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Facebook Contest: Doritos Crowdsources Super Bowl Ads

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Doritos is crowdsourcing the brand’s Super Bowl ads for the seventh year in a row, through the “Crash the Super Bowl” Facebook contest. The second-place winner will get $600,000, and third-place will win $400,000, as reported by Mashable. The brand asked for entries from Oct. 8th through Nov.

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#LoveCapeTown Campaign Shakes Up “Fam” Trip With Crowdsourced Tips for Travel Bloggers

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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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Social Media On The Farm: Crisis Management, Market Research, Education And APIs

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As a mobile-friendly platform, Twitter has been used by farmers to share information, check realtime conditions, and connect with customers from its earliest days – CNN reported on this as early as 2009. Now, with the drought of 2012 creating extreme conditions for farmers across a great swath of the U.S.,

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Turkish Airlines Video Ad Tops 100 Million Views

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It takes the prize as the most-viewed travel ad in 2012 — even beating out Air New Zealand’s ‘Hobbit-themed’ safety briefing, which logged over 10 million views ( Skift ). To top it off, the ad was the fourth most-viral ad in 2012, following Kony, Red Bull’s Stratos and Angry Birds Space.

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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

Tweet Guest post written by Ashley Furness, who has spent the last six years reporting and writing business news and strategy features. Before joining Software Advice in 2012, she worked in sales management and advertising. Users also reported advantages with project management. Streamline project management.

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Get Happy: Putting Yourself into Your Brand’s Personality

Convince & Convert

Debbie Gioquindo and Keryl Pesce , co-founders of Happy B h Wines , join the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the powerful story behind their brand’s origins, the crowdsourcing approach that helped their business bloom, and some wacky giveaways that have earned them some well-deserved attention. Listen Now . Partnering Up.

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Social TV: Fans Tweet to Choose Hawaii Five-O Ending

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by Frank Strong Related Stories Turkish Airlines Video Ad Tops 100 Million Views Facebook Contest: Doritos Crowdsources Super Bowl Ads Usage of Connected TVs Rose 25% in 2012. Comments Saw the ads for this during the playoff game last night —.