{"id":3551,"date":"2008-11-12T18:46:38","date_gmt":"2008-11-12T22:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=3551"},"modified":"2008-11-12T18:46:38","modified_gmt":"2008-11-12T22:46:38","slug":"brea-grant-actress-social-media-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2008\/11\/12\/brea-grant-actress-social-media-pioneer\/","title":{"rendered":"Brea Grant: Actress, social-media pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, maybe calling actress Brea Grant a social-media pioneer is a little strong. On the other hand, pretty much everyone and their aunt goes around calling themselves a social-media “expert” or “guru,” and I think Brea<\/a> has as much claim to the term pioneer as anyone, at least in the acting world. She may not be a household name — except perhaps for fans of the TV show Heroes<\/em>, where she plays Daphne Millbrook, the “Speedster” character — but she is doing her best to use social media to her advantage. And the best part is that she is doing it herself (with the help of a Web-savvy college friend) rather than having PR people do it for her.<\/p>\n

Brea has a great website and blog<\/a>, and she is also active on Twitter<\/a>. She’s not the only actor from Heroes to start Twittering, either — Greg Grunberg, who plays the mind-reader Matt Parkman on the show, also has an account<\/a> (where he spends a lot of time talking about his all-star band, the Band From TV, which includes Grunberg on drums, Teri Hatcher from Desperate Housewives<\/em> on vocals and child star Brad Savage on bass). Brea has also been giving interviews to more than just the usual Entertainment Tonight type of outlets, including one with<\/a> social-media guru Chris Brogan, in which she talks about the difficulties of being a public figure online, and even one with a home-made TV show called Bradman TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For her latest trick, Brea is setting up an online “Twitterview,” in which she has asked people to send her questions<\/a> by posting them on Twitter and tagging them #bglive, or by showing up on Twitter at 7 p.m. (PST) on November 18, when she will also be broadcasting the whole thing on Ustream. I think this is smart — instead of having to sit for a traditional interview with dumb questions dreamed up by some producer, she gets to “crowd-source” her questions and answer them in real-time.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b><\/p>\n

I should have mentioned that actress\/writer\/producer Felicia Day<\/a> is also a social-media ninja. The star of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Joss Whedon’s online musical comedy Dr. Horrible — as well as her own show The Guild — is active on Twitter<\/a> and on her blog, and (geek bonus points) is also an avid gamer. Got any other candidates? Feel free to drop them in the comments.<\/p>\n

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Okay, maybe calling actress Brea Grant a social-media pioneer is a little strong. On the other hand, pretty much everyone and their aunt goes around calling themselves a social-media “expert” or “guru,” and I think Brea has as much claim to the term pioneer as anyone, at least in the acting world. She may not … <\/p>\n

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