The Twitterverse is all aflutter this week with some big headline-making stories further securing the micro-blogging hub as both a PR giant and social media marketing heavy hitter. Here are a few stories born on Twitter and creating national media buzz.

Late night hosts of all ages and genders have attempted to lampoon the on-going stupidity of oil company BP, but Twitter has certainly played host to the most pointed and effective spoof of the careless company thus far. A bogus Twitter account under the name of “BPGlobalPR” has been lobbing sarcastic remarks via Tweet since May 19. More than 100,000 folks now are following the phantom Tweeter, who refuses to be named in interviews. Whomever this guy is, he certainly has used Twitter to express his distastes for BP, even going so more…

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Emmy winning hit Mad Men notwithstanding, turning to big agencies has fallen out of vogue. Between that blasted “economy sucks” excuse and the ease of using freelancers and more…

It was the gastric gut bomb heard ’round the world when Kentucky Fried Chicken unleashed The Double Down Sandwich a few weeks back. This culinary concoction made of two fried chicken breasts serving as a bun with melted cheese and two strips of crispy bacon, created a marketing frenzy and set off a blogging firestorm unlike any fast food product we’ve seen in quite some time. At nearly 600 grams of more…

“Ball of confusion, that’s what the world is today. Hey. Hey.”   - The Temptations.

The new health care package, the lady from eBay who wants to be governor, the gravity defying awesomeness that is Justin Bieber’s hair are all things I really do not understand. In fact, at the risk of sounding like Ed Anger or Andy Rooney, there’s a bunch of things I don’t understand.  So thank God for the more…

Foursquare recently announced that April 16th will be the world’s first social media holiday–Foursquare Day! The holiday will be celebrated in 100 cities around the world including Seoul, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur,  Manchester, Tampa, and Boston. Yay! And we should care because…?? Well, I’m not entirely sure that you should as I’m not totally certain if I do just yet either or even if I understand the point of more…

What do the Nicolette Sheridan versus Desperate Housewives lawsuit, controversial people rating site Unvarnished and Lil Wayne tweeting from prison all have in common? If you answered all stories you’d expect to drive you insane by the end of the week, you are correct.  Little stories like this, though, seem to more…

As much as the doors have flung open for social media marketing and the world has embraced Facebook with open arms, when it comes down whether or not it actually produces results there’s still a very “wait and see” attitude. After all, it is still a relatively new and often parodied medium whose more…

Once upon a time in a faraway land I like to call “The Early 1980s,” when a celebrity’s career had reached the end of the road, there were a few avenues open to them if they wished to remain in the spotlight. There were game shows like “$25,000 Pyramid,” or selling exercise equipment, or being a guest star on “Murder She Wrote.” Other than that, the prospects of hanging onto fame were slim to none.
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Although many would argue that the practices and decisions of the NCAA are prehistoric and out of date, the marketing around March Madness is decidedly 21st century. As the 64 teams were picked, dozens of big name companies have already hopped on Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube to engage basketball fans and potential customers alike in a plethora of more…