Do you think some feature films may be crowdsourced someday? I got to thinking it may be possible after checking out a contest that crowdsourced the best commercials made by independent filmmakers. MOFILM runs a series of competitions connected to festivals around the world, from Cannes to Rio. Nascent filmmakers choose one of the sponsors [...]
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Now THIS is Good Facebook Engagement (Pic)
Everybody and their mother want advice these days on how to “engage” their Facebook audience better. More and more people are realizing that Facebook has become a top unique visit referrer, so there’s a lot of motivation. Amazingly enough, even folks at TV stations are understanding what has to be done through outlets such as [...]
Oh Kevin Smith, You So Crazy
Kevin Smith has always been on the somewhat forefront of social media and advertising. I’m not sure that’s the best way to put it…more like he uses unconventional means to get his message across. I’m sure you all remember the whole Southwest debacle that he took to Twitter and his blog. And if you haven’t [...]
Super Heroes To The Rescue
I’ve always been a huge fan of Public Broadcasting, but as you know being that’s it’s public, they don’t have the huge sums of money that other stations do. They rely on a small set of advertisers and viewers like you and I to donate. Well this guy works for PBS and recently received this [...]
Fart Gets Schoolboy Detention
“…and for letting it rip on the ride home…” Did you ever think you would hear those words spoken by your 6pm news anchorwoman? Well listen up then. This little sneaker got detention for “letting one slip on the school bus”. The boy states that he’s now frightened to fart on the school bus and [...]
Brian Solis and Katie Couric: Turns out Couric Understands Social Media
Back in 2009 when I spoke at the Twitter140 conference in New York I had the chance to meet a personal hero of mine, Ann Curry, who works the Today show for NBC. She spoke on a panel about how Twitter played a role in the Iranian green revolution of that year. Afterward I got [...]
The Social Media Tsunami is Here
It’s becoming more and more well known. The more clients I talk to, the more I hear that someone on their team is attending “Social media Bootcamp” or some such. This video perfectly illustrates why.
Is Craig Ferguson the heir apparent to Bill Hicks?
One of the interesting things about Craig Ferguson is that, not only does he semi ad-lib his way through extremely funny monologues most nights, he also periodically injects his humor with life or history lessons. He did this one night when he started the Late Late Show by explaining, in a very succinct manner, why [...]
Why Some of the Best Facebook Status Updates Don’t Even Include a Link
People who operate company Facebook fan pages are always looking for ways to grow their communities and increase interaction with followers on the site. It’s plainly obvious, just by looking at analytics, that fan pages have become hubs for building interest in news organizations. It takes an arsenal of methods for growing that interest. Perhaps [...]
3 Bosses Who “Get” Social Media
The following post first appeared on the site Focus.com at this link. It’s a great site and I am going to be an ongoing contributor. In all the years I have been involved with news organizations, whether they be radio, TV or print, most of my bosses haven’t been very internet savvy. In recent years [...]
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Hi I'm John Boitnott. Welcome to my blog! Here I talk about how old media is coping with the Web. I write for Soshable.com, build buzz for sites and advise writers on how to make their work more likely to be shared online. I have worked at Venturebeat, Village Voice Media and NBC. Before that I held several positions at various TV newsrooms in the state of California, from 1994 to 2009.
