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Flash Mobs Go Social in India

Waxing UnLyrical

What the iPhone is to smart phones, flash mobs are to marketing. While a slew of such campaigns have taken place in India, one that caught the fancy of many is the recent flash mob organized by the IBM OnDemand Community. Flash mobs have a way of engaging the audience. reading and traveling.

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What drives participation in a social network?

Direct Marketing Observations

If you’re a social media consultant like Jay Baer , or a larger organization like Accenture for instance, one of the constant constants in social media is the amount of education required to get people all on the same page, before anything can really be accomplished. Social media validates my feelings and actions.

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Version 2 of Viral Success

Mindjumpers

Radiotjänst really put a focus on thanking their customers and is doing so with quite extreme actions; they also did Sweden´s greatest flash mob as part of the campaign. As social media marketing often shows, it’s profitable to give to get. Isn’t it always like that? The first version is often the better one.

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Coca-Cola's Happiness Machine | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Coca-Cola’s Happiness Machine Written on January 20, 2010 by Justin Levy in social media , video 28 Comments - Leave a comment! Coke’s smart new social media viral ad via @justinlevy [link].

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Why Conservative Doesn’t Mean Boring in Financial Content Marketing

Convince & Convert

When well thought-out, however, fun can make a positive difference in engagement and in business for your firm. Wells Fargo – Wells Fargo organized a flash mob in Times Square that became great video/social media content. Why It Matters: Fun Is Human and Boring Isn’t. People are people, as Depeche Mode sang.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way. They got excited. They laughed.

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We live in strange times…

The Way of the Web

My personal situation is changing radically, I’ve had some unfortunate news about some family members, and it’s been hard to collect my thoughts on anything not immediately related to my work whilst mainstream media, Twitter and Facebook have been constantly churning with updates, responses and reactions to the civil unrest.