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10 Examples of Brands Hopping on Social Media Trends (That Worked)

Social Media Strategies Summit

The internet is littered with examples of brands receiving backlash after failing to read the room. This article will focus on the second camp, sharing 10 of our favorite examples of brands that used trending subjects to generate social engagement. Of course, celeb collaborations are hardly a rarity for Super Bowl campaigns.

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9 Genius Ideas to Steal for Your Black Friday + Cyber Monday Marketing Campaigns (with Real-life Examples)

Buffer Social

To help you stand out from the crowd, here’s some guidance — complete with tried-and-tested examples. In this article, you’ll find a host of tips, tricks, and tactics that can help you boost your already-planned Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaigns.

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Great Examples of Videogame Social Media Marketing

Socialmedia.biz

Like every other industry, video gaming has had a reasonable percentage of both exceptional and disastrous marketing campaigns. In this post, we’re going to go over a few extraordinary examples of marketing tactics that were used to promote games that you’ve probably heard of and played.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. Time spent reading newspapers is down 75 per cent since 2011. per cent since 2011. Digital Media Framework Example.

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How to Spice up Your Social Media Strategy in 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

You can get your audience involved in anything from campaign creation to charitable causes. Have customers submit their own online videos or commercials for your products as a part of a contest, directly involving them in creating your next ad campaign. Solicit direct donations or petition signatures. Now forget what I said.

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The Nominees for Bees Awards 2011

Mindjumpers

At the show, some of the best examples of international social media marketing will be presented and awarded. Best Campaign. In the category of Best Innovation, we find the campaign of Corona Light called “Most Liked” , which we wrote about on our blog. The Bees Awards will be held in San Francisco the 3 rd of May.

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12 CEOs You Should Be Following on Social Media

Social Media Strategies Summit

But there are also plenty of good examples of CEOs using social media. Doug Conant is a veteran businessman who was president and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company until 2011. More often than not, Wolfe Herd uses her social platforms (particularly Twitter) for campaigning and promoting social justice-related issues. Conclusion.