Brands React To Prince’s Death




Beyond Social Media show

Summary: Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 140<br> <br> Co-hosts B.L. Ochman &amp; David Erickson discussed the passing of music legend Prince, brand reactions to his death–both good and bad–and the outpouring of grief and celebration online; they discuss the social media outrage over KFC’s bad joke; Facebook’s updated newsfeed algorithm; a popup window worst practice; MTV podcasts; the rainbow-colored food fad; Juiced TV; suicide prevention via social media; a billboard you can conduct; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between. Image courtesy of <a href="https://flic.kr/p/4JyUXu">Scott Penner</a>.<br> Worst Digital Cases<br> <br> * <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/15/kfc-tried-to-make-a-dck-joke-on-twitter-it-was-so-bad-they-were-forced-to-apologise-5818708/">Social Overreacts To KFC’s Bad Joke</a><br> * <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/K3MW1e4WvSyx4MKF8">Survanta’s Popup Ad That Wouldn’t Go Away</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=rainbow%20colored%20food&amp;src=typd&amp;lang=en">The Rainbow-Colored Food Ad</a><br> * <a href="http://www.prweek.com/article/1392256/cheerios-hamburger-helper-delete-prince-tribute-tweets-following-complaints">Deleted Prince Tribute Tweets</a><br> <br> Best Digital Cases<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/chevys-little-red-corvette-tribute-prince-so-good-its-running-print-too-171008">Chevy’s Prince Tribute Ad</a><br> * <a href="http://www.creativepr.com/prince-creativity-innovation/">4 Keys To Prince’s Creativity &amp; Innovation</a><br> * <a href="http://www.techradar.com/us/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/snapchat-pays-tribute-to-prince-with-a-purple-rain-filter-1319527">Snapchat &amp; Google Honor Prince</a><br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PurpleForPrince?src=tren">#PurpleForPrince Trends On Twitter</a><br> * <a href="http://www.juicedtv.com.au/about/about-juiced-tv/">Juiced TV</a><br> * <a href="http://deadline.com/2016/04/mtv-news-podcast-slate-meredith-graves-1201740699/">MTV Announces First Podcasts</a><br> * <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/us/veterans-suicide-22-social.html"> Veterans Use Social Media to Fight Suicide</a><br> * <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/21/facebook-news-is-new/">Facebook Changing Its Newsfeed Algorithm Again</a><br> * <a href="http://www.psfk.com/2016/04/digital-poster-budapest-festival-orchestra.html">Digital Billboard Lets You Donduct An Orchestra With Your Phone</a><br> <br> Shiny New Stuff<br> <br> * <a href="https://pixabay.com">Pixabay</a> – 620,000 royalty-free images<br> * <a href="http://smartmockups.com/">Smart Mockups</a><br> <br> Projects<br> <br> * <a href="http://firpodcastnetwork.com/for-immediate-release/">BL will be a guest on the For Immediate Release podcast on April 25</a><br> * <a href="http://BeyondSocialMediaShow.com/play">Subscribe to the Beyond Social Media Show on Google Play Music</a><br> <br> Beyond Social Media Show is now on iTunes &amp; Stitcher!<br> We’d be wildly appreciative if you would give us a review:<br> <br> * <a href="http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/itunes" target="_blank">iTunes </a><br> * <a href="http://beyondsocialmediashow.com/stitcher" target="_blank">Stitcher</a><br> <br> The Daily Numbers<br> <br> * <a href="http://trends.e-strategyblog.com/2016/04/19/millennials-influenced-generation-political-ads-stripes/26861">Millennials Are The Generation Most Influenced By Political Ads</a><br> <br> BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA HOSTS<br> David Erickson<br> <br> * <a title="David Erickson" href="http://plus.google.com/+DavidErickson">David Erickson on Google Plus</a><br> * <a title="David Erickson" href="http://twitter.com/derickson">@derickson</a><br> * <a title="The Daily Numbers" href="http://twitter.com/thedailynumbers">@TheDailyNumbers</a><br>