The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Cape Town Tourism’s most recent marketing initiative used a clever combination of travel blogging, crowdsourcing and social media to draw attention to the city, ranked 23rd among the top 25 travel destinations worldwide in TripAdvisor’s 2012 list of Traveler’s Choice Destinations. Keith Jenkins (@velvetescape) August 4, 2012.

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Crowdsourcing Travel Blogger Tourism 170

The Realtime Report

OCTOBER 4, 2012

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. The campaign launched this past Monday (October 2) and will run until the end of December 2012. Watch a video explaining the campaign here:

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Tourism Social Media Travel Crowdsourcing 181

SocMed Sean

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In 2012, Facebook became the first social media network to ever surpass one billion monthly users. Here are five reasons why you should continue using Facebook in your marketing campaigns this year. Facebook Ad Metrics are Robust, and Campaigns can be Easily Adjusted. Is Facebook still a good marketing platform?

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Facebook Strategy Marketing Travel 130

Unmetric

APRIL 2, 2019

We believe it will provide other brands inspiration for their own creative briefs and campaigns. With PSY’s Gangnam Style going viral in 2012, global interest in K-pop started rising steadily. Brands have clearly understood the general public’s love for BTS and partner with them often for campaigns. The rise of BTS. Visit Seoul.

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Social Media Brands Marketing Tourism 97

Bare Feet Studios

MAY 31, 2012

We are so thrilled to be one of the three finalists for the 2012 Annual Pacific Edge Magazine business awards: best social media campaign. Also in the final three for best social media campaign is fellow SMCHI board member Laura Kinoshita.

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Campaign Social Media Airlines Travel 81

Bare Feet Studios

JANUARY 1, 2012

This past year, I was hired by the Lānaʻi Visitors Bureau (LVB) to run a social media marketing campaign for them, based on a very original concept created in discussion with Mr. Keliʻi Brown, who is the PR director for the Maui Visitors Bureau (MVB). Plus, I have been hired to run this program again for LVB in 2012!

Travel 92

Travel Vimeo Hotels Blogger 92

Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

TikTok: Bytedance, TikTok’s parent company, was founded in 2012. Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 for $1 billion and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion. I kind of sponge inspiration from everywhere,” says Nick Martin who cites movies, tourism marketing, and more as sources. “I WhatsApp: 2009. Pinterest: December 2009.

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Questions Social Media HootSuite Marketing 141