On this day in 1964, Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway with the first of 2,844 performances. Here’s Carol Channing and the original Broadway cast performing in 1965 (not on Broadway, though; one commenter on the video suggests it may be the White House).
If so, maybe hyperlocal isn’t the way to save them. That’s what Tim DeChant’s suggesting, anyway, and given the rise of hyperlocal sites like Patch, maybe he has a point. All I know is I’m glad I’m not in the newspaper business right now.
Humor matters. In marketing as well as in life. It smooths rough edges, it builds personal connections and — surprise, surprise! — it helps generate sales. This AdFreak article is a must-read on the subject.
Of course, it’s entirely appropriate and quite perfect that this is a banana slicer and not a hard-boiled egg slicer or an apple slicer. I mean, what else would it be?
Social Media Examiner is picking a list of the top 10 social media blogs. They’ve printed a list of the 24 finalists. If you have a “social media” category in your Google Reader or some other RSS feed reader, it’s time to update your subscriptions.
