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Case Study and Lessons Learned: Increasing Foot Traffic for Retail Using Social Media and Event Marketing

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Listen: They had previously done an influencer campaign which produced a short burst, but didn’t create anything sustainable and they couldn’t figure out why. Think: After hearing about their previous experience, Akamai determined the influencer campaign fell flat because the influencers weren’t neighborhood influencers.

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Twitter-ups the future of events, sponsorship and event marketing

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Does anyone else think its interesting that Twitter, the hottest social media network today, is generating events? Ah, events. Prediction: tomorrow’s event, event marketing and sponsorship opportunity is with “Tweet-ups” where like-minded Twitter-peeps meet up to meet each other in person. Everyone is doing it.

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Jack Welch supports events and their business uses.

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By taracoomans – March 9, 2009 Posted in: economy Jack Welch supports events and their business uses. Share and Enjoy: Tags: event marketing , events No Comments Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article! All Rights Reserved.

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The bus to Hawaii: Marriott boosts Hawaii Bookings 40% with event.

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The campaign, a road tour, dubbed the “Spirit of Aloha” includes Hawaiian travel and tourism executives, 3 dancers & 2 musicians on loan from the Polynesian Cultural Center as well as Maui’s Camile Velasco of American Idol fame. Maybe travel and tourism will will be the next segment to utilize the power of event marketing.

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Case Study and Lessons Learned: App Product Launch and Awareness

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Think: In order to encourage app usage, a mobile “Geeks on the Bus” tweetup/kick-off event was planned. The event encouraged bus riders to converge on Honolulu Hale and take the bus together to one of Honolulu’s co-working locations with Mayor Peter Carlisle. 762 app downloads in 4 days following event.

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What you’ve got.

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Recently, I was approached to help with a social media campaign called the Blue Key Campaign (#bluekey). You might have seen my tweets about the campaign, its a true grassroots social campaign. The Blue Key Campaign is a show of support to those who work with some of the 43.7 3) $35 Amazon Gift Card.

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What's your social currency?

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By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. 640 Million on Facebook. Million users on YouTube. All Rights Reserved.

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