Three Time-wasters for Friday. Thank you, Facebook.
Seeing as how it’s Friday, I figured I’d help you goof off a little today. And you don’t have to thank me. Just thank Facebook, because I found all these on that 600-lb gorilla social network.
I don’t know if that says something about Facebook, me, or the people I hang out with over there. Probably all three.
1. English pronunciation from The Poke, via Jason Konopinski.
See how many words in this poem you pronounce correctly. I had a blast with this one, and I got four wrong (though, to be fair, one was a word I didn’t know). Clearly I speak better English than most native English speakers (of which I’m not one, ha!).
Here’s an excerpt: Continue reading »
Filed under Shonali Burke, Social Media | Tags: bart simpson, facebook, fun with social media, jason konopinski, jeff esposito, julie pippert, ken mueller, time-wasters, tracy viselli | Comments (21)Project 366
It’s the second day of 2012. Did you have fun seeing the New Year in? Or did you mark it like any other day? Did you make any resolutions… or have they already starting paving the way to the nether world?
Whichever your approach, I hope 2012 brings good things to you and yours, and the strength to withstand the bad (because you know there are bound to be at least a few sucky moments down the road).
But let’s not get all gloomy when we’ve just started 2012…
… instead, here’s a fun project I came across yesterday that I wanted to share with you.
Filed under Communication, Personal, Shonali Burke, Social Media | Tags: creativity, facebook, photos, project 366, stacy lukasavitz | Comments (23)How Long Can We Get Away With It?
In the first half of 2011, Facebook’s revenue hit US$1.6 billion.
How much of that revenue comes from tiny Malta? I would guess that it’s probably not more than 0.05 per cent, making us barely a blip on the radar.
As we know, being the small guy hidden away in the corner can have its advantages. While Facebook is busy elsewhere, Maltese companies have been busy taking the opportunity to experiment and develop campaigns and promotions, many of which pay little or no regard to the promotions guidelines.
This ability for the small fry (and some not so small) to just go ahead and, for example, use the “Like” function as a voting mechanism in a competition is not just a problem in Malta.
It’s obvious that there are simply too many promotions going on for Facebook to keep track.
Filed under Conway Wigg, Guest Posts, Marketing, Social Media | Tags: conversation, facebook, oasis malta, promotion guidelines, targeting your audience | Comments (2)
