After receiving a complaint, the Australian-based Advertising Standards Bureau has determined that Smirnoff is ultimately responsible for all content posted on its Facebook Page, including all user-generated comments. The ASB Case Report labels any comments listed on this Facebook business page as advertising, which has massive implications for any businesses running active social media...
Daily Archives: August 11, 2012
Business Lessons From Olympic Innovators
Editor’s note: John Greathouse is a general partner at Rincon Venture Partners and has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, including Computer Motion, Citrix Online and CallWave which collectively created in excess of $350M in shareholder value. You can follow him @johngreathouse. You can also check his blog for...
How Facebook has turned the normal processes of dying and grieving inside out
On November 9th, 2010 an old friend posted the following status update on Facebook: “Dying. Pain. Fear. Missing all my old friends, especially from Edmonton. Looking fwd to seeing Pete tomorrow. Also my lovely Maggie – I love and miss you too. Good luck with your Betty Moon gig in LA. Might be my...