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VIRAL & SOCIAL MARKETING

Beyond Facebook: 3 Innovative Promotions Using Other Platforms

When people talk about social media promotions and highlight best practices from case studies, they are almost always focused on Facebook. And while it makes sense for marketers to turn to the behemoth for their promotions, there are a lot of specialized, smaller networks that are equally effective in achieving results. ...

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THE 2011 PROMO 100

The PROMO 100

The Top 10 Agencies with a Promotional Marketing Specialty in Social as ranked on the 2011 PROMO 100.

1. Digitas 6. Switch Liberate Your Brand
2. Euro RSCG Worldwide 7. Mastermind Marketing

3. Hawkeye

8. Shumsky Enterprises
4. ePrize 9. Media Logic
5. Mr Youth 10. Don Jagoda Associates

WORD-OF-MOUTH MARKETING

Best Practices in Word of Mouth and Social Media: WOMMA

At the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), where I serve on the board, we are keenly aware that a new premium is being put on research that can help marketers to prove the impact and business outcomes associated...

How to Define and Communicate Word-of-Mouth Success

After embarking on a campaign to promote your brand with word-of-mouth its is now time to present your report to company management. But how will your group communicate WOM results to show the real value?...

Word-of Mouth Marketing Takes on the Recession

The dilemma many brands face today is trying to maintain, or dare we say, grow their sales in a near dormant economy with far fewer resources to execute consumer marketing programs...

Word-of-Mouth, a Key Component of the Marketing Mix

So how do you find out where to get the best chicken vesuvio in town? It’s likely you’d ask a friend or colleague who knows the local restaurant scene and go try the dish?...

Six Ways to Leverage Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Word-of-mouth marketing is the most cost effective means of reaching current and future customers, and the most important interaction driving product purchases. Because of its powerful reach, relatively low cost, and the credibility it enhances, WOMM is a powerful tool, particularly in a recession.

Here are six ways to keep people talking: ...

Viral/Word of Mouth Archive

NASCAR Makes a Pit Stop at Car Town

NASCAR’s first social gaming experience makes another good case study of how to introduce an online game, ensure that game play spreads virally across social media and builds loyalty and repeat visits by rewarding players. ...

How to Get People Talking about Your Brand

Talkable brands do not rely on expensive traditional advertising to drive sales. Instead, they tap into the inexpensive conversational power of customers as their primary advertising vehicle...

Visa Memory Mapper Lets Users Build and Share Vacation Memories

As the peak travel season gets underway, Visa is working to show that it should be traveler’s preferred payment method. Visa has introduced a new tool on its Facebook page called Memory Mapper, the free app uses Google Maps satellite technology and cardholders’ own photos, videos, captions and selected music to produce a unique, visual keepsake of their travels. The promotion calls for users to, not only use the tool to create a keepsakes for themselves, but to spread word about the tool virally by sharing the keepsake with family and friends. ...

Bud Casts Huge Net Across Social in Latest “Bud United” Casting Call

It was about a year ago when the opening games of the World Cup kicked off in Johannesburg, South Africa, and seven-time “Official Beer,” Budweiser, debuted a global marketing campaign of unprecedented scale called “Bud United: Bud House." The promotion drew 4,000 applications from people who hoped to live, eat and sleep the World Cup as Bud filmed their lives and produced a number of shows for its YouTube channel. Now a similar casting call can be heard pinging around the world for Bud’s latest iteration of “Bud United” called “The Big Time.” This time, the brand is offering fans unprecedented access to live their dreams in very active ways through Bud’s sponsorships of its various entertainment, lifestyle and sports properties....

Mountain Dew Loyalists Win Return of Favored Flavors

This summer, Mountain Dew will return to store shelves some of its most loyal consumers favorite flavors: Pitch Black, Supernova and Typhoon. The beverages will return for a limited engagement as part of the “Back by Popular DEWmand” promotion. ...

Miracle Whip Asks Consumers to Take Sides

Miracle Whip’s video/ sampling campaign uses stars like Pauly D to nudge the public into trying the brand for themselves...

Chicken of the Sea Uses Social Mermaid to Revitalize the Brand

The effort involves online video, twitter, Facebook and even a branded casual game....

AT&T’s Social Exec Talks About Focusing its Facebook Presence

Social media has led to a lot of great creativity and innovation in digital communications and marketing. It truly enables the whole concept of word-of-mouth marketing by giving users easy tools to share with their network, for ideas to spread beyond our own social circles, and for new ways to connect with brands and products we love. With all that promise it is important, as companies, for us to provide the most effective way to stay fresh with news and information to keep fans, followers, subscribers, and most importantly, customers efficiently informed. ...

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Brand Champion Scorned

No doubt, word-of-mouth marketing has become a key component of the marketing mix. As we know it is an ever more important interaction among consumers. For brands, listening, transparency and evaluating ROI are among six ways to keep people talking and convert consumers to brand advocates. However, as we also know, negative comments can be difficult to tamp down....

Aunt Jemima Employees Star in Viral Video: Q&A

A contest at a plant in Jackson, TN, that makes Aunt Jemima frozen waffles, pancakes and French toast, led to three employees starring in a video filmed at the plant and documenting how the products are made. The first video in the series of three was posted Feb. 17 on Facebook and had 33,000 views within 24 hours. Viewers could also download a $1 coupon. Andy Reichgut, a vice president of marketing for Pinnacle Foods, which manufacturer’s Aunt Jemima products, gives us the scoop on the program....

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External Resources

Word-of-Mouth Marketing Association: MMA is a global association that strives to stimulate the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technology. Members include agencies, advertisers, hand held device manufacturers, carriers and operators, retailers, software providers and service providers.



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