Profiling Facebook Users, Art of Fear, Digital Marketing

Profiling Facebook Users, Art of Fear, Digital Marketing

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 271

  • Nov 14, 2017 5:00 pm
  • 2:26:47 mins

Four Types of Facebook Users (21:57) Kris Boyle, Ph.D., a professor of Communications at Brigham Young University. Facebook is one of the leading social media sites in the world, so we all know the different types of people on facebook. We Facebook the friend who “shares way too much” and the friend who only post petitions for social change.  Kris Boyle was part of a study to discover how we use the social media platform and shares with us the four different type of Facebook personalities. The Art of Fear (1:10:00) Kristen Ulmer is a former extreme skier and now works with clients and speaks publicly on helping people resolve their fear and anxiety. Her recent book is The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to Do Instead. Everyone experiences some type of fear, whether it be a fear of death or of public speaking. Kristen Ulmer was voted as the most fearless woman athlete in North America, and was known as being the best big mountain extreme skier in the world for 12 years. She doesn’t claim that she conquered her fears, but does say that she became intimate with them. Kristen Ulmer shares with us how she made friends with her fears and also how we can do the same. Liana Tan - Pranks (1:34:48) We are getting around to the holiday season and you might be wondering what Santa’s going to bring. One of our producers, Liana Tan, is convinced some people may be getting ‘nuttin for Christmas.’ She and some other producers around here put together a tangent where they’ll share with us some of their experiences of pranking others or being pranked. Digital Marketing (2:00:34) Jeanette Bennett is founder and editor-in-chief at Bennett Communications, where she primarily focuses on Utah Valley Magazine, BusinessQ Magazine, and Prosper Magazine. Jeanette earned a bachelor's and master's degree in journalism from BYU and has been a regular guest on HuffPostLive. Sometimes people step away from a job because of health issues, family emergencies, or other personal issues. Jeanette Bennett shares what she has learned about digital marketing and how to be smarter digital consumers.

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