Book
4.26.13: The Great Debate: Is Social Media Bullshit? (Social Media Explorer) (Podcast Interview)
3.20.13: Interviewed In Golf Club Management Magazine (Golf Club Management) (Forthcoming … obviously)
3.8.13: Huffington Post Live: A Conversation About Lies (The Huffington Post)
2.26.13: Author B.J. Mendelson Explains Why Social Media Is Bullshit (SoSoActive)
2.22.13: Is Social Media, Indeed, Bullshit? (CISION)
2.21.13: Running Late with Scott Rogowsky :
2.20.13: Exposing The Myths Of Social Media (CMS Wire)
1.29.13: Bookshelf: Author / Critic Says Social Media Is B.S. (Blacklinreview.com) (Video Appearance)
1.25.13: Debated Mark Fidelman on KTEK 1110AM’s “Price Of Business” (Radio Appearance)
1.21.13: Smart People Podcast Episode #77: Brandon Mendelson (Smart People Podcast)
1.15.13: Appeared live on The Stimulus Package Podcast (The Stimulus Package) (To listen to the episode, Subscribe on iTunes)
1.3.123 Twitter and Facebook in the firing line… Is social media a load of rubbish? (Metrok UK) (International Press Appearance)
1.3.13: Social Media Is Bullshit Q & A with BJ Mendelson (Par None Golf Marketing)
12.17.12: Online hoaxes rampant in aftermath of school shooting (Canada.com)
12.17.12: Interview in Marketing Magazine (Marketing Magazine) (Canada Again)
12.6.12: Appearance on Q with Jian Ghomeshi (CBC Radio) (Radio Appearance) (No I don’t count Canada as “International”)
12.5.12: MTV Takes on Human Trafficking (VOA News) (International Press Appearance)
12.5.12: Q & A: Author BJ Mendelson Explains His Beef With Cyber-Hipsters, Social Media (Social Times)
12.5.12: Former marketing consultant calls social media “B.S.” (North Country Public Radio) (Radio Appearance) (Full Interview here!)
12.2.12: Monroe author says ‘old’ media useful for entrepreneurs (Times Herald-Record)
11.27.12: Guest appearance on “It Doesn’t Matter, You’re Gonna Die” (Podcast Interview)
11.14.12: Burlington, Vermont, Radio appearance on WVMT (Radio Interview)
11.13.12: Interview on The Will Hanson Show (Podcast Interview)
11.11.12: Appearance on the Am I Wrong? Podcast (Podcast Interview)
10.31.12: Potsdam student gets national attention for book (Television Appearance)
10.30.12: Hey Get Off My Lawn #58: B.J. Mendelson (Radio Interview)
10.28.12: Appeared on The Ron Experience Episode 40 (Podcast Interview)
10.26.12: Interviewed On The Business Of Living with Scott Ventrella (Radio Interview)
10.23.12: Social Media Is Bulls**t: An Angry, Amusing, And Pointed Book (Uproxx)
10.22.12: Open Internet And Politics In The Age Of Social Media (The Point) (Sort of Video Appearance. I appear briefly. The book is then debated.)
10.19.12: Social Media Backlash (Financial Times)
10.18.12: The All Out Show (Radio Interview) (Sirius / XM)
10.15.12: SUNY Potsdam Grad Student Takes On Social Media Myths (Watertown Daily Times)
10.13.12: 7 Questions For B.J. Mendelson, Author of “Social Media Is Bullshit” (Seven Days)
10.11.12: Don’t Believe the Social Media Hype: Author Calls B.S. (Yahoo! Finance) (Video Appearance)
10.11.12: Potsdam University Grad Takes Jab At Social Media In New Book (The Cornwall Daily) (Radio Interview) (Canada)
10.5.12: Social media are bull, says Potsdam author on CNN and CNBC (North Country Now)
9.28.12: The Tonya Hall Show Part 2 (Radio Interview)
9.24.12: SPOS #324: Social Media Is Bullshit with B.J. Mendelson (Six Pixels Of Separation) (Podcast)
9.20.12.Episode #16: Social Media Is Bullsh*t (Connected Comedy) (Podcast)
9.20.12: Top 8.5 Things that Destroyed Sports (Masters Of None) (Podcast)
9.17.12: The myth of social media? It won’t make you rich, says ‘Social Media is Bull****’ author (CNN) (Television Appearance)
9.14.12: The Tonya Hall Show (Radio Interview)
9.13.12: PBS Mediashift (PBS) (Podcast)
9.12.12: The Jeff Rense Program (Radio)
9.12.12: The Brandon Mendelson Theory (Cat Show) (Podcast)
9.12.12: Interview With BJ Mendelson (Gina Brillon)
9.11.12: Calling BS on Social Media (Digiday)
9.9.12: Twitter aficionado stops in Wilton for book signing (YNN) (Television Appearance)
9.9.12: The Facebook & Twitter Con with “Social Media Is Bullshit” Author B.J. Mendelson (Media Mayhem) (Video Appearance)
9.8.12: Author, Glens Falls native thinks Social Media is Bullsh–’ (Glens Falls Post Star)
9.4.12 Keen On … B.J. Mendelson: Why Social Media Is Bullshit (TechCrunch) (Video Appearance)
9.4.12: Q & A With the author of Social Media Is Bullshit, Brandon Mendelson (DogAndPonyShowWebsite.com)
9.4.12: Squawk Box (CNBC) (Television appearance)
8.28.12. Shortformblog Interview (Shortformblog)
Pre-Book
December 2010
12.16.10: Interview on The Comedy Point With Soul Joel (WIFI 1140 AM) (Radio Interview) (Since this appearance I do a monthly spot on the show)
12.9.10: Interview on Alternative To Sleeping with Ethan Ullman (WCDB 90.9FM) (Radio Interview)
12.2.10: With jobs scarce, some seek work in red suit at Queensbury’s Aviation Mall (The Post-Star)
November 2010
11.22.10: Light humor: air sold online (The Watertown Daily Times)
11.18.10: UAlbany Grad Proves To Be Air Head (The Albany Student Press)
11.13.10: The curious case of the comedian with 878,000 followers but no gigs: Meet Brandon Mendelson (The Comic’s Comic)
October 2010
10.21.10: Mentioned on the CBS (WRGB) 6pm broadcast on October 21st, 2010. (Television Appearance)
10.20.10:A bunch of hot air? Local man bagging fresh air for a profit (YNN) (Television Appearance)
10.20.10: Something In The Air (The Post-Star)
June 2010
6.15.10: How to Make Bus Travel Bearable (Fox News)
May 2010
5.28.10: Can Persia translate from game to movie? (MSNBC)
5.25.10: Power words: the nitty gritty of writing for search engines (The Sydney Morning Herald)
5.24.10: Big Gains for Young People in Health Law (The New York Times)
5.11.10: From Golden Girl To It Girl: Betty White Has Become Marketing Magic (PopEater)
5.10.10: Study: Twitter “not” social networking site (YNN) (Television Appearance)
March 2010
3.1.10: Field Guide to the Truth Teller: I Cannot Tell a Lie (Psychology Today)
*This was the first feature story about me to run in a magazine. The Smart Money piece talked about my wife and I, as well as other people.
January 2010
1.27.10: Local “Tweeter” Gains Mass Audience (YNN) (Television Appearance)
November 2009
11.22.09: 140 caracteres de fama (Diario de Burgos) (International Press Appearance)
11.17.09: The Morning Feed -Culture At Large Blog (The New York Times)
11.17.09: Appearance on Open Thread Radio (Podcast Interview)
11.16.09: Will Tweet For A Book Deal (Fast Company)
11.2.09 Famosos por obra y gracia de los 140 caracteres de Twitter (European Pressphoto Agency) (International Press Appearance)
October 2009
10.30.09: Kittens of the night: Blogger spins catty “Dracula” stories (The Post-Star)
I’m not sure when this was recorded, but it looks like around the time I just started writing Dracula And Kittens.
10.25.09: 5 Twitter Stars You Never Heard Of (CNN)
10.16.09: 5 Ways Social Media Is Changing Our Daily Lives (Mashable)
10.6.09: Job hunting and social networking: Why a job seeker should let it all hang out online (Examiner)
10.6.09: Interview With Brandon Mendelson (Global Town Hall)
10.2.09: Iron Man writer: Disney, Don’t Castrate Marvel heroes (Reuters)
August 2009
8.28.09: Local Man is “Twitterholic” (WRGB CBS 6) (Television Appearance)
8.28.09: An Unlikely Twitter Star (The Albany Times Union)
8.18.09: Confessions of a Celebrity Gossip Columnist (Busted Halo)
8.18.09: Building Your Dream Office As A Young CEO (Under 30 CEO)
8.7.09: Everything You Need To Succeed Through Social Publishing (Embracing My Journey)
8.5.09: Celeb Endorsements Come To Twitter (Clickz)
8.3.09: A million high fives for expert use of social media campaign (IDTags)
July 2009
7.29.09: Guest Appearance On PC Hook-Up With Christian Lander (Justin.TV) (Television Appearance)
7.20.09: Interview with Josh Chandler (JoshChandlerBlog.com)
June 2009
6.27.09: Mentioned in “5 Unique social Good “Finds” #Finding The Good” (Mashable)
6.10.09: Interview with Jason Sanders on “Get More Business” (Blog Talk Radio Interview)
March 2009
3.30.09: Mornings with Laurie and Allan (FamilyNet TV) (Radio Interview)
3.20.09: Hey Twitter, Here’s A Way To Call Jason’s Bluff And Maybe Fight Breast Cancer (TechCrunch)
February 2009
2.27.09: Feature about our anti-breast cancer tour (CBS 7, Odessa, Texas) (Television Appearance)
2.25.09: Interview on KVRX, the student radio station at the University of Texas-Austin (Radio Interview)
You can watch the rest of this interview here
2.12.09: Couple’s trip to raise cancer awareness is on the road and on the Web (The South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
2.12.09: Tech Bytes- What Is Twitter? (ABC News) (Television Appearance)
*Kind of. My account was shown off, but I wasn’t mentioned by name.
2.11.09: Nonprofit organization raises breast cancer awareness (U.Florida Independent Alligator)
2.4.09: How To Be A Youtube Travel Star (CNN)
2.4.09: Twittering To Stop Cancer (USC Gamecock) (Also featured on: CBS College Sports U-Wire)
2.2.09: Why The Credit Bureaus Can’t Get It Right (Smart Money Magazine)
*Amanda and I had a whole photo shoot done for our appearance in the magazine.
January 2009
1.20.09: Presidential Couch Surfing (The Albany Times Union)
1.18.09: Some people upbeat during down economy (The News-Press)
1.12.09: Where have all the pint-sized collectors gone? (The Christian Science Monitor)
1.12.09: For Job Seekers, People Are High-Speed Connections (The Hartford Courant)
1.10.09: The Weight Of Today’s College Degree (Examiner)
1.5.09: Podcast Interview (Geekazine)
1.4.09: After Layoffs, Couples Wrestle With Role Reversal (Women’s Enews)
December 2008
12.23.08: Start a blog, establish credibility (Examiner)
12.16.08: Stimulating the U.S. Economy Through Immigration Reform (California Executive)
12.10.08: Recession prompts some couples to delay having kids (The Los Angeles Times)
12.4.08: Single Shot: Need a reason to break up? Seinfeld has you covered (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
12.3.08: Avoiding Gen Y stereotypes on the job (The Examiner)
12.2.08: Classic holiday stories inspire during tough times (The Associated Press)
November 2008
11.18.08: Small business or large corporate environment? (The Examiner)
11.14.08: Could euphoric Obama fans be sparking a baby boom? (Newsweek)
11.13.08: Digital gold: Turning techno-junk into cash (MSNBC)
11.1.08: Making a taxi trip productive with a little Mobile Knowledge (The Ottawa Citizen)
October 2008
10.30.08: The novel by tweet (The Christian Science Monitor)
Older News
9.25.07: Interviewed on The Many Moods Of Vince Daniels (KCAA 1050am) (Radio Interview)*
*This was also my first “Social Media Is Bullshit” interview.
7.23.07: YouTube debate changes the rules (The San Jose Mercury News)
*My cat, Molly, made an appearance in the first YouTube presidential debate. His video also made it onto Wonkette, and many other places.
4.8.07: Lillian Cohen Classical Competition (The Watertown Daily Times)
10.26.06: Zombies Invade Several College Campuses (The Hofstra Chronicle)
1.06.06: Grandon’s Tribute (The Watertown Daily Times)
5.16.05: Getting Ready To Go (The Post-Star)