WWE – Slamming the Competition in Social TV

Like most red-blooded American males, I grew up spending my Saturday mornings in the 80s watching the cartoonish gladiators of the WWE – it was WWF back in my day – battle in the name of good vs. evil. If you talk to your generational counterparts, they likely remember more than they’d care to admit…

“I’ll Write It…And We’ll Do it Live!”

Broadcasting is probably not my strong suit, but I had the chance to try a little something different on Friday, filling in as a guest co-host on the weekly live webcast for Hubspot, an inbound marketing company in Cambridge, MA. Joining Hubspot CMO Mike Volpe for their live streaming “Marketing Update,” I took a crack…

Erin Sharoni: Leveraging Twitter To Grow Your Brand

It wasn’t long ago that Erin Sharoni dismissed Twitter. A year-and-a-half later, @ErinSharoni attributes much of her success to the microblogging platform and the contacts she’s made by connecting to people via Twitter. She’s currently the sideline reporter on Darren Rovell’s new show, “CNBC SportsBiz: Game On” which airs Fridays at 7pm EST on Versus,…

AdAge Interview on Facebook Marketing

Before presenting a case study of the Celtics Facebook game, 3-Point Play, at the DMA conference in Boston last week, I was interviewed by Christine Bunish for a perspective piece in AdAge’s DMA section. The following is a transcript from that interview that appeared in the magazine. “Digital technologies and social media have only recently…