The one about the death of social media, Twitter alternatives, vertical video apps and “Halloween Ends” - TG89 

00:00:00 Introduction  

Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.   

00:02:16 In the News  

A selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention. 

00:11:49 Content Spotlights  

ROGER: Social Media Is Dead by Edward Ongweso Jr in Vice.com:  

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkgv79/social-media-is-dead 

PASCAL: This Stops 95% of YouTube Channels Growing (5 things you need to do to grow a YouTube channel) by Ed Lawrence host of the Film Booth YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH_PggoBQg8 

00:30:27 Marketing Tech and Apps   

ROGER: It’s all about Twitter alternatives: 

Vero: https://vero.co/ 

Mastadon: https://joinmastodon.org/ 

PASCAL: It’s all about vertical videos 

Video Leap by Lighttricks https://www.videoleapapp.com/ easily edit your videos on-the-go 

Veed.io https://www.veed.io/tools/video-editor online suite of editing tools and handy features 

00:42:05 This Week in History  

Our selection of historical events and anniversaries from the world of science, technology and popular culture. 

00:48:11 Creator Shout Outs  

ROGER: Roland Millward – Travel Blog (And Podcast and YouTube): https://www.rolandmillward.com/ 

PASCAL: Osman Husain, Head of Content Marketing at Content Harmony and author of ‘Content Brief Templates: 19 Free Downloads and Examples’ https://www.contentharmony.com/blog/content-brief-template-examples/ 

00:54:09 Film Marketing  

HALLOWEEN ENDS (2022) 

Director: David Gordon Green 

Writers: from a screenplay by Paul Brad Logan (Manglehorn), Chris Bernier (The Driver series), Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, 

Music by: Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter, Daniel A. Davies 

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie), Andi Matichak (Allyson), Will Patton as Officer Frank Hawkins, Kyle Richards as Lindsey Wallace and James Jude Courtney as The Shape. 

Strapline: This is Laurie Strode’s last stand. 

We look at the character driven marketing campaign for the last Halloween Movie and how it taps into nostalgia for the franchise. 

About Two Geeks and A Marketing Podcast    

Hosted by the two geeks, Roger Edwards and Pascal Fintoni, to keep you up to date with the latest news, tech, content and wisdom from the world of marketing.  

Roger is a man on a mission to keep marketing simple. He is the voice of the Marketing & Finance Podcast and the host of the RogVLOG series.   

Pascal is also on a mission to demystify digital marketing. He's the host of the Content Marketing Studio video podcast and many other video series.  

Every week we'll bring you the following segments.  

• In the News.  
• Content Spotlight  
• Marketing Tech and Apps  
• This Week in History  
• Creator Shout Outs  
• Film Marketing  

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