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Pringles and Star Wars Channel The Force For Fun in Crowdsourced Video Contest

Convince & Convert

In a galaxy not so far away, a popular snack food brand, Pringles, has joined forces with the iconic movie franchise, Star Wars, to launch a crowdsourced video contest. Themed around, “The Force For Fun,” one video will win $25,000 and a chance to be featured as Pringles national advertisement.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. Crowdsourcing has become increasingly more widely used because it helps cultivate creativity and innovation. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason.

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Generating a Buyer Persona with Facebook Advertising

Buzz Marketing for Technology

So do you have buyer personas at your company? As you may be aware I co-wrote the book Facebook Marketing for Dummies (Wiley) and I am in the middle of working on Facebook Advertising for Dummies (Wiley) right now. Not any more …. How … Facebook! And I stumbled upon this concept while working on a Facebook Ad campaign.

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Crowdsource: BP Oil Spill and social media

Laurel Papworth

And there are a lot of innovation crowdsourced communities online. By the way, only a totally evil company would ask the public for their ideas and then not even read them. So I got to thinking: what if we crowdsourced a solution? And my second question was… would BP listen to a crowdsourced solution? Schweeeeeet.

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Using Visual Recognition to Tap into the Consumer Mindset

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Posted in Advertising Applications Content Marketing Crowdsourcing Visual Recognition. Other companies like smartsy are showing a more targeted approach to visual recognition, allowing consumers to use devices they already have and apps they already use to interact with the world in specific ways. At first it.

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Brands Using Social Media to Take a Stand Against Racism

Likeable

Resy did something similar as well—the company shared a collection of Black-owned restaurants (with specific city-by-city guides), as well as lists of Black food writers to follow and Black food publications to subscribe to. Pernod Ricard: Crowdsourcing App. The technology uses crowdsourcing to surface hateful speech at scale.

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The pros and cons of social media

Sprout Social

And connecting with your audience goes further than making sales—it builds community, which can save you advertising bucks in the future. But it can be huge for your reputation—responsiveness leads to a more favorable view of your company. And that can save you serious advertising costs—something your senior leaders will thank you for.