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March 1, 2010

Dove Self-Esteem Campaign — Learn Social Media by Example

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Brand Name: Dove
Campaign URL: http://www.dove.us/#/cfrb/
Channels Used: Facebook & Twitter
Appeal: Emotional
Start Date: Around 3 years ago
Duration: Ongoing

Thousands of women tend to strut around carrying the heavy burden of being influenced by media and commercials whether they like it or not. The bar of real beauty has been shifted and the price to pay for staying “beautiful” has been raised!

Testimony of Change Due to Dove's Campaign

Testimony of Change Due to Dove's Campaign

Therefore, and through combined marketing methods and in efforts to help in elevating the pressure females, of all ages, backgrounds and ethnicity suffer from, Dove was able to come up with a project concept dedicated to “real beauty”: Dove Self-Esteem Campaign/Fund.

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February 27, 2010

Where SMB Spend their Marketing and Advert Money? [Infograph]

The folks over at Flowtown have a great illustration that aggregates information about where small to medium business spent their money in 2009 and where they plan to spend it in the next 5 years.

Where is the Beef?

Where is the Beef?

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February 25, 2010

Target’s Super Bowl & Valentine Campaign — Learn Social Media By Example

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Brand: Target (Retail Store)
Campaign URL: Super Love Sender
SM Channels Used: Facebook
Appeal:
Emotional
Duration: 2 weeks before Valentine

We heard it from Mashable that Target’s latest Valentine – Super Bowl campaign was preparing to kick off. So we followed up…

The Idea & Objectives:

If you go to Target’s Facebook page and click on the Super Love Sender tab, you are able to begin the process of sending a “JibJab-like, NFL- and Valentine-themed” greeting card.

Before you start creating the card, you can choose from one of five charities that you think should get the most money.

Super Love Sender

Super Love Sender

The charities Target is supporting are:

  • Kids in Need Foundation
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  • The Salvation Army
  • United Through Reading Military Program
  • United Way

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February 23, 2010

Learn Social Media by Example: “It Has to be Heinz — Dip & Squeeze” Campaign

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Brand Name: Heinz (Consumer Products)
SM Channels Used: Twitter, Facebook & website
Appeal: Emotional appeal
Target Audience: USA bloggers, microbloggers, Facebook users, social networking users and Heinz lovers
Date: February, 2010
Campaign Duration: Ongoing

Previous campaigns

Dip & Squeeze with Ease!

Dip & Squeeze with Ease!

Heinz might be famous for its ‘57 varieties’, but that was a portfolio for a long-lost age, when stores sold your brands, rather than competed via offerings of their own.

Therefore, and in efforts to innovate and freshen up, Heinz has launched its biggest umbrella brand marketing campaign to date, in a £5m push to build on its “emotional connection” with consumers.

The “It has to be Heinz” campaign has been designed to celebrate the way people perceive the food brand.

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February 17, 2010

10 Tips to Ensure That You’re NOT A Social Media Sucker!

Learn all you can from the mistakes of others.  You won’t have time to make them all yourself“.  ~Alfred Sheinwold

Mistake

If only we, for once, actually took the time to understand the value of this quote, most of us wouldn’t have gone through most of the crap we had to deal with, whether on a personal level or business wise! But we are humans and we are stubborn!

My mother knew better than to try to teach me from her mistakes, however, I still have faith in you, my readers, and in the fact that you will trust me enough to learn from my own experience on social media venues as to not commit the same mistakes I did!

Top 10 Tips You Should Follow When Using Social Media!

Are you ready for this? Here we go..

1. Culturize!

Being culturally aware and sensitive is very important when using one or multiple social media platforms or venues. Cultural ignorance is highly destructive in your relationships with the communities you are trying to be a part of!

2. Emphasize!

When active inside a realm as impersonal as social media, it is very important for you to be able to emphasize any point you are trying to make in order not to be misunderstood. No one can hear the tone of your voice or see your body language so your words are your weapon and your executor!

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Learn Social Media by Example: Pepsi Refresh Project

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Campaign Name: Pepsi Refresh Project
URL: Refresh Project
SM Channels used: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Blog
Appeal: Grants totaling more than $1.3 million Dollars for the 1st round
Target Audience: Younger Audience
Date: Feb/2010
Campaign Duration: 1 year

The Pepsi Refresh Project

The Pepsi Refresh Project

With news about Tim TeBow Superbowl ad and CBS censorship filling up the headlines leading up to the Superbowl ad fest, there was another headline that was worth examining: Pepsi, a staple of Superbowl ads for 23 years will not be partaking in the marketing fiasco and instead will invest $20 million dollar in a Social Media campaign.

That’s how much of a major player social media has become in the world of marketing that a monolith such as Pepsi is willing to choose it over a Superbowl spot. Hopefully, the next generation will be able to experience some of the advertising gold like Pepsi vs. Coke commercials which usually premiere at the Superbowl.

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February 15, 2010

Armani Underwear 2010 Campaign: Ft. Megan Fox

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Campaign Name: Megan Fox for Armani 2010 Spring/Summer Campaign
URL: www.emporioarmani.com
SM Channels used: Youtube, Blog, Twitter, Facebook
Target Audience: USA residents, females of all ages
Appeal: Sex appeal
Date: Winter 2010
Campaign Duration: On going

Though there are some doubts, and even jokes, about her acting skills, Megan Fox sure is able to capture your attention, half nude, on a billboard or as you innocently surf the internet while showing off sexy, slick Armani underwear!

As I was trying to thoroughly cover all the channels, venues and websites which talked about or showed images of this campaign, it hit me: Is the sex appeal the only reason behind the success of this new Armani underwear campaign? Or is the brand “Armani” enough to actually call the attention of thousands of people out there, mostly VIPs and celebrities? I guess the answer is both… But allow me to try to elaborate more…

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February 10, 2010

Learn Social Media by Example: Skittles Steals the Social Media Rainbow

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Brand: Skittles (Food Industry)
Campaign Website: http://www.skittles.com/
Channels Used: Facebook, YouTube, Wikipedia, Flickr, Twitter.
Appeal: Innovative approach, complete outsourcing to popular websites.
Target Audience: Children and young adults.

Multi-Million Dollar and Experimenting

Often, the people who dare to experiment with client-facing channels are small, up-and-coming initiatives, or corporations that have “innovation” tied to their brand values (like Apple).

Meanwhile, when a brand like Skittles, that has been mostly the same for the past seemingly million years, dares to go all out with a rather insane experiment, there is a backlash.

At least, from the marketing side.

Backlash, shmacklash! What do marketers know anyway?

Skittles Social Media Use

Skittles Social Media Use

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February 9, 2010

Infograph: The State of the Internet Today

Today, the Internet world is more important than ever. Our lives are interwoven with it, both private and corporate.

We plan our outings, keep in contact with friends, and communicate with each other on the Web. Our daily business dealings revolve around email, online resources, and collaborative software like Google Wave. We get our news online, watch our movies on YouTube, and keep-up-to-date with Twitter. More importantly, the Internet, and Social Media in particular, are proving to be very important to the way we advertise and market ourselves, our products, and our ideas.

Keeping up with ThoughtPick’s latest “Learn Social Media By Example“, we believe that to pull off great online campaigns, you need to be familiar with the audience. Not your audience in particular, but the larger Internet audience that might come across your campaign. It is essential to keep the Internet’s demographics in mind when creating any online content.

We will be using parts of our latest favorite infograph, created by Focus, to explore the different facets of online existence.

These illustrations use 100 circles to help visualize a crowd of a 100 people, and how they live in the online ecosystem.

The Basic Information: Gender, Age, and Income

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Who uses the Internet

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February 6, 2010

Learn Social Media by Example: Vistaprint Gives Back Campaign

Campaign Name: The Vistaprint Giveback Giveaway
URL: Vistaprint giveback giveaway
SM Channels used: Facebook, Twitter
Prize: Lots of prizes listed on their website
Target Audience: Current customers
Date: Jan/2010
Campaign Duration: 1 month

The Vistaprint Giveback Giveaway by Overdrive Interactive. Vistaprint is a one stop shop for small businesses marketing and printing needs. They offer services ranging from printing marketing materials to providing marketing services such as copy-writing and design.

The company touts serving more than 8 million people per year and provides its services in 20 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan.

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