The Intuit marketing team recently proved the power of social media in a campaign that combined mobile training and a social contest. Intuit – a global provider of financial software – is active on social media, and began this campaign looking to grow its Facebook audience and improve the brand’s online reputation. Read →
Truvia – a sugar alternative – is seeing solid results from a social media campaign asking fans to help direct the company’s expansion efforts. The campaign, entitled “Turning the Town Truvia,” asks the brand’s Facebook fans where they’d like to see Truvia – and participating fans are entered for chance to win $5,000. Read →
Dunkin’ Donuts new mobile campaign engages consumers with a Halloween-themed contest and mobile gift cards, making use of mobile and social platforms Instagram and Twitter. The effort is designed to get consumers excited about Halloween themed menu items and to educate them about the brand’s new mobile payment options. Read →
“An online coming-of-age love story” formed the basis for a new social video campaign by Toshiba and Intel – with the main character being played by 76 different fans of the brand. The six week web series “The Beauty Inside” featured a lead character, Alex, who searches for love while waking up each day in a different body, reports ClickZ. How did this wacky concept end up earning 55 million views and holding strong as the top viral video ad (according to Visibile Measures) for three weeks in August? Read →
Cape Town Tourism launched a new Facebook travel app this week, designed to allow “virtual visits” to the city through a user’s Facebook profile. In what Cape Town Tourism titles a “world’s first,” the innovative app “is a creative user experience that utilizes the latest technology and Facebook’s immense global reach” to raise awareness of the city as a travel destination. Users can send their Facebook profile on a holiday to Cape Town – and earn the chance to win a trip to the city in real life. Read →
Social media has taken on a big role as Oreo cookies celebrate their 100th anniversary this year. Kraft Foods – which makes Oreos – collaborated with a team of agencies to create the ‘Daily Twist’ campaign, featuring a catchy new Oreo ad on Facebook for 100 days in a row. Read →
UK department store Harrods is using a Pinterest contest to engage consumers and creative fans of the brand. Harrods is asking consumers to “pin” images for a store window with the theme “Queen’s Diamond Jubiliee Street Party,” and the winner will be flown to London to see the unveiling of a Harrods window inspired by their Pinterest board. 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 →
The 20-year-old rock band Pearl Jam has fans all over the world and what better way to energize them than a worldwide online and offline scavenger hunt? The goal of this social media contest (launched via Twitter): be the first to discover which Pearl Jam songs were chosen for the soundtrack of “Pearl Jam Twenty,” an upcoming documentary film about the group. Read →
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