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Amazon's Social Commerce, NFL Draft Content Marketing & The Simpsons LEGOized [VIDEO]

By David Erickson | May 10, 2014

During episode 47 of the Beyond Social Media Show, David Erickson discusses Amazon’s social commerce play; the NFL’s content marketing & The Simpsons LEGO episode.

Beyond Social Media Podcast: Nik Wallenda, Men's Warehouse & Short Form Video [VIDEO]

By David Erickson | June 27, 2013

This episode: Nik Wallenda’s Grand Canyon tense tightrope; Men’s Warehouse boardroom battle; Instagram, Vine, Google Glass & the rise of short form video.

Google Glass & Attention Data

By David Erickson | May 23, 2013

With Google Glass, Google may be creating a whole new set of data that has never existed before: Attention Data.

Female Console Gamers

By David Erickson | January 5, 2012 |

21% of women gamers had used an Xbox 360 in 2011.

Real-Time eTailing For Black Friday

By David Erickson | November 23, 2011

22% of the retail checkins at Foursquare last Black Friday occurred at a department store.

Mobile Video Sharing

By David Erickson | September 9, 2011

62% of mobile phone owners use their phone’s camera.

Location-Based Services Demographics

By David Erickson | May 13, 2011

About 7% of US mobile phone subscribers used location-based “check-in” services on their phones in March 2011.

The One Big Thing: Follow The Data

By David Erickson | March 12, 2010 |

In this mashed-up and syndicated online world, the The One Big Thing you need to know for preparing for the increasingly local and mobile Web is Follow The Data.