Summary: Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 77 B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the North Korea's hacking of Sony; Amazon's British fire sale; Greenpeace's trashing of the Nazca Lines, Liam Neeson's LinkedIn endorsements, and much more. Worst Digital Cases * “Amazon Is Broken” And Everything Costs 1 Pence (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazon-glitch-leaves-business-owners-facing-bankruptcy-products-are-advertised-1p-1479477) * New Ray Rice Video (http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/exclusive-newly-released-ray-rice-video-shows-couple/story?id=27726947%20) * DO NOT BUY ME Ringly! (https://gigaom.com/2014/12/18/ringly-bling-for-ladies-who-never-hear-their-phones-ring/) * Cyberwarfare, Censorship & Team America (http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-18/theaters-cancel-screening-of-team-america-that-had-been-planned-to-protest-the-cancellation-of-the-interview) * Google Shuts Down Google News In Spain (http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/12/15/spain-regrets-google-news-shutdown/) * Greenpeace Defaces Nazca Lines (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_PERU_CLIMATE_GREENPEACE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-12-09-19-59-19) * Comcast Ad On Quartz Declares They Support Net Neutrality (https://twitter.com/BSMediaShow/status/545983644842852353) Best Digital Cases * Pepsi Max Video Series (http://youtu.be/ovbyCRzUD1s) * Target’s In-Store Mobile Holiday Experience For Shoppers (https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/articles/target-mobile-game-provides-fun-in-store-experience.html) * Liam Neeson Will Endorse You On LinkedIn (http://creativity-online.com/work/20th-century-fox-taken3-linkedin-campaign/38211) * Colbert Report Sing-Along Sign-Off (http://thelaughbutton.com/news/stephen-colbert-massive-singalong-send-celebs-colbert-report-signs-time/) * Amazon Buys Live Video-Gaming Tournament Operator (http://adage.com/article/digital/amazon-acquires-goodgame-boost-live-gaming-capabilities/296166/) * YouTube's 2014 Recap Goes So Viral, 2013 Goes Viral Again Too (http://adage.com/article/the-viral-video-chart/youtube-s-2014-recap-viral-2013-viral/296255/) Shiny New Stuff * Amazon Introduces Bargaining (http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/09/amazon-to-let-shoppers-bargain-for-lower-prices-with-new-make-an-offer-option/) * Skype Translator In Beta (http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/15/skype-translator-preview-going-live-today/) * YouTube Adds A Gif Maker (http://geekbeat.tv/youtube-adds-easy-gif-maker/) * SlideShare Offers Analytics For All (https://blog.slideshare.net/2014/12/11/analytics-now-available-to-all-users/) * Google Let’s You Pin Google+ Posts For Profiles & Pages (http://9to5google.com/2014/12/03/google-plus-pinned-posts/) * InstaQuote App (http://instaquoteapp.com/) * WorkFlowy (http://www.creativepr.com/workflowy-cool-productivity-tool/) Prjoects * B.L. Rocks Social Media (http://www.toprankblog.com/2014/12/25-women-rock-social-media-2014/) * 18 Best-Of 2014 Lists For Marketers (http://www.creativepr.com/18-best-of-2014-lists/) * Beyond Social Media Show Newsletter (http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/newsletter) * Social Media Breakfast MSP: Video & Social Media (http://smbmsp.org/2014/12/register-for-smbmsp-74-video-and-social-media/) The Daily Numbers * 2015 Marketing Spending Plans By Channel (http://trends.e-strategyblog.com/2014/12/18/2015-marketing-spending-plans-by-channel/22953) BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA HOSTS David Erickson Twitter (http://twitter.com/derickson) Twitter (http://twitter.com/thedailynumbers) e-Strategy Blog (http://e-StrategyBlog.com/) e-Strategy Trends (http://Trends.e-StrategyBlog.com/) YouTube (http://youtube.com/estrategy) B.L. Ochman Google Plus (https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BLOchman/) Maximum-Plus.com (http://maximum-plus.com) -Online Event Production & Coaching for Google+ Success Twitter (http://twitter.com/whatsnext) What's Next Blog (http://WhatsNextBlog.com/) YouTube (http://youtube.com/whatsnextblog)
