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Chipotle just announced an online contest: today only, post a haiku on their Facebook page, and the haiku with the most “likes” wins.
Chiptole commercials are always creative, and recently they’ve looked to crowdsourcing for content. This contest also takes the next step, encouraging hopeful winners to invite their friends to vote on their submissions. Obviously, you must ‘become a fan’ to vote, so Chipotle benefits from an increased fan base, at least during this voting.
View the contest ad here
Hey Mark,
How’s it going? I promised you another note when I wrote earlier about events, so here it is.
I wanted to share some ideas with you about Facebook pages. I know this has been a work in progress and I hope you’ll consider some of these suggestions.
- Let administrators post as themselves – we all know social media is supposed to be about individuals engaging, right? So how come when I post on the page I administer, I cease to be a person and start to be my organization? It’s kinda creepy. This is particularly important when there is more than one admin, and any responses seem fragmented. Why not let the posts come from “Andrea (Org Admin)” rather than “Org”?
- Let me know when people post to the pages I administer – I love the notification at the bottom of my screen when someone posts on my Wall, why not also let me know when someone posts on a Wall I’d administer? Yes, it could mean a lot of notifications, but it also means I’m better able to engage with my fans.
- Let me share items to the page I administer Right now I can share to my profile, or send a message. Why not make it easier for me to share to the page I administer, spreading information more easily across the site?
Thanks guys, you’re doing a great job, keep it up!
The Nexus One handles notifications beautifully: a status bar at the top of the screen shows icons related to activity, and a simple swipe of the fingers shows received emails, texts or tweets, missed calls, and other status items. You can click directly on any of the items to be pulled into that application, or clear the list.
This ability to run apps in the background and show the user a quick view of the status is great; no need to manually launch an app just to check a status. Although the iPhone has push notifications, the feature pales in comparison to the Android notifications, which often would flag an incoming email quicker than my Notify desktop app.
This quick view is particularly useful when checking the phone after a period of non-use, to get caught up on activities. It struck me that this is important for the Nexus One, because I don’t feel the same compulsion to be on it that I do with the iPhone. There is something simply enjoyable about using the iPhone, which is why you so often see folks simply playing with them. The Nexus One is much more utilitarian, in its use and feel. It’s a powerhouse, but I never felt the same draw to check it continuously. So the Nexus One needs to provide those notifications, to let you know what was going on while you were off doing something else.
Is there such a thing as too many comments?
January 8, 2010Recently I was reading a blog post that sparked a thought in me. I felt compelled to comment; and honestly, this isn’t that frequent a response in me. So I started scrolling down to the comment section… and scrolled, and scrolled.. and scrolled. The entry box to leave a comment was at the bottom of [...]