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The Oscars: content marketing success

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Academy Awards 2013 have come and gone. And, while the awards show and its host, Seth McFarlane , were both widely criticized even as the broadcast was just going out for being boring, badly written and not funny, it was a clear, out-of-the-ballpark content marketing success for the global entertainment industry.

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Is Going Viral The Right Goal For Your Content?

SocMed Sean

Sometimes, however, some folks get the wrong idea that any video content can be made to “go viral” And often times, they are led to believe that this could be true because some social media huckster on Fiverr said they would drive “thousands of views to your content” for the low, low price of $5.

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The 3 Social Media Lessons of 2013 – And What’s In Store for 2014

Convince & Convert

Jay, Jeffrey, Zena, and Jess Ostroff discuss content, collaboration, free lunches, predictions for 2014, predictions for 2015, and Mark Wahlberg. From Cision , a free ebook called Power Your Story: Content Marketing Essentials. And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013.

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This Week in Social Media - 3/26/2013

Social Media Marketing

Each week at Ford, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep the wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links. billion posts.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

Webbiquity SMM

Today’s most effective marketers are optimizing content across channels, coordinating search and social marketing activities with traditional PR, and measuring their web presence and performance with sophistication. More than 80% of small to midsized businesses (SMBs) plan to increase their use of social media in 2013.

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How Will Ford Go Further with the Launch of the 2013 Fusion?

Social Media Marketing

Well, we're about to do it again for the launch of the 2013 Ford Fusion , which we revealed at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, where we debuted it to 2,500 media, including 150 bloggers we hosted from around the world who produced some amazing content. Why Transmedia for the 2013 Ford Fusion?

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17 (mostly failed) Brand Tweets From The Oscars

Convince & Convert

In the few short weeks between the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards, it seems dozens of brands (and/or their agencies) have decided to “get themselves some of that real-time marketing!” Unfortunately, several brands missed that mark by a mile at this year’s Oscars. — Oscar Mayer (@oscarmayer) February 25, 2013.

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