Jimmy Fallon's Social Media Crash Course

By 01/23/2009
Jimmy Fallon's Social Media Crash Course

Late Night with Jimmy FallonIt started out innocently enough. SNL star gets groomed as Conan’s Late Night replacement on NBC, so why not give him a few months to play around on the web before things get serious. So, without any background on the web, Jimmy Fallon launches last month (see above) his somewhat daily online series to a lukewarm chorus of meh.

So what’s any smart young go-getter like Fallon do? They get help. So Jimmy packed up and went on a crash course in creating engaging content and actually listening to your audience. Here’s a brief look at his lesson plan (not necessarily in order).

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1. Diggnation appearance: Pay Homage to Web Video Godfathers Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht:

2. Head to Vegas for CES and Soak Up Tips From Videblogging Guru Steve Garfield:

3. Score Some WoW Cred from Web Series Queen Bee Felicia Day:

4. Get on Twitter, Engage The Twitteratti:

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And in the Breaking News front, Horrible People (and Hot Sluts, Rated R) creator A.D. Miles has been hired as head writer for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, according to our sources. Smart move Jimmy, smart move. Late Night starts March 2nd on NBC.

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