Social elements figured prominently in the launch of many television shows this fall, and now the USA Network is going further by launching #HashTagKiller, an ‘interactive social media mystery game’ to go along with the hit show ‘Psych’. The goal? To provide a new outlet for engaging Psych’s highly active social media fans – the show’s Facebook page already has nearly 2 million ‘likes’. Read →
The Super Bowl is the biggest advertising event of the year, and Facebook and USA Today have partnered to create an application that allows fans to rate commercials during the event. Called the “USA Today-Facebook Super Bowl Ad Meter,” the app will be online through Facebook and USA Today, and available via mobile, for users to watch, rate, and share ads during the Super Bowl. Read →
Halloween is just around the corner, and Mike’s Hard Lemonade is taking advantage by launching the “Keep the Party Screaming” campaign, meant to promote the drink for year-round use, rather than just for the summer. The campaign features a Facebook application where users have the ability to “zombify” themselves and share the results. Read →
This week saw a huge gain in numbers and traffic for Google+, as the social network finally opened up to the public. Read more about Google+, and check out our latest social networking scoreboard. Read →
When you’re the fifth major league team in town, it can be difficult to draw fans. That’s where social media comes in for the Philadelphia Union, a Major League Soccer team. The team has built up more than 81,000 followers on Facebook and nearly 20,000 for its @PhilaUnion handle on Twitter in just two years. Read →
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ latest endeavour, meant to promote the launch of a new “24-hour service to social media,” involves posting videos on YouTube of live replies to tweets sent to @KLM. This innovative campaign was announced via Twitter on September 19, and ran from 12 noon until late in the evening. Any tweets sent to @KLM might receive a ‘KLM Live Reply’ – KLM employees lined up holding letters to become a ‘living alphabet’ 140-character response. Read →
Many people hate change–but some people see change as an opportunity. What we wanted to know is: what do the slew of changes announced by Facebook mean for brands?
The short answer: noone knows for sure. Yet. But there are some clues. Read →
Malibu has just launched what it claims is the “first social media game for a spirits brand.” The Facebook application is called “Beach Club” and it challenges fans to earn points while running a virtual resort. The goal? To help boost sales during winter (traditionally Malibu’s slow season) and to promote the new Malibu Black product, which debuted last spring. Read →
The fashion design house of Oscar de la Renta already has emerged as one of the leaders in social media marketing within the fashion industry and, though best known for $4,000 cocktail dresses, plans to be a leader in social media commerce as well. “We expect Facebook will become a major channel of e-commerce,” says CEO Alex Bolen. Read →
Nielsen has released its Q3 2011 Social Media Report, a set of data compiled from a number of its tracking services that provides a great overview of the continued rise of social media and mobile web consumption among American internet consumers. The big trends? Social media use is growing overall and becoming more mobile. And social media users are more likely to spend money and to influence how others spend money. Read →