Summary: Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 82 Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Brian Williams "misremembering" being in a helicopter that was hit by a grenade during the Iraq War; Gawker's brandjacking of Coca-Cola's Twitter party; the Google's Twitter Firehose deal; web bots; Papal Hangouts; 50 Shades Of Grey LEGOs; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Worst Digital Cases * Gawker’s Idiotic Prank Bids To Destroy Happiness (http://gawker.com/make-hitler-happy-the-beginning-of-mein-kampf-as-told-1683573587) * More Than ½ Of Traffic To All Websites Is From Bots (http://www.whatsnextblog.com/report-bots-account-for-56-of-all-website-traffic/) * Vibrator Company Wants People To Photograph While Driving (http://www.adrants.com/2015/02/vibrator-brand-wants-people-to-take.php) * NBC News Anchor Brian Williams Commits Career Suicide (http://yahoonewsdigest-us.tumblr.com/post/110242045584/stolen-valor-nbc-anchor-brian-williams) Best Digital Cases * Pope Francis Does A Google+ Hangout On Air From The Vatican! (http://www.whatsnextblog.com/pope-francis-does-a-google-hangout/) * Everlast Campaign Tricks Men Into Catcalling Their Mothers (http://www.bustle.com/articles/60014-men-catcall-their-mothers-accidentally-in-everlasts-amazing-video-about-street-harassment) * Twitter/Google Deal: 7 Considerations For Marketing & Public Relations Pros (http://www.creativepr.com/twitter-google-deal-7-considerations-for-marketers-pr-pros/) * VIDEO: 50 Shades Of Grey LEGO Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7AvZPTT4kU) * Locally Laid Responds To Customer Complaint (http://www.locallylaid.com/open-letter-to-the-man-offended-by-locally-laid/) Shiny New Stuff * Valentine’s Day Gift Slot Machine App (https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id352289941?mt=8) * Couple (http://couple.me) - Score some major bonus points with your Valentine with the Couple app that organizes an syncs you and your sweeties’ memories * Google Project Tango (http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150204-google-project-tango-3d-scan-technology-could-be-coming-to-smartphones-this-year.html) - Scan the world in 3D with your phone * Google Earth Pro (http://earth.google.com/intl/en/download-earth-pro.html) - Is free. It was $399. Download and use GEPFREE for the license key Projects Kelly Browning Interview, CEO AICR.ORG * VIDEO: Innovairre Interviews Kelly Browning, CEO AICR.ORG (http://youtu.be/i0r2my9Mop8) * BL produced this interview - via Google+ Hangout on Air - with Kelly Browning, CEO of American Institute for Cancer Research (http://aicr.org), on the occasion of World Cancer Day 2015 Beyond Social Media Show is now on iTunes & Stitcher! We'd be wildly appreciative if you would give us a review: * iTunes (http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/itunes) * Stitcher (http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/stitcher) The Daily Numbers * INFOGRAPHIC: Most Socially-Shared Content by Type (http://trends.e-strategyblog.com/2015/02/04/most-socially-shared-content-by-type-infographic/24004) BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA HOSTS David Erickson * David Erickson on Google Plus (http://plus.google.com/+DavidErickson) * @derickson (http://twitter.com/derickson) * @TheDailyNumbers (http://twitter.com/thedailynumbers) * e-Strategy Content Marketing Blog (http://e-StrategyBlog.com/) * e-Strategy Trends (http://Trends.e-StrategyBlog.com/) * Success @ Creative PR (http://creativepr.com/blog) * eStrategy YouTube - Marketing Videos (http://youtube.com/estrategy) B.L. Ochman * BL Ochman on Google Plus (https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BLOchman/) * Maximum-Plus.com - Online Event Production & Coaching for Google+ Success (http://maximum-plus.com) * @WhatsNext (http://twitter.com/whatsnext) * What's Next Blog (http://WhatsNextBlog.com/) * Whats Next Blog on YouTube (http://youtube.com/whatsnextblog) Audio Version Of This Episode
