Microsoft New Family Ad Gets Jup Raves
Consensus among Jupiter advertising types: we love the latest Seinfeld/BillG Microsoft ad from Crispin Porter + Bogusky. It s hilarious and totally engaging. Colleague Michael Green likes the idea that it s funny and quirky enough that you want to wa...

This one works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWPf1BWtkwIts long and great for a viral video; so many jokes, good chemistry. Much more interesting than the first one....

WordPress Wednesday News: 4 WordCamps, WordPress 2.6.2, Bad Themes, Count Twitterers, Threaded Comments, and Sticky Posts
Four WordCamps and one WordPress Meetup all on September 27. It s WordPress Day! WordPress 2.6.2 released. Update now. New Plugin released taking advantage of new features in 2.6.2. Comment threading and inline editing added to upcoming WordPress 2...

I m Looking for a few Good Social Media Stories
I am starting my 16th month of writing my Social Media Global Reports. To date, I have interviewed 108 people in 34 countries. They are a diverse lot, ranging from Michael Dell, founder of the world s second largest computer company to Wael Abbas who...

Conspiracy Fail or, what our culture of activism has bred
For any of you who have been involved in public controversies and done battle against true believer activists, this video is for you. Having been involved in a number of them, including a battle to take polluting boats off a recreational ...

Is It Copyright Infringement For A Political Campaign To Use A Snippet Of A News Broadcast In An Ad?
Reader Video Savant alerts us to the fact that CBS Interactive is the latest entity to ding the McCain campaign for copyright violations. In this case, CBS has sent a takedown notice to YouTube concerning one of McCain s latest commercials. The com...

HP to plug its products via MTV reality show
On MTV s newest reality show, Engine Room, Hewlett-Packard is giving the world s most promising graphic designers a chance to create mesmerizing graphics with HP workstations,monitors and products.16 artists were selected out of an original field o...

It s Hard to Let Go
I was on a panel on Tuesday in Washington D.C. for communications professionals from the National Institutes of Health. They wanted to know how they operate in an environment where media authority is dispersed, confidence in government as a trusted s...

Social Media Marketing Best Practice Tips
Social media marketing must be graduating from nursery school if the latest meme is - What is your best practice in social media marketing? Liz Strauss , as in the Diva Divine Ms. Liz Strauss, tagged me to play along. The game was stated by Mitch Joe...