The year was 1960.  The Cold War was in full effect, Neil Armstrong hadn’t yet touched the moon and Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States.  Heck, The Beatles hadn’t appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show yet! However, a comic book came out, issue #28 of The Brave and the Bold.  It featured the [...]

Let’s get this out of the way: soap is not inherently “cool.” Marketers have been trying to shove personality into stuff that removes body odor and makes you smell vaguely reminiscent of something, be it a river in Ireland or an iceberg in Antarctica. However, Old Spice hit the jackpot this week with their new [...]

Facebook Settings: How Not To Expose Your Life to the Internet World Guest Post by Sarah McCarthy of @DogAteBlog To hear some people talk, you would think that Facebook is good for nothing but the following things: 1)       Destroying person-to-person interaction. 2)       Allowing creepers to better stalk their targets. 3)       RUINING ONE’S REPUTATION. All people [...]

[Note from Mike: The following guest post is from my good friend and OFFICIAL Buzz Kids Reporter, Cole.  He's only 3 years old, but he has an amazing understanding of the importance of giving to others.  You can see below that Cole and I share a passion for snow angels, but I had no idea [...]

[Note from Mike: The following is a guest post from NEW Buzz Contributor Andi Narvaez!  Click the Contributors tab above to learn more about her!  She currently is petitioning me to change the site's name to "Da Buzz."  I'll take it under advisement.] LOST is to social media as… how many times can you jump [...]

Guest post by Brittany James During February’s #PRStudChat, Deirdre Breakenridge and Valerie Simon announced they had picked me to be the #PRStudChat Tweetheart because of how through chats I’ve reached out to other PR students and pros and developed relationships. In addition to being named Tweetheart, Deirdre and Valerie announced I would be moderating a [...]

A few weeks ago, Rick Astley helped me introduce the concept of being committed to being awesome.  But there was one problem in the post: we never discussed what “Social Media Awesomeness” really is, so you know what exactly you are committing yourself to. So let’s do just that right now. First, though, let’s address [...]

All I Need to Know I Learned Through Twitter. Guest Post by Lauren Sandelin My professors would cringe if they heard that question come out of my mouth.  Perhaps because a tiny bit of them knows that this is true.  Now let me back up a second here – we all need that foundation we [...]

You won’t admit it publicly, but it’s OK.  I’ll take care of it. You LOVE Rick Astley. No shame in it.  Great pop artist from the 1980s who, despite being the punchline for countless jokes has always seemed like an easy-going, play-along-with-it kinda guy. His most famous song, of course, is “Never Gonna Give You [...]

It only seemed fitting to break this news on this blog. After seven of the best years of my life, I am leaving Brotman-Winter-Fried Communications.  Starting April 1, I will be working for Iostudio, managing their incredible social media team.  Expect more information on the new gig in due time! Of course, this is a [...]