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December 5, 2009

Ikea’s Social Marketing Genius

Watch that movie and weep. It’s not sappy of course, but its so simply brilliant it’s almost hard to bare. Ikea practically invents Facebook tag marketing.

How? They use the photo tagging function where users were able to tag objects in photos of Ikea showrooms with their own names to win these very products. What they managed to do is: advertise their products socially, spread the love, and involve people in conversations.

This campaign was done by Forsman and Bodenfors, who have been working with Ikea since 1996. This is their first social media campaign.

Via Advertising/Design Goodness

  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • StumbleUpon
  • Sphinn
  • Slashdot
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Mixx
  • Ping.fm
  • FriendFeed
  • BlinkList
  • Technorati
  • HackerNews
  • email

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Roba: Pixels are Roba's best friend. She long ago made the decision to embark into the internet space on a mission to spend the rest of her life crafting pixels into imagery and words. A designer by day and a cyber junkie by night, Roba has also spent a good portion of her last five years writing about digital culture, citizen journalism, and social media.
  • Stunning idea. Upset that I didn't think of it, upset that I didn't get free furniture.
  • It is quite brilliant, isn't it? So simple and yet so ingenious....
  • Brilliant! It is so like Ikea, simple and smart! :)
  • Smart, simple, fresh and effortless! Good job Ikea! This has to be one of the best social media campaigns I've seen so far!
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