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10 Examples of Brands Hopping on Social Media Trends (That Worked)

Social Media Strategies Summit

The internet is littered with examples of brands receiving backlash after failing to read the room. This article will focus on the second camp, sharing 10 of our favorite examples of brands that used trending subjects to generate social engagement. That made Twitter’s rebranding a real open goal for marketers.

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9 Genius Ideas to Steal for Your Black Friday + Cyber Monday Marketing Campaigns (with Real-life Examples)

Buffer Social

BFCM — Black Friday and Cyber Monday — is an exhilarating but often daunting time of year for business owners and marketers.  But capturing market attention is well worth doing over this high-spend period. billion in the U.S. They even closed their stores and sent their employees home.

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Great Examples of Videogame Social Media Marketing

Socialmedia.biz

Like every other industry, video gaming has had a reasonable percentage of both exceptional and disastrous marketing campaigns. In this post, we’re going to go over a few extraordinary examples of marketing tactics that were used to promote games that you’ve probably heard of and played.

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11 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2011

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Around this time last year I wrote about the 10 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2010 and while I would say 7 out of 10 have already materialized and the others are on their way. So that begs the question – what’s on the horizon specifically for B2B Marketers next year? Keep in mind we all start in the same place and that’s at ZERO!

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Top 11 Social Media Marketing Blog Posts of 2011

Firebelly

Here are the top 11 social media marketing posts on the Firebelly blog in 2011 based on number of views. Clever QR Code Example: The World Park. Facebook For Business Tip #1: Pages not Profiles. Social Search: Tempur-Pedic “Ask Me” Commercial. Facebook For Business Tip #8: Wildfire Contests. Gettin’ Unique With QR Codes.

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The 10 Key Mobile Trends for 2011

Mindjumpers

Like Mindjumpers, he is associated with Social Marketing Forum. Mobile marketing is becoming increasingly important. So it’s really not exaggerated to say that marketers should be well informed regarding the mobile evolutions. For example, you can try on fashions from your PC or smart phone. Mobile is part of the mix!

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. Time spent reading newspapers is down 75 per cent since 2011. per cent since 2011. Digital Media Framework Example.

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