guinness is connecting and reaching it’s customers and fans. On Facebook – a huge social media campaign to capture as many brand ambassadors being the voice for this event and interacting with an SMS platform which allows consumers to submit their details through a recruiting interface/fan page.

A great example of a company (rather, an institution) embracing the technology that which has been adapted by it’s current customers and soon to be new ones. Enrolling through music, heritage and culture.


Marine Corps Ban Social Media

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

by Brian Carroll

www.olivestudio.com

So it looks as if one group will not be embracing the social media movement.  The U.S. Marine Corp has implemented a one year ban on Twitter and Facebook.  I am curious if this includes all social networking sites?