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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. billion the city invested to welcome over 1.5

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Tests ‘Buy’ Button, Twitter Acquires CardSpring

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Facebook testing redesigned events page with ‘Events For You’ section – Facebook is testing a new layout/redesign of its events page, which will feature an “Events for You” section; the test includes a few users worldwide before a “mid-paced” rollout over the next few weeks (AllFacebook).

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ISeeChange and NASA Launch Citizen Science App

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New Orleans Flood Watch: ISeeChange is gearing up to crowdsource flooding and subsidence in New Orleans working with NASA JPL scientists and local partners in targeted locations.

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How To Organize A Brand Hackathon (And Why) – Interview With Betabrand’s Chris Lindland

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The company used its customer newsletter and social media to promote the event. ” It’s also a good idea to communicate as much as possible in advance of the event to “bat around, or bat down some ideas that won’t work beforehand.” ” The best Betabrand brand hack from the event? The mission?

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