American Pop is a generally underrated piece of animation that was ahead of its time when it was released in 1981. It attempts, with more success than you might expect, to cram nearly a century of American music history and context into 96 minutes. Here’s the trailer.
Not sure? Here are 11 ways to figure it out.
Mashable likes to present weekend recaps like this one, which presents 40 stories you might have missed.
So here’s my (rhetorical) question to Mashable: Why?
Seriously. It’s Monday morning, I’m gearing up for the week, I have a ton of stuff to do — I can’t ever imagine having the time to read through 40 articles. Instead of dumping 40 articles in my lap, how about giving me the executive summary so I don’t have to read them all?
Links I got. The Mashable recap is just one more drop shooting out of the information firehose. What I really need is topline information to help me make sense of it all.
Just saying.
Takeaway for marketers: Are you adding to the problem or helping to solve it?
Here are 11 quotes for the day, courtesy of Psychology Today, including this one from Washington Irving:
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
The following list of links crossed my screen this week. It was collectively titled “Social Media Resources and Best Practices.” It’s not the ultimate be-all and end-all list of social media resources, but it’s a damn good collection of links and a great place to start if you’re new to social media. Please to enjoy:
The Facebook Guidebook
Facebook for Businesses
Getting Fans to Notice Your Facebook Page Posts
How Facebook Pages Can use “Invite Friends” To Gain Fans
Make the Most of Your Facebook Business Page
Here’s What People Look at on Facebook Brand Pages
The Twitter Guide Book
Twitter Business Best Practices
Quick Twitter Tips: A Twitter Guide for Beginners
Ten Tips to get the Twitter Conversation Started
Foursquare
Foursquare for Business
Why You Should Check Out the Foursquare Check-Ins
Why Geolocation App Users Matter to Marketers
YouTube
YouTube for Nonprofits
YouTube Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations
Five Tips to Socialize Your Online Videos
Flickr
Flickr Tour
The Forgotten Social Network: Six Reasons Your Campaign Should Include Flickr
Pinterest: A Beginner’s Guide to the Hot New Social Network
Three Ways to Use Pinterest for Business
12 Ways to use Pinterest for Your Nonprofit
Tumblr
Get Started with Tumblr
How to Build Your Brand on Tumblr
WordPress
New to WordPress – Where to Start
Ten LinkedIn Traffic Secrets Exposed
General Social Media Resources
The Case Foundation – Social Media 101
Six Tips for an Effective Online Community
The Secret to Social Media Success
Sample Social Media Tactical Plan
Social Media Policy Tool
Case Study – Cleveland Indians Cater to Influencers to Increase Sales 174%
Five Ways Museums are Reaching Digital Audiences
Four Reasons Why You Should Build a Narrative Organization
QR Code Best Practices
The Real Cost of Social Media
50 Social Media Content Ideas
