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April 01, 2011

What We're Reading, April Fool's Edition

With April Fool's Day comes the myriad of jokes from the social mediasphere - some that were pretty good "gotchas" and others that I could tell were #aprilfools fodder a mile away. For today's edition of What We're Reading, I thought I'd share a few of those that tickled our funny bone:

• Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt leaves a not-very-happy voice mail after TechCrunch reporter Michael Arrington wrote a joking post about Google Places that mentioned Rosenblatt's yacht, The Adsense.
• Speaking of Google, Gmail introduces a new product called Gmail Motion for writing emails using body motion. Actually, that would be very cool if it were real - dontcha think?
• From the Oops...April Fools?" Department: Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes accidentally (or "accidentally-for real"?) sends a "Confidential and Internal" email out to Hootsuite users that was meant for board members and investors. The email, which was about changing business models to something called "Happy Owls", was actually in of itself an April Fool's joke, but it turns out it wasn't meant to be sent out to customers (or...was it?)
• Danny Brown posted on his blog that Twitter was banning hashtags because of its "connotation with drug use."
• LinkedIn suggested fictional characters and dead famous people as people you may know (like The Hatter and Groucho Marx). Cute.
  

What were your favorite April Fool's jokes played out online?

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November 19, 2010

What We're Reading, November 19th

It's been a few months since our last edition of "What We're Reading", and we thought it was high time to bring it back - especially with all the fantastic posts we've been reading and resources we've found about social media, blogger outreach and online marketing. Here are a sampling of what we've discovered, all wrapped up in a handy post for your Friday reading enjoyment:

• Seven Steps for Live-Tweeting Success from the NTEN Blog
• QR Codes: 4 Tips to Release Content to the Wild from the Content Marketing Institute Blog
• Something we're very excited about: Twitter’s Official Analytics Product Has Arrived from Mashable
• Social media can sizzle on the trade show floor from BtoB Magazine
• The Blogger Outreach Group on LinkedIn is a great resource for information and discussion on blogger outreach strategy and tactics.
• Do you use Hootsuite? Even if you don't, please take our poll:

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July 30, 2010

What We're Reading, July 30th

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July is almost over - and it was a scorcher, wasn't it? Luckily, we've had a few cool things to read about social media, location-based marketing, cause marketing and PR - while staying indoors. Enjoy, and stay cool this weekend!

• 5 Reasons Not to Give Up on Location-Based [Cause] Marketing from Selfish Giving
• The PR Industry's Biggest Deadheads from PRNewser
• Facebook Q&A Service ‘Questions’ Begins Rolling Out, Could Be Massive from Techcrunch
• Behind the Scenes of ASAE's Social Media Campaigns from ExpoWeb.com
• Social Media Marketing: Is It Really Worth It? from BusinessBlogs

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July 16, 2010

What We're Reading, July 16th

Happy Friday! It's been a busy and exciting week here at Tuvel - wrapping up projects, kicking off new campaigns, seeing great results from current ones. It's always so exciting to see the fruits of our labor! Tuvel was also featured in two articles this week - from Convene Magazine and the Omnipress Blog - which are part of our weekly recommended reading list today (but don't just read them because we're featured - they are truly interesting and insightful reads)!

• Online Event Communities...A Social Media Marketing Opportunity for Exhibitors and Sponsors from The Conference Handouts (Omnipress Blog)
• Will location-based applications like Foursquare find a place in the meetings industry? from Convene Magazine
• 6 Social Media Metrics You Should Be Tracking from Mike Brown for Social Media Today
• The Boston Globe Takes Readers on Mobile Scavenger Huntfrom Mashable

Finally, we leave you this week with a fond farewell...from Old Spice Guy:

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July 02, 2010

What We're Reading, July 1st

Happy 4th of July weekend! If you live in the USA (or even if you're an American living abroad), you're more than likely gearing up for some serious food, festivities, and of course, fireworks, and we here at Tuvel Communications hope you have a spectacular - and, most importantly, safe - Independence Day!

To help you wind down your week, here are a few selections from our weekly reading list. Enjoy!

• Seven Reasons to Keep it Real in Social Media from: Marijean Jaggers
• The Debate on Scheduled Tweets from Jenise Fryatt (guest post at Liz King Events)
• Olay, Gap, Pepsi Run Geo-Social Campaigns - but Not on Foursquare from: ClickZ
• Welcoming New Members to your Online Community from: Laurel Papworth (via Social Media Today)
• Social Media's Impact on Healthcare from: Joel Selzer, HCNM Keynote

And, to help you get into the patriotic spirit (and ease into the weekend), here's our 4th of July gift to you:

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June 11, 2010

What We're Reading, June 11th

Here's this week's rundown of some of the more interesting social media, online marketing and digital media articles, blog posts and other media we'd like to share with you:

• 13 Ways LinkedIn Supports Event Marketing from: Engage 365


• Is this Foursquare or Bore-square? from: {grow} Blog


• Facebook Launched Revamped Analytics Tools from: All Facebook


• 9 Tools and Trends to Help Planners Do a Better Job Right Now from: BizBash Toronto


• Upward-Facing Associations: Part 2 from: SmartBlog Insights


• Very funny video from the folks at PitchEngine, entitled "A Fond Farewell":

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June 04, 2010

What We're Reading, June 4th

Welcome to the newest feature on the Tuvel blog, "What We're Reading"! This is a weekly rundown of the articles, blog posts, videos, and other media we found interesting and thought-provoking enough to share with you, the discerning reader.

Here's what we were reading this week:

• PR stunt or the new journalism?: The titans of public relations are going direct to viewers and readers from: The Independent


• The Twitter Experiment in Face-to-Face Learning from: Interactive Meeting Technology Blog


• 8 Must Haves For Your Twitter Contest from: Small Business Trends


• Niche Networks: Should One Be Part of Your Marketing Mix? from: Chief Marketer


• eBook - Social Media Marketing GPS: A New Media Roadmap For Creating A Social Media Strategy from: Diva Marketing Blog


• National Donut Day Draws 80,000+ RSVPs on Facebookfrom: Mashable


• HOW TO: Download Google Pac-Man Game for Free from: Mashable


• 100 Tips for Trade Show Lead Generationfrom: B2B Lead Generation Blog

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