Lufthansa Puts Foursquare In Lederhosen
Marketing

Lufthansa Puts Foursquare In Lederhosen

15y Christopher Heine

Lufthansa Puts Foursquare In Lederhosen

Airline combines Foursquare and Facebook for an Oktoberfest campaign that offers flight vouchers for people checking in at the annual festival in Muni...

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McDonald's Actual Foursquare Test Numbers: 2,865 Check-Ins
Social

McDonald's Actual Foursquare Test Numbers: 2,865 Check-Ins

16y Christopher Heine

McDonald's Actual Foursquare Test Numbers: 2,865 C...

The quick-serve brand created a lot of buzz last week when it attributed a 33 percent increase in foot traffic to Foursquare. But newly revealed raw n...

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YouTube Chases Premium Content With New Hires
Marketing

YouTube Chases Premium Content With New Hires

16y Jack Marshall

YouTube Chases Premium Content With New Hires

New execs will pursue relationships with studios, broadcasters and cable networks. Read More...

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Reprise Names Worldwide CEO to Lead Forays Into Social and Shopping
Marketing

Reprise Names Worldwide CEO to Lead Forays Into Social and Shopping

16y Kate Kaye

Reprise Names Worldwide CEO to Lead Forays Into So...

Bant Breen will lead expansion in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, as well as into the social shopping arena. Read More...

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Rotten Tomatoes Exec: Facebook's Instant Personalization to Bolster Ads
Social

Rotten Tomatoes Exec: Facebook's Instant Personalization to Bolster Ads

16y Christopher Heine

Rotten Tomatoes Exec: Facebook's Instant Personali...

Movie review site expects program will improve delivery of targeted ads and enable social-based paid placements. Read More...

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Paid Celebrity Endorsements On Facebook: They're He-e-r-r-re
Social

Paid Celebrity Endorsements On Facebook: They're He-e-r-r-re

16y Christopher Heine

Paid Celebrity Endorsements On Facebook: They're H...

Ad.ly says celebrities will write posts for big brands on its 'micro-endorsement' platform. One retailer is testing the idea on reality TV star Heidi ...

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Sports Authority: Foursquare And Loopt Tests Show 'Promise'
Social

Sports Authority: Foursquare And Loopt Tests Show 'Promise'

16y Christopher Heine

Sports Authority: Foursquare And Loopt Tests Show ...

Sporting goods retailer ups the ante on geo-social by launching a national campaign on Loopt. The check-in discount is more generous than one it is pi...

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Twitter Talks About New Video Ads, Movie Marketers Can't Wait
Social

Twitter Talks About New Video Ads, Movie Marketers Can't Wait

16y Christopher Heine

Twitter Talks About New Video Ads, Movie Marketers...

The micro-blogging site's multimedia opportunities for brands follows Facebook's entry into online video advertising. Read More...

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Listening Is a Skill Well Learned
Social

Listening Is a Skill Well Learned

16y Dave Evans

Listening Is a Skill Well Learned

Four personal examples of companies that listened to their customers and ones that didn't – and how that affected the relationship. Read More...

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Twitter Redesign Looks Like an Upgrade for Advertisers
Social

Twitter Redesign Looks Like an Upgrade for Advertisers

16y Christopher Heine

Twitter Redesign Looks Like an Upgrade for Adverti...

The company hopes to increase the time people spend on the site by making it easier to view photos and videos. Read More...

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Facebook 'Places' Campaigns Debut With Betsey Johnson
Social

Facebook 'Places' Campaigns Debut With Betsey Johnson

16y Christopher Heine

Facebook 'Places' Campaigns Debut With Betsey John...

Women's designer clothing brand and novelties e-tailer each launch 'Places' campaigns for Facebook users who check in. Are geo-social floodgates about...

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'Kenny Powers' Imposter Comes Clean on Twitter Marketing
Social

'Kenny Powers' Imposter Comes Clean on Twitter Marketing

16y Christopher Heine

'Kenny Powers' Imposter Comes Clean on Twitter Mar...

A New York-based comedian has turned his affection for HBO's "Eastbound & Down" into a Twitter audience that dwarfs those of major brands. In a ClickZ...

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Baby Carrots Get Junk Food Marketing Treatment
Media

Baby Carrots Get Junk Food Marketing Treatment

16y Douglas Quenqua

Baby Carrots Get Junk Food Marketing Treatment

Over-the-top campaign includes an iPhone game, Web series, and social media outreach. Read More...

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Strong Growth for Twitter's Mobile Audience
Data insights

Strong Growth for Twitter's Mobile Audience

16y Jack Marshall

Strong Growth for Twitter's Mobile Audience

Traffic to Twitter from mobile devices has grown by 62 percent since April, according to the social network. Read More...

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Four Seasons Joins Geo-Social Gold Rush With California Campaign
Social

Four Seasons Joins Geo-Social Gold Rush With California Campaign

16y Christopher Heine

Four Seasons Joins Geo-Social Gold Rush With Calif...

Hospitality chain uses Gowalla to run its first-ever location-based initiative. Geo-social campaigns have seemingly accelerated in the three weeks sin...

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Facebook Begins Reporting on 'Social Context' In Ads
Social

Facebook Begins Reporting on 'Social Context' In Ads

16y Zachary Rodgers

Facebook Begins Reporting on 'Social Context' In A...

Advertisers can measure social endorsements in their Facebook ads, and the impact all those "likes" have on click-through rate. Read More...

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Pepsi Re-Ups 'Refresh,' Extends Project Overseas
CPG

Pepsi Re-Ups 'Refresh,' Extends Project Overseas

16y Jack Marshall

Pepsi Re-Ups 'Refresh,' Extends Project Overseas

Says the campaign benefits both its brand and local communities, and plans global roll-out in 2011. Read More...

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Quantity vs. Quality: What Gets You Ahead in Social Media?
Social

Quantity vs. Quality: What Gets You Ahead in Social Media?

16y Liana Evans

Quantity vs. Quality: What Gets You Ahead in Socia...

Understanding the quality of your followers is just as important as knowing how many you have. Read More...

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Users Over 50 Double Social Networking Use in a Year
Data insights

Users Over 50 Double Social Networking Use in a Year

16y Jack Marshall

Users Over 50 Double Social Networking Use in a Ye...

Sites such as Facebook and Twitter are attracting larger, more frequent audiences among U.S. users aged 50 and over. Read More...

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Facebook Continues Strong International Growth
Data insights

Facebook Continues Strong International Growth

16y Jack Marshall

Facebook Continues Strong International Growth

The social network experienced huge growth in India and Mexico in the 12 months ending July. Read More...

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Virgin America's Geo-Social Loss Leader Gets Huge Response
Social

Virgin America's Geo-Social Loss Leader Gets Huge Response

16y Christopher Heine

Virgin America's Geo-Social Loss Leader Gets Huge ...

Four-hour event marked the airline's fifth-best revenue day ever. Loopt says the response was the best yet on its geo-social platform. Read More...

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Alterian Fills Social Media Gap With Intrepid Acquisition
Marketing

Alterian Fills Social Media Gap With Intrepid Acquisition

16y Douglas Quenqua

Alterian Fills Social Media Gap With Intrepid Acqu...

Intrepid is a 40-person firm with offices in Seattle and London. Read More...

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Apple Launches Ping, Social Network for Music
Marketing

Apple Launches Ping, Social Network for Music

16y Zachary Rodgers

Apple Launches Ping, Social Network for Music

Ping will live within iTunes and allow users to "follow" artists and each other. Read More...

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K-Swiss 'Kenny Powers' Work Shows Marketing Is F*cking Changing, Man
Media

K-Swiss 'Kenny Powers' Work Shows Marketing Is F*cking Changing, Man

16y Christopher Heine

K-Swiss 'Kenny Powers' Work Shows Marketing Is F*c...

An in-depth look at the sneaker brand's campaign, including a FunnyOrDie.com video that features vulgarity rarely seen or heard in marketing. K-Swiss'...

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Facebook Goes Back to School With Eddie Bauer, Tiger Direct, and Newegg.com
Ecommerce

Facebook Goes Back to School With Eddie Bauer, Tiger Direct, and Newegg.com

16y Christopher Heine

Facebook Goes Back to School With Eddie Bauer, Tig...

The social networking giant has launched "Universities on Facebook," while partnering with 10 retailers to kick off the initiative. Read More...

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Parents Sue Facebook Over Ads And 'Like' Data
Data insights

Parents Sue Facebook Over Ads And 'Like' Data

16y Christopher Heine

Parents Sue Facebook Over Ads And 'Like' Data

Two parents claim their respective adolescent children are being exploited for commercial purposes whenever they see a friend has "Liked" a Facebook.c...

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Was Fandango's Deal Actually A List-Build Purchase by Groupon?
Marketing

Was Fandango's Deal Actually A List-Build Purchase by Groupon?

16y Christopher Heine

Was Fandango's Deal Actually A List-Build Purchase...

The movie tickets site was featured in a modestly distributed online campaign that saw excellent sales results. But who paid for the effort? Read More...

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