April 22, 2013
Not for the faint of heart, the centerpiece of RPA's most recent campaign for the Newport Beach Film Festival demonstrates the power of the moving image.
April 01, 2013
Wellington brand Hunter Boots and agency We Are Social had a way to keep people's spirits up in gloomy weather: a social campaign called "Together Through Any Weather."
February 25, 2013
"Got the time?" is a question that takes on new meaning in the context of Crispin Porter + Bogusky's new socially based campaign for Diesel Timeframes.
December 01, 2012
R&R can be a scarce commodity among 20- and 30-something moms, which is why Chateau Ste. Michelle, a Washington state-based winery known for its Riesling, turned to Seattle agency Cole & Weber United to uncork an integrated campaign centered on a Facebook application that helps users determine their ideal wine-drinking scenario.
December 01, 2012
Farmers Insurance soups up its marketing with a racing sweepstakes.
December 01, 2012
Renault tapped Spanish agency Orbital Proximity to devise an ad for Pinterest, despite the fact that the social network doesn't currently allow traditional advertising formats.
December 01, 2012
Playing off the term "social currency," Kellogg's opened a pop-up store in London's Soho neighborhood dubbed The Tweet Shop.
October 09, 2012
It's all about visual content. We all know that—but why don't we put it into practice?
October 01, 2012
Coffee drinking is often a social activity, which is why it made sense for Green Mountain to tap BzzAgent to promote its fair trade-certified coffee line.
September 01, 2012
Digital shop Firstborn NY took pinning to another level with the "UNIQLO Dry Mesh Project," a social initiative intended to raise awareness about the Japanese clothing brand.
August 13, 2012
Confession: My favorite social media campaigns are the ones that fail in spectacularly funny ways and that require immediate damage control because some entity makes a deliberate muck of things.
July 01, 2012
MTV's annual Movie Awards used an interactive Twitter page to engage with fans during this year's show.
July 01, 2012
Pepsi's latest Twitter initiative, part of its larger Live for Now campaign, is designed to attract loyal customers and reach out to new prospects.
July 01, 2012
FedEx's Facebook page guides users into the "Enchanted Forest" where they are asked to help save the environment by planting an imaginary tree.
July 01, 2012
Capri Sun recently launched its Capri Sun Goes Big campaign, targeting juice drinkers on Facebook.
May 04, 2012
Women's clothing retailer the dressbarn partnered with digital advertising agency Conversation LLC to launch on May 4 "Share Your (MOM)ent," a national Mother's Day campaign enticing customers to interact with the brand using social media, said Dressbarn's senior manager of marketing at the company Donna Baccollo.
February 01, 2012
The campaign for Adobe's new SocialAnalytics software is skillfully targeted at savvy marketers, social tacticians and CMOs.
October 09, 2011
Specialty retailer Golfsmith had deployed a "hands-off" approach of "broadcasting questions," says Golfsmith's Internet marketing specialist Scott Magee, but now the retailer employs its Facebook page to benefit its marketing partners and broaden its consumer base.
September 19, 2011
The musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" boosted ticket sales by more than $50,000 through a video contest on Facebook.
Chevrolet doesn't buy the stereotype that video gamers hole up their mom's basement and pedal to the comic-book store on their sister's pink bike.
TCBY will run a sweepstakes on Facebook next month to celebrate the frozen yogurt company's 30-year anniversary.
Online travel company Orbitz Worldwide has launched a Facebook sweepstakes to increase consumer participation on its Facebook fan page. Orbitz worked with AOR BBDO and social media agency Socialbomb to create the "Orbitz 50 Faves" sweepstakes.
July 14, 2011
General Motors' Chevrolet partnered with streaming music service Spotify on July 14 to offer 150,000 consumers six free months of the service in exchange for opting in to receive marketing communications from the companies. The initiative cross-promotes Spotify's July 14 invite-only US launch and the fall release of the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic.
The client no longer owns the brand. Due to the proliferation of social media including Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, customers must give permission to clients to enter their world, said Sasha Savic, chief commercial officer of Havas Media North America, on June 21.
Valassis Communications subsidiary RedPlum launched a Facebook contest June 7 that it will use to collect contact email addresses and phone numbers for remarketing purposes. The effort targets women ages 18 to 55.
Visa has launched an integrated marketing campaign to promote its products to travel enthusiasts during the peak summer travel season. The effort includes a sweepstakes, digital and social media components, TV ads and a Facebook application. The financial company worked with TBWA\Chiat\Day on the TV and social media elements and AKQA on digital. OMD is managing media strategy and planning.
May 01, 2011
Porsche developed an integrated campaign to market the everyday appeal of its luxury models. After research showed that consumers perceive the cars as impractical purchases, the company enlisted Porsche owners to upload photos, videos and testimonials of how they regularly use their cars.
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What's in our mailbox this month: fitness postcards from Retro Fitness, American Woman Fitness Centers, Union's United Taekwondo Academy, and Bally Total Fitness. (We're totally pumped.)
Social data can improve a brand's bottom line and customer relationships. Just ask brands Infiniti and Diamond Nexus.
Here are three must-have data sets that every marketer should include in his or her email strategy.
