What went wrong with Google Buzz and why it’s not over yet for Google

John Lai I am happy to introduce you to a new contributor. His name is John Lai, and you might have never heard about him. However, my gutt feeling says that this will change. John lives and studies in New Zealand (last year and of course in marketing) and launched a group blog and community in NZ about social media marketing. John and his contributors follow what is going on in social media land.

So do I. At least, I try. However, the days that I followed everything are over for me. I have been following John for a while and we called a few times over Skype. What I like about John is that, despite his young age, he has opinions, is a no-nonsense guy and has the guts to launch projects and think for himself (and he knows what blogging is and what guest posts are). So, here is the new generation that is completely into and on social media! Read John’s first post, regarding all that went wrong regarding Google Buzz and what is going wrong right now.

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How LG uses Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to act against mobile harassment

As a leading vendor of mobile phones, smartphones and texting devices, LG tackles the problem of mobile harassment among teenagers and young adults.

While a massive amount of text messages is sent every second by teens all over the world, it’s a fact that it’s hard for some of them to take a moment considering the side effects by sending a seemingly harmful text. LG shows responsibility and has found a great way to reach out to the young target group social media.

A nice case study.

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