Windchimes Communication

Windchimes Communication : A Social Media Agency is located in India and it is worth checking out.  Watch their powerpoint.

"WoM is very eccentric in nature and hence difficult to influence offline. However, it is possible to do so online. This is because people are forming communities and groups online. They are actively seeking for information in those groups. Their offline conversations are moving online. Hence, it becomes important for brands to become a part of those conversations or risk losing those people. This influencing of conversations online is called as Social Media Marketing."

Change.Gov

Change.Gov .

"I certainly hope the Obama administration applies for next year’s Groundswell awards , they’d be a fantastic case study of how institutions are embracing social technologies to connect with people. It’s really hard for anyone to be a nay-sayers about the adoption of these tools now, if the big ol’ government can start to connect with people, corporations can too."

We Can Solve It

This is a cool video interface:

We Can Solve It.

Obama Fatigue

Election 2008: What you should have learned - iMediaConnection.com

Election 2008: What you should have learned - iMediaConnection.com.

"If you look at candidates as marketers, which they are, and you look at them as media planners, which they are, they've just done a phenomenal job of joining the conversation, activating the conversation and using all forms of media at different times to get different messages out," said Tina Sharkey, chairman and global president of BabyCenter LLC. "The candidates used digital media as a creative means to get their messages across and engage with the audience, and I think that's a great example for marketers."

Bush To Obama: "What An Awesome Night For You"

Bush To Obama: "What An Awesome Night For You".

WASHINGTON — President Bush has called Barack Obama to congratulate him on winning the presidency. The two-term Republican president told the Illinois senator upon his historic win: "What an awesome night for you, your family and your supporters." Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night in dominant fashion, besting Republican John McCain. Bush promised Obama a smooth transition to the White House. Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino said the president told Obama: "You are about to go on one of the great journeys of life. Congratulations and go enjoy yourself."

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Comcast

Comcast Video Done by Aboutface Media

Snapshot of Presidential Candidate Social Networking Stats

Snapshot of Presidential Candidate Social Networking Stats: Nov 3, 2008. 

Internet Usage in United States United States Population: 303,824,646

Internet Usage: 220,141,969 

Penetration rate: 72.5% 

Growth from 2000-2008: 130.9% 

Stats from Internet WorldStats (Census, Nielson) 

Facebook 

Obama: 2,379,102 supporters 

McCain: 620,359 supporters 

Obama has 380% more supporters than McCain 

MySpace 

Obama: Friends: 833,161 

McCain: Friends: 217,811 

Obama has 380% more supporters than McCain 

YouTube 

Obama: 1792 videos uploaded since Nov 2006

Subscribers: 114,559 (uploads about 4 a day)

Channel Views: 18,413,110 

McCain: 329 videos uploaded since Feb 2007 

(uploads about 2 a day)

Subscribers: 28,419, 

Channel Views: 2,032,993 

Obama has 403% more subscribers than McCain 

Obama has 905% more viewers than McCain 

Twitter 

Obama: @barackobama has 112,474 followers 

McCain: @JohnMcCain (is it real?) 4,603 followers 

Obama has 240 times more followers in Twitter than McCain

A poem for Election Day

Walt Whitman marvels at the tremendous forces of the electoral process, not with adjectives or to justify it with arguments; "instead, he commends the day by invoking the past. The journeys of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln were powered by this turbulent, often defective energy, says Whitman. We can look back on his observation, over a century ago, and feel encouraged."

Bjork: Don't let Poets lie to you OR How TVs work!

Gizmodo (via Boing Boing via Geeksugar) pulled up this explanation by Bjork of how Televisions work - did you know that there is an elevator in there?