Last summer, I wrote a blog post Things Today’s Kids Will Never Experience based on Beloit College‘s annual Mindset List. Every year, Beloit College releases this list to provide a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering…
Abercrombie Gets Into a Bit of a Situation
You may have heard that Abercrombie & Fitch stirred up some controversy yesterday when the company made an announcement stating that they will pay the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore to wear different brands of clothing. The press release titled “Abercrombie &…
Is Twitter Just Like High School?
I recently came across an interesting article on Ragan’s PR Daily by Daniel Newman that looks at the similarities between Twitter and high school. The article also features an infographic to actually show us “What if Social Media Were High School?” Here…
Tweet Your Way to a College Scholarship
These days, nothing really surprises me when it comes to the use of social media. Many people leverage social networks, such as Twitter to find jobs and roommates, so why not use it to submit your college essay? I recently came across…
Starbucks Responds to Brewing Allegations
Last week, Joanna talked about a situation that McDonald’s faced when a picture of a fake sign circulated around the Internet. The sign, which said McDonald’s would be charging African American customers an extra $1.50 due to a string of robberies, was…
15 Minutes of Fame on Channel 7 News
As many of you have probably heard, especially if you are here in Boston, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972 on Wednesday night. I have to say that it was an exciting time to be in…
Turn Your Wallet Mobile with Google
At a Google media event yesterday, the company introduced Google Wallet, its new mobile payment system. The service will let people with certain smart phones pay for items in retail shops by tapping the phones against a payment terminal. Many other countries…
Social Media Helps Celebrities Rise to the Top of the Forbes 100 List
Today, Forbes announced its annual ranking of the world’s most powerful celebrities. At the top of this year’s list is Lady Gaga, who took the spot away from Oprah Winfrey. Oprah, who has held the number one spot four times, has been…
How Social Media is Changing PR
In a recent blog post for Spin Sucks, Matthew Rouse, author of Knowledge Enthusiast, shares 7 ways that he thinks social media is changing the PR profession. We talk about social media quite a bit here on PR Nonsense, but Matthew brought…
Groupon Launches New App for Hungry and Bored Users
Are you feeling hungry? Or bored? If so, don’t worry because Groupon is getting ready to help you out with its latest venture. Mashable just reported that the company is launching a new application called Groupon Now, which will differ from the…