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You Sneaky Mom, Jimmy Kimmel’s Halloween Challenge Goes Viral

Jimmy Kimmel crowdsourced brilliance! The comedian issued a challenge on his show Jimmy Kimmel Live! asking parents to play a practical joke on their children. The premise was simple, Kimmel asked parents to “tell your children you ate all of…

Terrifying Take This Lollipop, No Creepy Privacy Concerns

Have you been too afraid to click on TakeThisLollipop.com and give the site access to your Facebook profile and private information? This site has seen its “Likes” on Facebook grow from a very small 13,000 yesterday morning to over 182,000…

What Happens After the Take This Lollipop Countdown?

What happens after the countdown clock on Take This Lollipop reaches zero? Nothing apparently. To update my previous posting, I expected that the site may post a link to your Facebook profile, generate a similar video with the friend it mentioned, or perhaps…

Take This Lollipop and the Importance of Facebook Privacy

As a child your parents teach you to never take candy from a stranger. Take This Lollipop is the 21st century re-imagination of that conversation, reminding consumers why privacy should be a concern. And, perhaps, why you should never trust virtual strangers.…

Should You Script Social Media Content?

On Monday Mark Evans and Sysomos posted a blog asking “How Scripted Should Social Media Be?“ I felt compelled to respond to Mr. Evans because he came to the conclusion that scripting social media content is “the wrong way to…

Social Media Curation, Not Automation

What’s wrong with Social Media automation? In a word, everything. I ran across this post from Danny Brown about Social Media automation. In short, I think it is a dangerous process. There isn’t a system in the world, with the…