The podcast: Talk Social News daily 012 - length 10:00 download or click to play:
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There’s buzz about a hotel in New York that’s tweeting, blogging and doing almost everything that a hotel could do to embrace social media. That hotel is called The Roger Smith Hotel@rogersmithhotel and they’re hosting Social Media Breakfast events, they sponsored @NYCTwestivl, live streaming events and embracing the local NY local tech community. If you’re like us, you wondered how they got started using social media and who’s the man behind the tweets and movement. That man is Adam Wallace@adamjwallace and we had a chance to talk with him about the Roger Smith Hotel, how he got started in social media, advice for other hotels and business looking to do the same.
The interview: Talk Social News Episode 21 - length 48:00download or click to play:
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Note: This show was recorded prior to Macworld 2009 and CES 2009 so news from those shows is not included, but will be discussed on future episodes.
With 2009 getting started we launch our first video episode! We dicuss the major changes in technology and social media in 2008 and look forward and make our prediction for what is ahead in 2009. Did you agree with us? Let us know what you think! Please leave a comment or send us you thoughts on Twitter: @kbodnar32 and @waynesutton.
What do you think is going to be the next big thing in mobile, social networks and/or technology in 2009?
There are a lot of fake celebrity accounts that get started on twitter, just ask Shaq (@THE_REAL_SHAQ) but if you get followed by an account called @MCHammer don’t block him or think it’s a fake account because it’s the one and only MC Hammer (http://mchammer.com) . So what is Hammer doing on twitter, well you’ll have to listen to the podcast for that, but we had the privilege to chat with the one and only Hammer himself about how long he’s been blogging, his thoughts social media and the music industry, who introduced him to twitter and more.
If you’re been wondering what Hammer has been up, Hammer is currently the co-founder of DanceJam.com a user generated dance social networking site and is still involved with the music industry. We also took a few questions via twitter and if you thought Hammer was just a rapper who made Hip Hop classics, like “U Can’t Touch This” and “Let’s get it started” then I must say that you only know maybe 5% of Hammer.
Hammer is one of the smartest entrepreneurs online today and we’re excited to have interviewed him. Take a listen.
The interview: Talk Social News Episode 17 - length 48.52 download or click to play:
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This week on Talk Social News we’re bringing you a special interview only podcast with Peter Shankman aka @Skydiver on twitter. If you don’t know who Peter Shankman is then just check out his blog at http://shankman.com . A hint, he’s a CEO, entrepreneur, adventurist and one of the funniest guys I know. Peter also started the email newsletter called Help A Reporter Out. For those of you who know Peter then, download and listen to the podcast and for those of you who don’t, listen to the podcast and then check out Peter’s blog.
I must say that Peter’s interview was one of the best and funniest we have done yet, take a listen and let us know what you think in the comments.
For our what the blog, the fail of the week and news of the week segments of the podcast be sure to check out the 1st ever Talk Social News live show in the post below. We also interviewed boxee.tv CEO, Avner Ronen during the live show.
The interview: Talk Social News Episode 16 - length 39:18 download or click to play:
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