BeanCast 114: Flash Mobs For Saving

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GUESTS

Christopher Barger, Director of Social Media, General Motors (Read his personal blog here)

Bill Green, Creative Strategist, Humongo (Read Make The Logo Bigger and listen to AdVerve)

Peter Shankman, Founder, Help A Reporter Out (Read his personal blog here)

Dirk Singer, President, The Rabbit Agency

Topics:

Groupon Growth Gripes

• CNET Reports on the Trend 
  
• Washington Post on the Growing Pains

The Search For Features

• NYT Times on the Google/Bing Feature Race
  

Facebook "Like" Searches For Love

• WSJ Reports
  

Behavioral Economics

• Ad Age Looks at the Trend

Stalking Ads

• Michael Learmonth's Post on AdAge.com (I incorrectly attributed this to Jack Neff in the show.)
• Ad Age on the Need for Tracking Openess
• Post on What Marketers Really Know
  

Stories To Watch:

• Fallout From Digg Controversy
• Sarah Palin's Reality Series Deal
  
• The August News Cycle
  
• Groupon's Growth in Europe
  
• Mobile Payment Systems Launch from AT&T and Verizon
  

Credits:

Opening Theme, Joe Sibol (pick up his latest album on iTunes) Closing Theme, CJACKS (Find more music from both artists atpodsafeaudio.com.)

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