Lowe's Uses Vine and Instagram to Showcase DIY
Ecommerce

Lowe's Uses Vine and Instagram to Showcase DIY

9y Mike O'Brien

Lowe's Uses Vine and Instagram to Showcase DIY

In addition to a new set of Vine videos, the home improvement chain is using Instagram videos as trailers for its DIY projects that are popular posts ...

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Lenovo's Prankvertising Stunt Pulls Views From Shoppers
Media

Lenovo's Prankvertising Stunt Pulls Views From Shoppers

9y Emily Alford

Lenovo's Prankvertising Stunt Pulls Views From Sho...

Computer company Lenovo has partnered with comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade to prank unsuspecting mall shoppers in a new video that pokes lighth...

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Twitter Unveils Instant Timeline to Woo New Users
Social

Twitter Unveils Instant Timeline to Woo New Users

9y Carly Page

Twitter Unveils Instant Timeline to Woo New Users

The social network also plans to enhance native video sharing and Direct Messages next year. Read More...

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JBL Cross-Social Campaign Centers on #CordFail
Ecommerce

JBL Cross-Social Campaign Centers on #CordFail

9y Mike O'Brien

JBL Cross-Social Campaign Centers on #CordFail

Audio electronics brand JBL is promoting its wireless headphones by having consumers share their corded headphones mishaps, also known as #CordFail, o...

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Taco Bell's New App Lets You Order From Your Phone
Media

Taco Bell's New App Lets You Order From Your Phone

10y Mike O'Brien

Taco Bell's New App Lets You Order From Your Phone

To draw attention to its app, which was just released nationwide after a beta-test in five California locations earlier this year, Taco Bell blacked o...

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Can Social Media Save "Old, White, and Male" Baseball?
Social

Can Social Media Save "Old, White, and Male" Baseball?

10y Emily Alford

Can Social Media Save "Old, White, and Male" Baseb...

As World Series viewership declines, SapientNitro's CMO Bill Kanarick urges baseball to go digital in order to stay relevant to a younger, plugged-in ...

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Spotlight On: Tribal Worldwide's Rich Guest
Agency Spotlight

Spotlight On: Tribal Worldwide's Rich Guest

10y Mike O'Brien

Spotlight On: Tribal Worldwide's Rich Guest

Get to know the president of U.S. operations at Tribal Worldwide as he discusses his all-time favorite campaigns, his next Netflix fixation, and his d...

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3 Brands, 3 Social Media Strategies for Halloween
Social

3 Brands, 3 Social Media Strategies for Halloween

10y Idris Nagri

3 Brands, 3 Social Media Strategies for Halloween

The Halloween holiday is a great time for marketers to get creative and ramp up their social media marketing efforts. Here are three brands with three...

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UPDATE: Frito-Lay Turns to Social Media to Pick New Chip Flavor
Marketing

UPDATE: Frito-Lay Turns to Social Media to Pick New Chip Flavor

10y Mike O'Brien

UPDATE: Frito-Lay Turns to Social Media to Pick Ne...

In the second "Do Us a Flavor" campaign, consumers in the U.S., U.K., and Canada submitted potential chip flavors, and used hashtags to vote for their...

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Sour Patch Kids "Breaks Out" a YouTube Series to Lure Teenage Fans
Media

Sour Patch Kids "Breaks Out" a YouTube Series to Lure Teenage Fans

10y Emily Alford

Sour Patch Kids "Breaks Out" a YouTube Series to L...

"Breaking Out" is a scripted YouTube series by Mondelez International's Sour Patch Kids candy. The company hopes to use the popularity of its YouTube ...

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Mobile Native Advertising Yields the Biggest Wins [Ad Week]
Media

Mobile Native Advertising Yields the Biggest Wins [Ad Week]

10y Mike O'Brien

Mobile Native Advertising Yields the Biggest Wins ...

Experts from Rubicon Project, InMobi, Business Insider, and Heineken discuss the native advertising opportunities around mobile and how these can lead...

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Video Marketing Must Be Tailored to Devices [Ad Week]
Media

Video Marketing Must Be Tailored to Devices [Ad Week]

10y Emily Alford

Video Marketing Must Be Tailored to Devices [Ad We...

Global marketing executives from Facebook, Coca-Cola, Starcom MediaVest, and NBC discussed strategies for creating video content across devices and en...

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Why Brands Need Video
Media

Why Brands Need Video

10y Idris Nagri

Why Brands Need Video

Although original branded video content can be an extremely effective marketing tool, the majority of brands still aren't using it to engage consumers...

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Diet Coke’s New Campaign Taps Social Media to Amplify Its Message
Social

Diet Coke’s New Campaign Taps Social Media to Amplify Its Message

10y Mike O'Brien

Diet Coke’s New Campaign Taps Social Media to Ampl...

The soda brand will use social channels to spread the message of its "Get a Taste" campaign, engaging the soft drink's biggest fans in areas where the...

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Does Video + Social = Digital Marketing's Sweet Spot?
Media

Does Video + Social = Digital Marketing's Sweet Spot?

10y Idris Nagri

Does Video + Social = Digital Marketing's Sweet Sp...

Video and social complement each other in many ways. Here are some tips that will ensure your marketing strategy leverages the links between the two. ...

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What Can Brands Learn From the #ALSIceBucketChallenge?
Social

What Can Brands Learn From the #ALSIceBucketChallenge?

10y Idris Nagri

What Can Brands Learn From the #ALSIceBucketChalle...

Now that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has reached its zenith, it's time to look at what other brands can learn from its massive success. Read More...

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Fanta Creates All-Vine Comedy Show to Engage Teens
Ecommerce

Fanta Creates All-Vine Comedy Show to Engage Teens

10y Yuyu Chen

Fanta Creates All-Vine Comedy Show to Engage Teens

The Coca-Cola brand has partnered with influential young Vine comedians to co-create a series of comedic Vine videos for teens and will release one ne...

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Uber and Lay’s Deliver On-Demand Picnics to Drive Goodwill
Ecommerce

Uber and Lay’s Deliver On-Demand Picnics to Drive Goodwill

10y Lisa Lacy

Uber and Lay’s Deliver On-Demand Picnics to Drive ...

The ride-sharing and potato chip brands united for two days to deliver on-demand picnics in a surprise-and-delight effort that used mobile as the faci...

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10 Questions to Ask Your Social Media Audience
Social

10 Questions to Ask Your Social Media Audience

10y Idris Nagri

10 Questions to Ask Your Social Media Audience

Here are 10 things to ask on social media in order to achieve a better engagement rate among your customers, because without engagement you have next ...

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When Content Meets Social - Aligning the Content Message to the Social Medium
Social

When Content Meets Social - Aligning the Content Message to the Social Medi...

10y Idris Nagri

When Content Meets Social - Aligning the Content M...

As consumers become more and more fluent in the nuances of different social media platforms, brands are tasked to tailor their content marketing effor...

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Champs Speaks to High School Athletes in 15-Second Instagram Snippets
Marketing

Champs Speaks to High School Athletes in 15-Second Instagram Snippets

10y Idris Nagri

Champs Speaks to High School Athletes in 15-Second...

The TV-esque series "AdicolorTV" enables Adidas and Champs to tell a longer story than they could otherwise and it could also be the first series of i...

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Emirates Airline Asks Social Shutterbugs to Say #HelloChicago
Social

Emirates Airline Asks Social Shutterbugs to Say #HelloChicago

10y Idris Nagri

Emirates Airline Asks Social Shutterbugs to Say #H...

The brand's new photo-sharing initiative celebrates Chicago as its ninth U.S. destination. And, after the first day, hundreds of submissions had been ...

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10 Reasons Why You Should Use Vine to Build Your Brand
Social

10 Reasons Why You Should Use Vine to Build Your Brand

10y Idris Nagri

10 Reasons Why You Should Use Vine to Build Your B...

Vine's looping six-second videos can help marketers spread their messages across social media in innovative, powerful ways. Here are 10 reasons to use...

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Vine Your Way to ClickZ Live San Francisco
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Vine Your Way to ClickZ Live San Francisco

10y Idris Nagri

Vine Your Way to ClickZ Live San Francisco

ClickZ wants to bring out your inner child, by launching a Vine competition that encourages you to show off your favorite action figure. The winner wi...

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Vine's New "Loop Counts" May Cause Video Marketing Deception
Media

Vine's New "Loop Counts" May Cause Video Marketing Deception

10y Yuyu Chen

Vine's New "Loop Counts" May Cause Video Marketing...

The platform has developed a number of new features, among them "Loop Counts," a new metric that allows Vine users to observe in real time how popular...

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Foursquare to Charge for Location-Based Data
Social

Foursquare to Charge for Location-Based Data

10y Yuyu Chen

Foursquare to Charge for Location-Based Data

The location-based platform will charge certain businesses for access to its check-in information, a move that indicates social data is becoming more ...

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Instavid's 1-Year Birthday Sees It Failing to Live Up to the Early Hype
Media

Instavid's 1-Year Birthday Sees It Failing to Live Up to the Early Hype

10y Idris Nagri

Instavid's 1-Year Birthday Sees It Failing to Live...

As we celebrate one year of video on Instagram, here's a look at how the platform's videos are truly stacking up against YouTube and Vine in the digit...

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