{"id":5317,"date":"2010-08-11T16:02:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T21:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=5317"},"modified":"2024-12-30T11:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:24:53","slug":"the-report-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/the-report-15\/","title":{"rendered":"The REport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>USA Today<\/em> released its preseason college football <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college\/football\/usatpoll.htm\">Top 25 coaches\u2019 poll<\/a> this week, so naturally, talk on the practice field was about \u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/\">Twitter.<\/a> Turns out some high profile coaches want the only tweets in their camps to be those of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FVMaKpXxaxE\">practice drill whistles.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At number five ranked Boise State, head coach Chris Petersen has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalsportsdaily.com\/sports-business\/94-social-media\/2788-boise-state-bans-twitter.html\">banned his players from using Twitter.<\/a> Meanwhile, on the field at number 10 ranked Iowa, defensive coordinator Norm Parker joked he could not have tweeted false retirement rumors, as he doesn\u2019t &#8220;even know how to work the remote on the TV at home, <a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/431924-iowas-norm-parker-not-a-fan-of-retirement-or-twitter\">let alone Twitter.&#8221;<\/a> The tweet police are even on tackle drills at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/canadianpress\/article\/ALeqM5gT5qutj_KU-LD4EeoJ1yGZ7Bm5bA\">NFL\u2019s Cleveland Browns camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Determined not to drop the ball on social media, however, is MTV who has just named Detroit-born Gabi Gregg the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/dpp\/news\/region\/detroit\/mtv's-new-'twitter-jockey'-is-a-native-detroiter\">first-ever MTV Twitter Jockey.<\/a> While it is not clear what the job responsibilities are, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mtvtj\">you can follow her and find out.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It\u2019s good to be the \u201cMayor,\u201d especially if you are in a Pizza Hut.\u00a0 The national franchise has teamed with Foursquare in a promotion that rewards <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/pizza-hut-and-foursquare-offer-discounts-for-mayors-100264499.html\">the &#8220;Mayor&#8221; of each restaurant<\/a> with a free single order of breadsticks with the purchase of a large pizza.\u00a0 This drives traffic and spreads the word about Pizza Hut locations.\u00a0 Can such location-based promotions benefit your office?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Looking for some social media inspiration?\u00a0 Look to Sir Richard Branson who is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandchannel.com\/home\/post\/2010\/08\/09\/Richard-Branson-Virgin-Revs-Up-Brands.aspx\">using innovative marketing tactics <\/a>across his more than 360 Virgin ventures.\u00a0 If you have some time, play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dontgozombie.com\/\">Don&#8217;t Go Zombie<\/a>, an augmented reality game promoting Virgin Trains that allows you to fight zombies in the street.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A real life street fight is shaping up between Google and Facebook.\u00a0 Adotas reports that Google\u2019s acquisition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adotas.com\/2010\/08\/google-takes-slide-facebook-in-lockdown\/\">apps and virtual goods creator Slide<\/a> has Facebook developers working overtime ahead of a Google social network launch.\u00a0 What keeps you up at night about the competition?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In closing, the best way to stay up on social media is to be \u2026 well \u2026 social.\u00a0 Mashable just updated its <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/08\/09\/100-upcoming-social-media-tech-events-2\/\">Upcoming Social Media &amp; Tech Events<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure to be at a few of these, so if you see me, please come up and say hello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Today released its preseason college football Top 25 coaches\u2019 poll this week, so naturally, talk on the practice field was about \u2026 Twitter. 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