Happy Halloween from all of us here at MGH Word of Mouth.
If you have an hour and a half to spare, check out the 1968 horror flick, Night of the Living Dead, courtesy of Hulu:
Archive | October, 2008
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
HAPPY DMCA DAY!
Can you believe it? It’s been ten years today since Bill Clinton put into law the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). The act was created in an effort to regulate piracy on the internet and protect copyrighted content.
Although Congress created the act with good intentions, the DMCA has, in some cases, turned into a crutch [...]
I WANT MY MTV
My Super Sweet 16. Real World/Road Rules Challenge #43. Date My [fill in the blank].
If you’ve happened to flip on MTV within the past year, you probably didn’t get a chance to hear any sort of actual music.
The station’s once-acclaimed format (music-oriented programming) has shifted into an odd mish-mash of…well…I don’t even know how to [...]
BLOGGING – SOOOO 2004? I’M NOT CONVINCED
In a recent Wired Magazine article, the case is made that the days of blogging have long passed their prime. With flying accusations of cluttered blog space being overrun by professional bloggers, Paul Boutin argues that your blogging days should be over. In exchange for your witty takes on everyday life on your blog, he [...]
BLOG ACTION DAY 2008
The MGH WOM team is happy to support the viral campaign, Blog Action Day, that empowers literally thousands of bloggers all over the world to step up and talk about global issues. Last year it was the environment, today it is poverty.
Obviously, working in a word of mouth department, we understand the power of people [...]
NO NEED TO BLOCK YOUTUBE CONTENT BECAUSE OF COPYRIGHT
I understand that most networks now have arenas on their own websites where users can go and stream programming, in some cases entire episodes the day after they are on TV.
But, I think it is about time that they stop worrying so much about their content being streamed through other popular websites such as YouTube. [...]
OUR NEWEST WOM’ER
Crystalyn Stuart, the founder and head of MGH’s Word of Mouth division, gave birth to a beautiful 9 lb. 4 oz. baby girl this morning. Look at those meatball cheeks.
We’re all thrilled for her and her husband, and look forward to having (insert baby name here) as our newest WOM’er. Best wishes, Crystalyn!!!
SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU
Over one-third of Americans interact with companies through social media, says a new study conducted by Cone. The Business in Social Media report found that 60% percent of Americans use some form of social media, and 59% of those participants communicate with brands in some way.
Additionally, 93% of social media users said that brands should [...]
