Thursday, October 10, 2013

Comcast's "See It" deal combines Twitter and TV

Comcast's "See It" deal combines Twitter and TV | Facebook upgrade to Page Insights now available to all | Whole Foods exec: Empowering local social efforts is about trust
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October 10, 2013
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Comcast's "See It" deal combines Twitter and TV
Viewers that see a tweet about a TV show on a Comcast-owned channel will soon be able to use those tweets to access episodes of that show. The "See It" feature is initially launching for NBCUniversal content and Comcast subscribers in November, delivering live and on-demand videos to TV sets, mobile phones and DVRs. "Our expectation is that we're going to have other multichannel distributors and other programmers as part of this platform pretty quickly," said Samuel Schwartz, chief business development officer for Comcast Cable. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (10/9), The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (10/9)
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Facebook upgrade to Page Insights now available to all
Facebook has released a new version of Page Insights, making the upgrade available for all users after limited access during testing. The upgrade includes changes to how metrics are presented, new tools for exporting data and ways to track user interactions with Facebook content. "This should be useful for figuring out how content resonates with different audiences," Emil Protalinski writes. TheNextWeb.com (10/9)
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Whole Foods exec: Empowering local social efforts is about trust
Whole Foods Market has a national social media presence, but it also works with employees to help them run local accounts -- power that the stores themselves asked for, Andy Sernovitz writes. Natanya Anderson, the chain's director of social media and digital marketing, says the national marketing team charges the local employees with building a community, but they must trust the employees' understanding of their area. "Companies have to empower their local employees to make decisions -- not just push marketing messages down from the executive level," Sernovitz writes. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Social Media (10/10)
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Expand Twitter beyond the typical with these offbeat tricks
Twitter isn't just for posting pithy one-liners, writes Rebecca Hiscott. The microblogging platform also can be used for less obvious purposes, such as writing very short works of fiction, setting up tweet-based reminders or keeping track of your pets. Mashable (10/10)
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Survey: More U.S. teenagers pick Twitter over Facebook
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Instagram meme has everything: Starbucks, Drake, odd use of hands
A Los Angeles-area Starbucks barista named Brody hoped to pick up model Piper Kennedy with a sensual video selfie set to Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home," but instead he has spawned an Instagram meme. Users young and old, animal and human, have been depicted recreating Brody's creepy smile and swipe of his brow, all under the tag #StarbucksDrakeHands. E! Online (10/8)
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You might as well be faxing press releases if you aren't putting out content on Twitter."
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 Andy Sernovitz, Editor at Large
Andy Sernovitz is the New York Times best-selling author of "Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking" and the blog "Damn, I Wish I'd Thought of That!" He runs WordofMouth.org, where marketers and entrepreneurs learn to be great at word of mouth marketing, and SocialMedia.org, the community for social media leaders at the world's greatest brands.
 
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