Well, Pepsi decided for the 1st time in 23 years Not to advertise on Super Bowl TV and instead, put $20million into a social media marketing campaign called Pepsi Refresh Project, which pledges to donate $1 million in February and $20 million through the end of the year to social causes chosen and voted upon by fans.. What do you think of that bold move? Considering there were over 90million viewers setting a TV record, I’m not convinced they made the best choice, but time will tell. They saved a little money since they spent $33 million last year on Super Bowl Advertising. The publicity about this bold move alone may help their cause.

I’m not a huge Super Bowl fan, however, I love to watch the ads and halftime. This year, the Who was terrific and brought back so many great memories. And for the ads– my personal favorites were E-Trade and the Audi “Green Police” for something different. Comment on your favorite ads below.

View the videos of the best and worst Super Bowl Ads for 2010 per Forbes. Push play on the video player below.

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According to a recent article by Michelle McGiboney, Nielsen Online, “Twitter.com continues to grow in popularity and importance in both the consumer and corporate worlds. No longer just a platform for friends to stay connected in real time, it has evolved into an important component of brand marketing.” You can read the article here,

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I just returned from the New Media Expo in Las Vegas and met Roxanne Darling -

a very accomplished tech-savvy Internet TV producer of award-winning show “Beach Walks with Rox” and she’s a Twitter expert. We did an impromptu video showing how to use Twitter.

Warning– the video was accidentally shot sideways but if you listen to the lesson, you can learn a lot. Roxanne demonstrated how to share my FREE 10-minute PR 101 video that’s on YouTube using Twitter. This is an example of another way to use microblogging to get your message out to those that may be interested in your products or services. You can watch or listen to the Twitter 101 video below.