Advertisements are everywhere and have become an integral part of our environment. They intrude our mental boundaries and turn our want to a need. Nonetheless, many of us still appreciate them in terms of their art direction, copy-writing and creativity. This is what we have witnessed here in Penn Olson. We love sharing brilliant ads and we know they suit your taste when the share counts are high. Here are the top 5: #5 - VIDEO: McDonald’s Ad Produces Steam! 120 shares: 110 retweets, 10 fb shares #4 - 15 Brilliant Building Ads 220 shares: 170 ...
10 Most Influential Tech People In The World

byWillis WeeinUncategorized
T3 has released its second annual list of the technology world's most influential people. The top 100 were determined by 8 judges whom themselves are movers and shakers in the tech industry. First place is shared by 2 people and they are no other than Sergey Brin and Larry Page, co-founders of Google, an undisputed champion. What can we say? Google is doing exceptionally well notably with its brand value and upcoming exciting products. Twitter and Facebook's founders also made it to the top 10. Check out the complete list below. How did they decide who ...
The World’s Longest Poem By Tweeps
byWillis WeeinUncategorized
Andrei Gheorghe, the 22-year-old Romanian web developer has created a program that consolidates and constructs different tweets into a poem. "The Longest Poem in the World" is composed by aggregating real-time public Twitter updates and selecting those that rhyme. It is constantly growing at 4000 verses a day. The program runs automatically and has currently connected more than 364,000 verses. This poem could go on forever as long as people are updating. "I found the lyrics to be sometimes interesting, other times weird. It is fully automatic so I just let it run, ...
YouTube. Is Your Video in the 100 Million Views Club?
byWillis WeeinUncategorized
Ever wonder which are the videos that have managed to accumulate more than 100 million views? Using a specific metric to measure video views across different video media platforms, Visible Measures has the answer to that. Here's how the metric works, quoted from its website: "Video views measure the aggregate audience reach across all of the campaign-related placements. Views can be categorized according to their underlying placement type: seeded views and viral views." Seeded Views: Any views originating from videos uploaded by the content creator. Viral Views: Viral views originate from viral placements – copies ...
Top 10 Most Engaging Brands on the Web

Which brands are the champions of Social Media? Charlene Li, Analyst from Wetpaint and the Altimeter Group has the answer. A study on brands' social media engagement was conducted on the top 100 brands featured on BusinessWeek's "Interbrand Best Global Brands 2008" publication. This study spans across more than 10 social media sites such as Facebook, Wikis, Forum, Flickr and content distribution sites such as Facebook Connect and ShareThis. Before we show you the top 10 brands, you might want to briefly understand how companies go about gaining engagement credits. Companies only ...
5 Executive Tweets You Would Like

byWillis WeeinUncategorized
Twitter is growing at a staggering pace. Not only are politicians, celebrities and businesses into it, busy executives are starting to show interest in the Twitter community. For executives who're into Twitter, the division between life and work is often blurred. I am sure many of us are curious to what they are tweeting. In fact, some of their tweets were so well-received, they started a poll to explore those more favored by the tweeple. We go by the votes, which are received via ExecTweets. 1. Tony Hsieh Bio www.zappos.com blogs.zappos.com twitter.zappos.com Stats 1,012,320 followers 406,710 ...
Top 10 Celebrities on Facebook Page
bySarah ChonginUncategorized
Social media is the new vehicle for celebrities to promote themselves. And when we talk about social media, we can't miss out Facebook. Who's the top celebrity on Facebook page? Who's second? To satisfy your curiosity, I will reveal the top 10 celebrities on Facebook Page. #1 Michael Jackson 9,327,123 fans After the King of Pop’s shocking departure, his fan page quickly surged to number 1, surpassing Obama and Vin Diesel. Prior to his passing, the fan page only had a mere 80,000 fans. #2 Barack Obama 6,458,593 supporters President Obama was once more popular than anyone ...
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