Social Media News of the Day: August 25, 2010

And the Winner Is…

Hooray for social media! We can now claim an Emmy-winning campaign. The 2010 Emmy for Outstanding Commercial went to “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” for Old Spice. Ad agency Wieden + Kennedy’s Old Spice campaign made big news recently when they turned to YouTube and other social networking sites to send private video messages to their consumers. This campaign was genius (in my opinion) and the Emmy is well deserved! (I’m on a horse, winning an Emmy)

Is Dating Just a Game?

Social gaming has been gaining tons of momentum and MTV is jumping on the bandwagon. Earlier this month they released a Jersey Shore game and now they are releasing a dating game, I Woo You. The dating game is fairly simple.  You basically create an avatar and meet other people in the site. The unique part is that you can meet MTV reality stars in the game, and your communication with the cast members is real! If you can’t find a date Friday night, will you consider this game instead?