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US Mobile Ad Spending Will Top $4 Billion in 2012

The Realtime Report

And new research by Millennial Media reveals that certain industries have seen tremendous growth (more than 400% year-over-year) in mobile advertising. The third quarter of 2012 saw a 574% jump in mobile ad spending for the automotive industry year-over-year. education went up 421%. sports grew 417%.

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Lexus Uses Mobile Game ‘Draw Something’ To Target Younger Audience

The Realtime Report

By pairing with Zynga’s Draw Something – which has been downloaded 50 million times and has a large daily user base – Lexus hoped to successfully target the younger, tech-savvy demographic. ” Adweek also reported that the brand was the first automotive advertiser on Draw Something to use brand-specific color schemes.

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Revealing a New Ford in a New Way

Social Media Marketing

Ford Motor Company has been at the forefront of social media for some time. If you go to FordFusionApp.com , you can download an iOS or Android version of the app to experience it for yourself.

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7 Smart Ways You Can Use TBT To Grow Your Brand on Social

Hootsuite

Bonus: Download a free guide to discover which hashtags to use to boost traffic and target customers on social media. ” Social media users use this hashtag on posts that “throwback” to an older version of themselves. (In The history of this social media trend actually goes back pretty far.

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When Social Comes To Your Automobile

Small Business Mavericks

There’s a growing technology boom in the automotive industry that is based entirely on telematics. That customer has downloaded your automobile app and when they get within a certain distance of your store the app automatically notifies them of sales and specials you have going on that day which are relevant to their interests.

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Luxury Marketing: Lexus Promotes High-End Model With Facebook Contest

The Realtime Report

Lexus is using social media to link the new “Unleash the LFA” campaign - promoting a high-end model through a Facebook contest – with the brand’s end-of-summer sale event. The teasers included a short video, social media posts and a hashtag campaign, #UnleashTheLFA.

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Essential Tips and Tools for B2B Social Media Marketing

Hootsuite

B2B social media marketing is often written off as boring or unnecessary. The digital media company credits its LinkedIn marketing efforts for closing 42% of its deals in 2018. Need a stronger business case for getting on social media? Why use social media for B2B marketing. Just look at Adobe.

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