Archive for November 5th, 2009

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How Unilever Is Dipping Into Social Media in Asia

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Unilever is turning on the cyber charm in Asia with a burst of social-media activities for brands like Pond’s, Lux and Comfort. One effort in China, an experiment to use bloggers in a blind test of Pond’s Age Miracle moisturizer, will become a regional marketing strategy for the skin-care brand.

In the market for just a year, Pond’s Age Miracle hasn’t leaped off store shelves. The anti-aging cream faces strong competition from entrenched brands such as Clinique, L’Oreal, Lancome and Procter & Gamble’s SK-II and Olay brands. Like most Asian women, Chinese women are fastidious about their skin-care regimen and loyal to favorite products. Continue reading ‘How Unilever Is Dipping Into Social Media in Asia’

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Cadbury’s ‘Goo on the Loose’ campaign

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The most recent campaign from Cadbury may be the most creative idea yet in digital and viral campaign initiatives.

Confectionary giant Cadbury (the company that makes Trident gum and the famous creme eggs) went all-out in promoting its Creme Egg Twisted candy bars with a campaign known as “Operation Goo.” Agents in this contest must rack up as many social media views and points as possible in a viral contest that goes beyond the ordinary.

Digital agency CMW  unveiled its new ‘Goo on the Loose’ campaign for the Creme Egg Twisted bar using a mash-up of Google Maps and Twitter.

Continue reading ‘Cadbury’s ‘Goo on the Loose’ campaign’

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DuPont’s Social Media Campaign Goes Up in Flames… Which Is Why It’s So Successful!

Fiery race-car crashes, exploding oil refineries, policemen shot in the chest at point-blank range — these are just some of DuPont’s new social-media tools. Fearing that it’s losing touch with young professionals who don’t read traditional media, the chemical giant developed a social-media strategy anchored in viral video. Digging into its archive, it pulled out some of its most spectacular product test and demonstration footage. And this became the core of a series of three-minute programs hosted by video blogger Amanda Congdon and distributed widely across online video sites.

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Social Media Marketing: Nike Plus Human Race

Nike carried out a campaign where it celebrated the sport of running “The Nike Human Race” where it used social media for engagement and passion and targeted people who enjoy the “Life of Running and Fun” also known as the “LoRaF Pioneers”

 

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New Twitter ‘Lists’ Connect Pro Sports Fans

The National Hockey League (NHL) is using Twitter’s new “Lists” tool to connect and share online conversations by its fans regarding the league’s individual teams.

The league’s initiative is among the first examples of a major brand using the recently-debuted Twitter “Lists” function, which lets users create groupings of their favorite users that others can easily keep tabs on.

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