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Forrester Consumer Forum 2009 and eMarketing Conference Atlanta 2009

Written on October 23, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Forrester Research, eMarketing Association, interactive marketing, social media, social web, twitter
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I will be attending the Forrester Leadership Board: Interactive Marketing Council Meeting in Chicago, IL October 26 and the Forrester Consumer Forum 2009 in Chicago, IL October 27-28, 2009.
The Interactive Marketing Council is a great group of eBusiness, eCommerce and eMarketing leaders from an array of different companies. I always learn a lot from [...]

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Twitter Helps Dilbert Goof Off At Work

Written on October 6, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Dilbert, Mashable, social web, twitter
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I was reading my daily Mashable newsletter today and the 2nd to last item caught my eye: Twitter Helps Dilbert Goof Off At Work. Anytime Dilbert focuses on the social web ecosystem phenomena it is always a joy. The below Dilbert comic is an especially funny take on Twitter. Enjoy.

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If The Twitter Community Were 100 People

Written on August 17, 2009 by Bert DuMars in community, statistics, twitter, visualization
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I like the perspective on Twitter provided by the below graphic created by David McCandless from his Information is Beautiful blog. It simplifies the view of the Twitter community by synthsizing it down to 100 people. It also provides an interesting perspective on what people are tweeting about on different days of the [...]

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Clay Shirky: How Twitter can make history

Written on June 20, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Clay Shirky, Iran, TED, social media, social web, twitter
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I just watched this June 2009 TED (TED = Technology, Entertainment, Design) video: “Clay Shirky: How Twitter can make history” for the 5th time and I continue getting more social web ecosystem insights out of it. Clay Shirky is amazingly prescient as seen in both of the below videos. The older TED video [...]

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Newell Rubbermaid Social Web Ecosystem Update

Written on June 8, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Facebook, Newell Rubbermaid, YouTube, interactive marketing, marketing, social web, strategy, twitter
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It has been a very busy past couple of weeks. Below is an update on Newell Rubbermaid interactive and social web marketing efforts:

Sharpie launched a new community microsite on June 1, 2009 – sharpieuncapped.com – that focuses on bringing creative Sharpie fans, content, creativity, art work, and innovative uses together in one place. [...]

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UGA Technology for the Turnaround: Event Summary and Twitter Definition

Written on April 27, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Grady College, New Media Institute, UGA, mobile, new media, social media, social web, twitter
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It was a wonderful, warm spring day in Athens, GA for the University of Georgia, Grady College, New Media Institute, Technology for the Turnaround event on April 25, 2009. Dr. Shamp did an outstanding job motivating the Professors, Students and Educators to come up with new, innovative ideas on how to change University Education [...]

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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

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Political HumorJoke of the Day

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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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The Smartest Big Brands In Social Media

Written on February 7, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Flickr, Forrester Research, Graco Baby, Groundswell, Mashable, interactive marketing, social media, twitter
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We are honored that our Graco Baby Products brand was called out as one of the 10 Smartest Big Brands in Social Media on Mashable – February 6, 2009 – by the author: Samir Balwani. Our Graco social media efforts specifically related to Flickr community building around our products was called out. We [...]

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The Social Media And Interactive Marketing Evolution Marches On

Written on February 2, 2009 by Bert DuMars in Books, Sharpie, blog, interactive marketing, social media, thoughts, twitter
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Even in a challenging economy, the social media and interactive marketing evolution marches on. The movement to a society dominated by the online, broadband, and mobile world continues. You can see this change happening when firms like Amazon.com continue to grow and thrive in what some consider one of the worst economies in [...]

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