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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.

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Social Media On The Farm: Crisis Management, Market Research, Education And APIs

The Realtime Report

Now, with the drought of 2012 creating extreme conditions for farmers across a great swath of the U.S., farms are turning to Twitter and other social media tools as a support group to share information, gain insights and keep customers informed about changing conditions.

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Gushcloud: Mobilizing Social Media Marketing

Mindjumpers

SXSW is a sizzling hub for the rising stars of social media. Consequently, representing Mindjumpers at this year’s conference included meeting with a variety of these passionate and engaged newcomers in the social media ballgame (see my blog post on BigMarker.com , April 3 rd 2012). Transparency of Community.

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Social Media Contest: Send Your Facebook Profile On A Cape Town Holiday

The Realtime Report

The campaign launched this past Monday (October 2) and will run until the end of December 2012. According to Cape Town Tourism, the social networking giant sees more than 300 million photos uploaded every day, many of them travel photos. This isn’t Cape Town Tourism’s first creative attempt at social marketing.

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Get Happy: Putting Yourself into Your Brand’s Personality

Convince & Convert

Debbie Gioquindo and Keryl Pesce , co-founders of Happy B h Wines , join the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the powerful story behind their brand’s origins, the crowdsourcing approach that helped their business bloom, and some wacky giveaways that have earned them some well-deserved attention. Listen Now .

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4 Reasons to Use Social Enterprise Networks for Business

Mindjumpers

Before joining Software Advice in 2012, she worked in sales management and advertising. Currently, her research focuses on various topics related to CRM software, sales, customer service and marketing strategy. Most people wrongly assume social enterprise networks are simply Facebook for business. Future of Social Media?

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Want to Learn How to Rock the Top 3 Social Networks?

Kikolani

I’ve missed out on several great contests in 2012, but this one I just couldn’t pass up thanks to the amazing number of both cash prizes and non-cash prizes sponsors. If you enjoy it, please be sure to leave a comment and share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or your other favorite social networks. Lost Press Marketing.