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#LoveCapeTown Campaign Shakes Up “Fam” Trip With Crowdsourced Tips for Travel Bloggers

The Realtime Report

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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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This is a guest post from Shevonne Polastre, who wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr , a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. As they saying goes, competition breeds excellence.

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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. The contest is hosted on Tongal , a platform that facilitates creative and video content for brands through crowdsourcing.

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Crowdsourcing the Impact of Social Media on Non Profit Organizations

Direct Marketing Observations

Last week we had the pleasure to have Beth Kanter host our weekly tweetchat over at Hashtag social media. This is the sweet spot for Beth and as a host, I have to say she was beyond amazing. The subject was obviously about Non Profit Organizations and how social media can play favorably with them.

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Social Media That Made Us Laugh This Month

Ignite Social Media

This month, Old Spice tested out a new engagement tactic by crowdsourcing a promotional video and hosting an open casting call on Twitter. Getting true engagement from your fans is an always moving target, as it can be tricky to find what will make your customers want to interact with you at that exact moment.

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Brands Using Social Media to Take a Stand Against Racism

Likeable

Our employees Jenn and Michelle, the hosts of the All the Social Ladies podcast, even got to interview Jori Evans who came up with the idea! Pernod Ricard: Crowdsourcing App. Pernod Ricard announced its plan to create a crowdsourcing app that allows consumers and brands to collaborate with one another to drive real change.

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Inside The Arboretum: How Sprout built a 10,000-member strong community

Sprout Social

Having hosted over 30 exclusive events, featuring keynote speakers from leading brands and numerous peer discussions, the community provides tangible value to members across 69 countries. Access free events The Arb hosts an ever-growing panel of thought leaders and social media influencers who are shaping the world of social media marketing.