Summary: Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 80 Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the boneheaded Tweet posted by the Seattle Seahawks on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday; the interviews with the President by three YouTube stars; Facebook's dubious video views; the NHL's partnership with GoPro; Dove's curly-haired girls commercial; Amazon Originals pilot season; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Worst Digital Cases * BL's Rent-a-Kvetch experience yield's customer service rewards * Is Facebook Inflating Video Views? (http://www.postplanner.com/video-for-facebook-pages-gets-overhaul-new-features/%20) * Seattle Seahawks' Ill-Advised MLK Jr. Day Tweet (http://mashable.com/2015/01/19/seattle-seahawks-mlk-tweet/) Best Digital Cases * President Obama Interviewed by YouTube Stars (http://mashable.com/2015/01/22/youtube-stars-obama/) * The Obama Interviews (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbR6iQ62v9k) * Dove's Curly-Haired Girls Commercial (http://creativity-online.com/work/dove-hair-love-your-curls/38610) * NHL Teams With GoPro (http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/23/gopro-nhl-partnership/) * Tom Brady's Deflategate Press Conference * Amazon Original Pilots Are Out (https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1001155581) * Exploding Kittens Kickstarter (http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/21/exploding-kittens/%20) * The Dogs Rock, But The Swimming, Surfboarding Cat Will Blow Your Mind (http://www.pawfun.com/2015/01/the-dogs-rock-but-the-swimming-surfboarding-cat-will-blow-your-mind/) * Existential Philosophy of Kierkegaard, Sartre, Camus Explained with 8-Bit Video Games (http://www.openculture.com/2015/01/existential-philosophy-explained-with-8-bit-video-games.html) Shiny New Stuff * Samsung Gear VR Headset (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTA_wjAiPkI) * Invisible Boyfriend (https://invisibleboyfriend.com/) * Insanely Large List of SEO Tools & Other Useful Resources (http://www.portent.com/blog/seo/insanely-large-list-seo-tools-useful-resources.htm) * Hillary Nutcracker & Bill Clinton Corkscrew Set (http://hillarynutcracker.com) Projects Video Marketing & Social Media Two blog posts David put together prior to being featured on a panel discussing video and social media marketing. * 12 Facts Showing Video Marketing Is In Your Future (http://www.creativepr.com/12-facts-showing-video-marketing-is-in-your-future/) * 19 Examples Of Effective Video Marketing (http://www.creativepr.com/19-examples-effective-video-marketing/) * Panel Discussion of Video Marketing Experts (http://www.creativepr.com/video-marketing-experts/) Beyond Social Media Show is now on iTunes & Stitcher! *We'd be wildly appreciative if you would please review our podcast: * iTunes (http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/itunes) * Stitcher (http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/stitcher) The Daily Numbers * Prevalence Of Email Subject Line Testing (http://trends.e-strategyblog.com/2015/01/18/prevalence-of-email-subject-line-testing/23706) BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA HOSTS David Erickson Twitter (http://twitter.com/derickson) Twitter (http://twitter.com/thedailynumbers) e-Strategy Blog (http://e-StrategyBlog.com/) Success @ Creative PR Blog (http://CreativePR.com/blog/) 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) Audio Version Of This Episode
