Monthly Archives: March 2009

Twouble with Twitters

Written on March 18, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Uncategorized
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This is a very funny video on Twitter and the Twittersphere from CurrentTV. Watch and enjoy – LOL!!

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What’s Your Social Spectrum?

Written on March 14, 2009 by Bert DuMars in collaboration, services, social media
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This is a very nice visual from Mark Silva’s Blog SOV-Share of Voice. The full article is What’s Your Social Spectrum. Thought provoking and a conversation starter.

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Sharpie and Others Offer Lessons in Getting Customers Talking

Written on March 12, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Home Depot, Molson, Promo Magazine, Sharpie, interactive marketing, social media
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Susan Wassel (AKA @SharpieSusan on Twitter), PR & Communications Manager at our Sharpie brand, and I were interviewed by Brian Quinton of Promo Magazine for this in depth review of corporate brand, social media efforts: Sharpie and Others Offer Lessons in Getting Customers Talking. Nice to see the article also included other Blog Council [...]

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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart – Twitter Frenzy

Written on March 6, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Jon Stewart, comedy, funny, social media, twitter
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This is a poignant and very funny video from The Daily Show With Jon Stewart titled “Twitter Frenzy.”
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The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c
Twitter Frenzy

Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things With Demetri Martin
Political HumorJoke of the Day

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Social Media Ecosystem Blog Wordle

Written on March 4, 2009 by Bert DuMars in blog, wordle
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Decided to run a blog Wordle tonight. I like what it produced. See below:

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TwitterMosaic – Now This Is Art!!

Written on March 4, 2009 by Bert DuMars in art, blog, twitter, twittermosiac
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This is soooooooo cool!!! I spotted this on Dr. Karen Russell’s blog and she got it from Dr. Barbara Nixon’s blog. It is TwitterMosaic and it brings all your friends together in a poster-like presentation that is truly art. See below:
Get your twitter mosaic here.

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UGA Grady School Social Media Ecosystem Presentation

Written on March 4, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Grady, UGA, interactive marketing, social media
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I will be presenting on Newell Rubbermaid’s social media marketing efforts at the University of Georgia, Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communication on March 5, 2009.
I have the privilege of presenting to both Dr. Karen Russell’s and Dr. Kaye Sweetser’s classes at the Athens, GA campus.
Dr. Karen Russell’s blog is Teaching PR and is [...]

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2008 Year End World Internet Population – 1.574 Billion

Written on March 1, 2009 by Bert DuMars in internet, statistics
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The 2008 Year End World Internet Population statistics are out and we have now reached 1.574 billion people globally using the internet. North America has the highest penetration rate with 73.1%. Asia has the highest internet population with over 650 million. Overall the internet population penetration rate is now at 23.5% and [...]

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Free Web Metrics Services & Insights

Written on March 1, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Avinash Kaushik, Compete, Quantcast, analytics, google, interactive marketing, internet, metrics
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I have moved my explorations from social media back to interactive marketing and website metrics. I wanted to call out a couple of free services and sources of insightful information I have been using lately.
I believe your first stop for learning web analytics, industry best practices should be one of my favorite blogger and [...]

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